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Saatja: Hede Sinisaar </o=JM/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=d5ed7fe99a564ba391a08281bbb5cfc0-Hede Sinisaar> Saaja: '[email protected]' Teema: FW: Request for information | DG EMPL study on the assessment of micro and macro-economic returns of social protection expenditure Dear Ewelina Wolosik, Please find our answers below (after questions). And we apologize for not answering any sooner. Best regards, Hede Sinisaar Analyses and Statistics Department From: Ivar Sikk <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2022 3:43 PM To: Ewelina Wolosik <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Amelia Zajączkowska <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; SM Info <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Tarmo Kurves <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Hede Sinisaar <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Request for information | DG EMPL study on the assessment of micro and macro-economic returns of social protection expenditure Dear Ms Wolosik, thank you for your email and questionnaire. I confirm that we have received it, registered and forwarded it for reply. Considering the exceptional situation we have (war refugees and the preparation of related supplementary budget for our parliament), it has not been possible to respond to the questionnaire with such a short deadline. I hope you agree with my explanation and accept our delay. We will answer to the questionnaire as soon as possible. Best regards Ivar Sikk From: Ewelina Wolosik <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 3:33 PM To: Ivar Sikk <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Amelia Zajączkowska <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; SM Info <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Tarmo Kurves <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Request for information | DG EMPL study on the assessment of micro and macro-economic returns of social protection expenditure Dear Mr. Ivar Sikuga, I hope that you received my previous message. I am contacting you on behalf of Ecorys. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion contracted Ecorys to conduct a study assessment of micro and macro-economic returns of social protection expenditure. Please find the endorsement letter attached. Would you be as kind as to give me a response on the approach to assessing micro and macro-economic returns of social protection expenditure, please? I would like to ask you to kindly answer the questions below and/ or share any additional materials (publications, reports, descriptions, links) you may have on the topics above (even in your native language). 1. Do you have any approach to assess returns to social protection expenditure in your country? a. Is it applied regularly or ad-hoc? b. Does it include all social protection expenditures? c. What kind of social protection expenditures does your country choose if not all expenditures are involved? Answer: We use annual statistical information from Statistics Estonia about social protection expenditure and also we have looked Ministry of Finance information on social protection of local governments. Also, there has been different surveys and analyses (ad hoc basis), for example: https://www.praxis.ee/en/tood/social-protection-scenarios/ But also there has been conducted analyses how to finance care services and what would be their impact on economy. Most of the analyses focus on the poverty reduction and for that we use also Statistics Estonia information how different benefits and allowances reduce poverty rates among different population groups. There are assessments also focusing on concrete benefit (e.g. unemployment insurance benefit, subsistence benefit, family benefits). There has been cost-benefit analyses how we can avoid additional costs if for example, children do not get education or they have different social problems (e.g. Analyses on the potential impact of implementing the "Wonderful Years" and to finding out the possible costs and benefits associated with it in the context of Estonia). 2. If there is no defined approach, are you aware of any practices/ studies measuring the return to society in your country? What were the components of social protection expenditure considered in these practices/studies? (related to sickness/ healthcare, disability, old age, survivors, family, unemployment, employment, housing, social exclusion, education or others)? Answer: together with Ministry of Finance, we also use Euromod model. 3. Are you aware of any practices/ studies that focus on social protection impact on: economic outputs, household expenditure, productivity, income, formal employment, tax revenue, poverty, inequality, or others? Answer: yes, we are aware. The concrete focus depends on the subject. 4. Within examples that you are aware of, what methods were used to estimate your country's returns to social protection expenditure? (for example, cost-benefit analysis, cross-country growth regressions, computable generalised equilibrium models, Social Accounting Matrices, micro-macro models, ASIS or others) Answer: Mainly cost-benefit analyses, micor-macro models. 5. Based on the responses above, could you please explain: a. What institutions are involved in the process of measuring social protection expenditure? What datasets does your country use to estimate returns? b. What indicators were used to capture social investment returns, such as GDP returns and individual income increases/decreases or others? Do chosen indicators focus on macro return or micro returns to social protection expenditure? Answer: The first source is Statistics Estonia or concrete registry and those dataset allow us to make our own analyses. In addition, we also order analyses and then different research institutions (universities, Policy Study Centre of Praxis, Centar, etc. may be involved, included JRC or OECD). Please let me know if you would be able to provide this information. Additionally, please let us know if you know any other institutions in your country or specialists in your organisation that should be contacted as experts on the topic. I am looking forward to your reply; please confirm that you received my message. In case of any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or +48 604 093 312. Sincerely, Ewelina Wolosik Ewelina Wołosik Consultant International Research Team T: +48 539 098 248 E: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Solec 38 lok. 105 | 00-394 | Warsaw | Poland Country website | www.ecorys.pl <http://www.ecorys.pl/> <http://www.ecorys.pl/> ECORYS Polska Sp z o.o., NIP: 525 19 17 135, REGON: 012755278, KRS: 0000016606, Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy w Warszawie, XII Wydział Gospodarczy KRS, wysokość kapitału zakładowego: 156 000,00 zł. Pracuję od poniedziałku do czwartku. Jeżeli napiszesz do mnie emaila w piątek, odpowiem w poniedziałek rano. W przypadku nagłych sytuacji możesz skontaktować się ze mną pod: +48 604 093 312. Please be informed that I work from Monday to Thursday. If you email me on Friday, I will reply on Monday morning. In case of emergency, you can contact me at: +48 604 093 312. From: Ewelina Wolosik Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 3:14 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Cc: Amelia Zajączkowska <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Request for information | DG EMPL study on the assessment of micro and macro-economic returns of social protection expenditure Dear Mr. Ivar Sikuga, I am contacting you on behalf of Ecorys. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion contracted Ecorys to conduct a study assessment of micro and macro-economic returns of social protection expenditure. Please find the endorsement letter attached. I am contacting the Social Welfare Department in the Ministry of Social Affairs with a request to support our study aiming to identify methodologies and practices on returns to social protection expenditure in all EU 27 Member States. Examples of recognised practices would support the development of methodologies assessing macro-and microeconomic returns to social protection expenditure. We hope that the findings of this study will further support policymakers and provide tools that would assist them in making better-informed decisions. Considering the above, I would like to ask you to kindly answer the questions below and/ or share any additional materials (publications, reports, descriptions, links) you may have on the topics above (even in your native language). 1. Do you have any approach to assess returns to social protection expenditure in your country? a. Is it applied regularly or ad-hoc? b. Does it include all social protection expenditures? c. What kind of social protection expenditures does your country choose if not all expenditures are involved? 2. If there is no defined approach, are you aware of any practices/ studies measuring the return to society in your country? What were the components of social protection expenditure considered in these practices/studies? (related to sickness/ healthcare, disability, old age, survivors, family, unemployment, employment, housing, social exclusion, education or others)? 3. Are you aware of any practices/ studies that focus on social protection impact on: economic outputs, household expenditure, productivity, income, formal employment, tax revenue, poverty, inequality, or others? 4. Within examples that you are aware of, what methods were used to estimate your country's returns to social protection expenditure? (for example, cost-benefit analysis, cross-country growth regressions, computable generalised equilibrium models, Social Accounting Matrices, micro-macro models, ASIS or others) 5. Based on the responses above, could you please explain: a. What institutions are involved in the process of measuring social protection expenditure? What datasets does your country use to estimate returns? b. What indicators were used to capture social investment returns, such as GDP returns and individual income increases/decreases or others? Do chosen indicators focus on macro return or micro returns to social protection expenditure? We would like to kindly request to answer these questions on behalf of your institution. Please provide these, even if these are in your national languages, by 16.05.2022. Additionally, please let us know if you are aware of any other institutions in your country or specialists in your organisation that should be contacted as experts on the topic. Once we receive your answers, we will carefully analyse them and ask for any clarifications from your side, if needed. I am looking forward to your reply; please confirm that you received my message. In case of any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or +48 604 093 312. Sincerely, Ewelina Wolosik Ewelina Wołosik Consultant International Research Team T: +48 604 093 312 E: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Solec 38 lok. 105 | 00-394 | Warsaw | Poland Country website | www.ecorys.pl <http://www.ecorys.pl/> ECORYS Polska Sp z o.o., NIP: 525 19 17 135, REGON: 012755278, KRS: 0000016606, Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy w Warszawie, XII Wydział Gospodarczy KRS, wysokość kapitału zakładowego: 156 000,00 zł. Informujemy, że administratorem danych osobowych jest Ecorys Polska Sp. z o.o. z siedzibą w Warszawie, przy ul. Solec 38/105. 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