In a year like 2025, when Albania continued to navigate global challenges such as geopolitical tensions, the lingering effects of the pandemic, and the transition toward European integration, economic performance played a decisive role in shaping wage dynamics.This in-depth analysis...
The increase of the minimum wage is always one of the most debated interventions in economic policy. It represents a direct attempt to raise the incomes of low-wage workers, but at the same time raises deep dilemmas regarding its impact...
The increase of the minimum wage from 40,000 to 50,000 lek, with an additional 10,000 lek per employee per month, and the government support for 9 months through covering the difference in contributions, creates a situation where businesses face a...
In Albania, nominal income growth and positive macroeconomic indicators have not automatically translated into improvements in citizens’ everyday lives. Public policies, including increases in minimum wages, pensions, and social assistance, aim to protect the minimum living standard and reduce poverty, but...
The economy appears to advance with figures that draw attention. Services face dynamism, retail is growing, while construction is one of the few productive sectors carrying weight. Yet, when we delve deeper into citizens’ daily lives, the picture becomes concerning. The...
According to historical data, the minimum wage in Albania has had an interrupted and politicized history since the 1990s. Initially, it was set to define a minimal standard of living after the transition from a planned economy to a free...
Raising the minimum wage is a complex decision that must consider the balance between workers' welfare and businesses' capacity to bear it. If the minimum wage increases without being based on productivity or economic growth, it may cause issues such...
Minimum wages have a positive and significant effect mainly on formal sector wages. However, this does not appear to have any significant effect on informal sector wages. By studying the effect on workers working in the informal sector, it is...
Adequate tax revenues are necessary to guarantee the continuation of the country's reformation, but also to meet the growing social costs. Taxes and taxes should, more than before, enable public authorities to actively contribute to the pursuit of economic, social,...
At the end of March 2022, after the meeting of the Council of Ministers, in a statement to the media, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced the national plan for increasing average and above average salaries for the public administration and...
