Soviet Social Insurance Model in Lithuania: Structure and Ideology
This article analyses the structure and ideology of the Soviet social insurance system. In the whole territory of theUSSR the same principles and laws of social insurance were applied. However, in several Soviet republics, for example Lithuania,some specific elements were observed which influenced...
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Lietuvos statistikų sąjunga, Lietuvos statistikos departamentas
2011-12-01
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| author | Arvydas Guogis Natalija Bogdanova |
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This article analyses the structure and ideology of the Soviet social insurance system. In the whole territory of theUSSR the same principles and laws of social insurance were applied. However, in several Soviet republics, for example Lithuania,some specific elements were observed which influenced the administrative methods in social security, social insurance and socialsupport. The article explains the nature of social insurance expenditure. We define and explain the branches of social insurance in the USSR: old age and disability pensions, illness, maternity, funeral and unemployment benefits (the latter were paid in the early Sovietperiod only). The article deals with official USSR and Lithuanian SSR statistics, mainly from the last Soviet period (beginning 1975), when Soviet social insurance reached its limits and showed its potential. Although Soviet social insurance was related to theprinciples of the Bismarckian work record and former earnings, it was however financed from Moscow's centrally organised budgetand was not related to meaningful contributions of employers and employees. The one-party communist system had a big role in thefunctioning of social insurance in the USSR and the Lithuanian SSR.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f3c30a002b64e329a3b8bb5f1ba4cce2022-12-21T23:34:11ZengLietuvos statistikų sąjunga, Lietuvos statistikos departamentasLithuanian Journal of Statistics1392-642X2029-72622011-12-0150110.15388/LJS.2011.13938Soviet Social Insurance Model in Lithuania: Structure and IdeologyArvydas Guogis0Natalija Bogdanova1Lietuvos socialinių tyrimų centrasLietuvos socialinių tyrimų centras This article analyses the structure and ideology of the Soviet social insurance system. In the whole territory of theUSSR the same principles and laws of social insurance were applied. However, in several Soviet republics, for example Lithuania,some specific elements were observed which influenced the administrative methods in social security, social insurance and socialsupport. The article explains the nature of social insurance expenditure. We define and explain the branches of social insurance in the USSR: old age and disability pensions, illness, maternity, funeral and unemployment benefits (the latter were paid in the early Sovietperiod only). The article deals with official USSR and Lithuanian SSR statistics, mainly from the last Soviet period (beginning 1975), when Soviet social insurance reached its limits and showed its potential. Although Soviet social insurance was related to theprinciples of the Bismarckian work record and former earnings, it was however financed from Moscow's centrally organised budgetand was not related to meaningful contributions of employers and employees. The one-party communist system had a big role in thefunctioning of social insurance in the USSR and the Lithuanian SSR. https://www.journals.vu.lt/statisticsjournal/article/view/13938Soviet social security schemecentralized budget of social insuranceSoviet pensions system |
| spellingShingle | Arvydas Guogis Natalija Bogdanova Soviet Social Insurance Model in Lithuania: Structure and Ideology Lithuanian Journal of Statistics Soviet social security scheme centralized budget of social insurance Soviet pensions system |
| title | Soviet Social Insurance Model in Lithuania: Structure and Ideology |
| title_full | Soviet Social Insurance Model in Lithuania: Structure and Ideology |
| title_fullStr | Soviet Social Insurance Model in Lithuania: Structure and Ideology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soviet Social Insurance Model in Lithuania: Structure and Ideology |
| title_short | Soviet Social Insurance Model in Lithuania: Structure and Ideology |
| title_sort | soviet social insurance model in lithuania structure and ideology |
| topic | Soviet social security scheme centralized budget of social insurance Soviet pensions system |
| url | https://www.journals.vu.lt/statisticsjournal/article/view/13938 |
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