Comparative analysis of poverty and measures to reduce poverty in the European Union and the Republic of Croatia

Kroz ovaj rad cilj nam je bio usporediti siromaštvo u zemljama Europske unije s naglaskom na Republiku Hrvatsku te analizirati pojedine strategije i mjere za njegovo suzbijanje. U prvom dijelu rada nastojali smo objasniti pojmove siromaštva, nezaposlenosti i socijalne isključenosti te njihovu međusobnu povezanost i utjecaj na životni standard određenih socijalnih skupina. Drugo poglavlje posvetili smo suočavanju Europske unije sa socijalnim problemima i prikazali smo novije podatke o kretanju stope siromaštva te o utjecaju socijalnih tranfera na smanjivanje siromaštva u pojedinim zemljama. Kroz treći dio ovog rada osvrnuli smo se na razvoj siromaštva u Republici Hrvatskoj te na najvažnije programe i mjere pasivne i aktivne politike na tržištu rada. Komparativna analiza je pokazala da stope relativnog siromaštva u Hrvatskoj ne odstupaju značajno od prosjeka Europske unije.Through this work, our aim was to compare poverty in the European Union with a focus on Croatia and analyze the specific strategies and measures for prevention. In the first part we tried to explain the terms of poverty, unemployment and social exclusion and their mutual connection and influence on the standard of living of certain social groups. The second chapter was dedicated to the face of the European Union with social problems and we presented decent data on the flow rate of poverty and the impact of social transfers on poverty reduction in some countries. Throgh the third part of this work we concentrated on the development of poverty in the Republic of Croatia and the most important programs and measures of passive and active labor market policies. Comparative analysis showed that the rates of relative poverty in Croatia do not deviate significantly from the EU average