Daiva Skučienė
Biographic Data
| ID | 1501823 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daiva Skučienė |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daiva |
| FAMILY NAME | Skučienė |
| SIGNATURE | SKUČIENĖ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vilnius University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7572-6509 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The student support system in mediating work-related dropout
While access to higher education is getting a lot of attention regarding equity of educational opportunities and inclusion, the challenges related to completion of studies are less studied. We concentrate on student funding and its complex effects on factors that can impede degree progress and lead students to drop out. Focusing on two components of funding – tuition and public support/grants – we analyze their role in diminishing dropout rates i…
Resilience of Socially Vulnerable Populations to Disinformation in Lithuania
The geopolitical context, particularly the ongoing war in Ukraine, underscores the necessity for societal preparedness and resilience against disinformation in Lithuania. This issue is especially important for the Baltic countries, which experience substantial disinformation flows from the Russian Federation. This study aims to investigate the resilience of socially vulnerable people in Lithuania to disinformation, with a specific focus on the ro…
The rhetoric and reality of social support policies
Instruments evaluating child outcomes used in evidence-based family support programs
This scoping review aims to identify instruments that measure child outcomes assessed in evidence-based family support programs and to investigate reported differences in the magnitude of Cronbach’s alpha by type of study participant (i.e., community, clinical, at-risk samples). We analyzed publications extracted from three databases, which were then narrowed down to 77 articles. The most used interventions were Triple P (23 studies), Incredible …
Active Labour Market Policies for Rural Neets in Lithuania
This article aims to analyse active labour market policy efficiency for rural young NEETs integration into the labour market in the socioeconomic context of rural municipalities in Lithuania. For the empirical analysis, the administrative data of the public employment service concerning active labour market policy measures, e.g., training and mobility support, subsidised employment, and support for establishing or adapting workplaces of 2018 and …
The use of evidence-based programmes in family support across Europe
The importance of using evidence-based programmes to ensure children’s rights and families’ well-being is increasingly recognized in Europe. However, there are few and partial attempts to gain insight into the scope of prevention and promotion programmes currently implemented in child and family services across Europe, often located outside the formal peer-reviewed channels. The objectives of this study are empirically examining the diversity of …
Social Risks and Class in the Baltic States
The understanding of the distribution of social risks according to social classes can ensure more targeted social investment policies. This article aims to analyze the distribution of social risks according to the social classes in the three Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The micro data used in this analysis are collected from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data base of 2015 covering the …
Social investment in the Baltic states
Prevention against social risks through investment in human capital serves as the main focus of social investment. The social investment perspective suggests that social protection benefits should ensure adequate income maintenance over the life course. The goal of the current study is twofold: to analyse the role of social benefits that protect against poverty and look at the distribution of social risks over the life course with a focus on of s…
Lithuanian Welfare System in Times of Recent Crisis
Policy and Decision to Retire in Central and Eastern European Countries
The exit from the labor market in old age is a process determined by different institutional factors of the labor market. Working conditions, employment protection regulation, organizational policies and employers' attitude can either make people stop working or motivate them to work longer. The decision to stay or withdraw from the labor market in old age with regard to the employment policies in the Central and Eastern EU member states is analy…
Lietuvos pensijų politikos 2009–2015 m. ideologinės tendencijos
Santrauka. Straipsnyje aptariami ideologinės krypties poslinkiai šalies pensijų politikoje pas
Factors influencing the decision of whether to retire or extend one’s employment
This paper aims to establish which factors influence whether people in eastern/central European countries decide to continue in paid work or retire. The situation in Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Slovakia in 2010 is analysed. In order to pursue this aim, the following objectives were set: firstly, to analyse previous research on the topic, secondly, to evaluate factors influencing people’s decisions on wh…
Kaupiamųjų pensijų schemos dalyvių elgsenos tendencijos Lietuvoje
Straipsnyje siekiama išanalizuoti privačių pensijų schemos dalyvių elgsenos tendencijas, išryškėjusias pirmajame kaupiamųjų pensijų schemos veiklos etape. Pirmoje šio straipsnio dalyje apžvelgiamos tyrimais nustatytos privačių pensijų dalyvių elgsenos problemos: „automatinis“ įsitraukimas, nustatyto pasiūlymo poveikis, investavimo inertiškumas, atidėliojimas, mentalinis skaičiavimas ir kt. Toliau analizuojama kaupiamųjųantros pakopos pensijų sche…
Active Labour Market Policies for Rural Neets in Lithuania
This article aims to analyse active labour market policy efficiency for rural young NEETs integration into the labour market in the socioeconomic context of rural municipalities in Lithuania. For the empirical analysis, the administrative data of the public employment service concerning active labour market policy measures, e.g., training and mobility support, subsidised employment, and support for establishing or adapting workplaces of 2018 and …
Factors influencing the decision of whether to retire or extend one’s employment
This paper aims to establish which factors influence whether people in eastern/central European countries decide to continue in paid work or retire. The situation in Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Slovakia in 2010 is analysed. In order to pursue this aim, the following objectives were set: firstly, to analyse previous research on the topic, secondly, to evaluate factors influencing people’s decisions on wh…
Kaupiamųjų pensijų schemos dalyvių elgsenos tendencijos Lietuvoje
Straipsnyje siekiama išanalizuoti privačių pensijų schemos dalyvių elgsenos tendencijas, išryškėjusias pirmajame kaupiamųjų pensijų schemos veiklos etape. Pirmoje šio straipsnio dalyje apžvelgiamos tyrimais nustatytos privačių pensijų dalyvių elgsenos problemos: „automatinis“ įsitraukimas, nustatyto pasiūlymo poveikis, investavimo inertiškumas, atidėliojimas, mentalinis skaičiavimas ir kt. Toliau analizuojama kaupiamųjųantros pakopos pensijų sche…
Lithuanian Welfare System in Times of Recent Crisis
Policy and Decision to Retire in Central and Eastern European Countries
The exit from the labor market in old age is a process determined by different institutional factors of the labor market. Working conditions, employment protection regulation, organizational policies and employers' attitude can either make people stop working or motivate them to work longer. The decision to stay or withdraw from the labor market in old age with regard to the employment policies in the Central and Eastern EU member states is analy…
Lietuvos pensijų politikos 2009–2015 m. ideologinės tendencijos
Santrauka. Straipsnyje aptariami ideologinės krypties poslinkiai šalies pensijų politikoje pas
Factors influencing the decision of whether to retire or extend one’s employment
This paper aims to establish which factors influence whether people in eastern/central European countries decide to continue in paid work or retire. The situation in Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Slovakia in 2010 is analysed. In order to pursue this aim, the following objectives were set: firstly, to analyse previous research on the topic, secondly, to evaluate factors influencing people’s decisions on wh…
Social investment in the Baltic states
Prevention against social risks through investment in human capital serves as the main focus of social investment. The social investment perspective suggests that social protection benefits should ensure adequate income maintenance over the life course. The goal of the current study is twofold: to analyse the role of social benefits that protect against poverty and look at the distribution of social risks over the life course with a focus on of s…
Social Risks and Class in the Baltic States
The understanding of the distribution of social risks according to social classes can ensure more targeted social investment policies. This article aims to analyze the distribution of social risks according to the social classes in the three Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The micro data used in this analysis are collected from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data base of 2015 covering the …
Instruments evaluating child outcomes used in evidence-based family support programs
This scoping review aims to identify instruments that measure child outcomes assessed in evidence-based family support programs and to investigate reported differences in the magnitude of Cronbach’s alpha by type of study participant (i.e., community, clinical, at-risk samples). We analyzed publications extracted from three databases, which were then narrowed down to 77 articles. The most used interventions were Triple P (23 studies), Incredible …
Active Labour Market Policies for Rural Neets in Lithuania
This article aims to analyse active labour market policy efficiency for rural young NEETs integration into the labour market in the socioeconomic context of rural municipalities in Lithuania. For the empirical analysis, the administrative data of the public employment service concerning active labour market policy measures, e.g., training and mobility support, subsidised employment, and support for establishing or adapting workplaces of 2018 and …
The use of evidence-based programmes in family support across Europe
The importance of using evidence-based programmes to ensure children’s rights and families’ well-being is increasingly recognized in Europe. However, there are few and partial attempts to gain insight into the scope of prevention and promotion programmes currently implemented in child and family services across Europe, often located outside the formal peer-reviewed channels. The objectives of this study are empirically examining the diversity of …
The student support system in mediating work-related dropout
While access to higher education is getting a lot of attention regarding equity of educational opportunities and inclusion, the challenges related to completion of studies are less studied. We concentrate on student funding and its complex effects on factors that can impede degree progress and lead students to drop out. Focusing on two components of funding – tuition and public support/grants – we analyze their role in diminishing dropout rates i…
Resilience of Socially Vulnerable Populations to Disinformation in Lithuania
The geopolitical context, particularly the ongoing war in Ukraine, underscores the necessity for societal preparedness and resilience against disinformation in Lithuania. This issue is especially important for the Baltic countries, which experience substantial disinformation flows from the Russian Federation. This study aims to investigate the resilience of socially vulnerable people in Lithuania to disinformation, with a specific focus on the ro…
The rhetoric and reality of social support policies
Political science (11 works) · Economics (6 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Economic policy (3 works)