Radovan Durana

Radovan Durana is from the Žilina area in Slovakia. After completing his studies at the Faculty of Management at Komensky University in Bratislava, he worked as a credit risk analyst for a commercial bank. He currently works as an analyst at the Institute of Economic and Social Studies (INESS), a non-profit that he co-founded in 2006 in Bratislava. INESS specializes in studies on public finance, taxes, labor issues, and the energy sector.

Economy

Report: Removing Formal Obstacles from Labour Market

BY Radovan Durana AND INESS / December 21, 2015

More than 20 representatives of NGOs, Roma employment organizations, journalists, politicians, embassies’ representatives, among others, attended a seminar organized by INESS on December 15, 2015 devoted to describing the existing barriers on the labor market, which are the result of existing legislation and discuss possibilities of their removal, or change.

Economy

Why Is It Easy to Lay Off Employees in Denmark

BY Radovan Durana AND INESS / December 8, 2015

At the beginning of his speech, CEPOS President attacked the popular myth of Denmark being rich thanks to the welfare state. As he demonstrated on number of charts, Denmark was first rich, and only then could afford the welfare state.

Economy

Bad Prospects of Private Pensions

BY Radovan Durana / March 19, 2015

The proponents of the limited access to savings caught savers into a trap. Take it or leave it. Fortunately, also thanks to INESS, which also commented on the law in Parliament, there is a sort of exit option for savers, who don’t like the offered annuities but need some money from their savings. They can keep their savings account and withdraw at least annual yield.

Economy

Quo vadis, Pension System?

BY Radovan Durana / November 9, 2012

A major pension reform was approved in a fast track procedure. The expense of this fast track procedure was not only the violation of legislative rules by the new parliament and government, but also lack of understanding of the long-term impact of this reform.