20.500.12556/RUL-125574 Administrative barriers in the field of employment in the EU empirical evidence from Croatia and Slovenia Purpose: Administrative barriers to employment pose a problem in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) which have an essential role in the European economy, compared to large ones. The existing rigidity and inflexibility of the labor market have further slowed down their position in creating new jobs. Therefore, the main goal of this paper is to evaluate the current state of administrative barriers to employment for SMEs in Croatia and Slovenia. Design/methodology/approach: Applying descriptive statistics and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) on a survey data for 699 Croatian and 747 Slovenian SMEs. Findings: The empirical results on a sample of about 700 SMEs for both countries expose some differences between them. In respect of administrative barriers to employment for SMEs, the most noticeable problem in Croatia is associated to frequent changes in the regulation, while in Slovenia the most highlighted problem is associated to additional time and unnecessary number of documents. Moreover, the empirical results reveal significant differences concerning the perception of the extent of administrative barriers to employment between different groups of SMEs, whereby not all of the characteristics have the same implications on this perception. Practical Implications: The overall findings are important especially for economic policy makers, who need to consider the specific characteristics and needs of SMEs when preparing legislation. Originality/Value: The combination of primary research and comparative perspective represents the main originality and value of the paper. SMEs administrative burdens employment Croatia Slovenia EU mala in srednja podjetja admininstrativne ovire zaposlovanje Hrvaška Slovenija Evropska unija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-03-26 06:53:29 2021-03-26 06:53:31 2022-09-05 03:51:27 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 Str. 533-553 iss. 2 Vol. 8 2020 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2021-12-31 33 2241-4754 10.35808/ijeba/480 17764355 5404334 RAZ_Obadic_Alka_2020.pdf RAZ_Obadic_Alka_2020.pdf 1 B8D7CF66D1A0AC0BFD9DCC9502445AB9 5a7437ae677227c18cea3b0e1e4a5bc007fb318400507f246d472166bcb0a214 601abb6e-b707-11eb-a523-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=143313 https://www.ijeba.com/journal/480 1 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=141351 Fakulteta za upravo 0 0 0