This report was prepared by Marius Lüske, Damiano Pregaldini and Matija Vodopivec in the OECD’s Directorate for Employment Labour and Social Affairs and Nora Wukovits-Votzi from the European Commission’s Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. Statistical assistance was provided by Dana Blumin. The report preparation was supervised by Theodora Xenogiani (team leader). Additional feedback from Mark Pearson, Barbara Kauffmann and Anais Gradinger is gratefully acknowledged.
Co‑operation with Elva Bova and Katarina Jakšič, European Commission Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, and Sara Flisi and Fabio Berton, European Commission Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation of the Joint Research Centre, has been instrumental for the project and the preparation of this report.
The report has greatly benefited from the information and insights shared by stakeholders in Slovenia who the EC-OECD team met with during a fact-finding mission in October 2023. This included representatives from the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, the Employment Service of Slovenia (in both its head office and the regional office in Novo mesto), representatives from the Ministry of Finance, representatives of trade unions (ZZZS), employers’ organisations (ZDS, OZS), public education and training providers, and experts from research institutes and universities (FELU, IMAD, IRSSV, IJŠ). In particular, thanks are given to Nataša Vidmar, Gonzalo Carlos Caprirolo Cattoretti and Urška Kovač Zlobko from the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. The efforts and support by staff at the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SORS) – notably, Nataša Zidar – are also gratefully acknowledged. SORS co‑ordinated and provided access to the microdata used in this evaluation.
Comments on earlier versions of this report greatly benefited the report. Comments were provided by various stakeholders in Slovenia, the European Commission Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, the European Commission Joint Research Centre/Competence Centre for Microeconomic Evaluation and delegates of the OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee.
The report was produced as part of the project “Pilot studies on impact evaluation of labour market and social policies through the use of linked administrative and survey data” which is co-funded by the European Union (European’s Commission Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) (VS‑2020‑0368).
The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.