Investment has shifted down
Slovenia's business cycle has been particularly pronounced
Since the beginning of the recovery, investment has been weaker than expected: Simple accelerator model of non-residential investment, in % of GDP
Corporate leverage has declined
Profitability has recovered
Firms rely heavily on debt finance
Venture capital investments as a percentage of GDP
The stock of inward FDI is very low
Slovenia receives a particularly small amount of greenfield FDI
Slovenia outperforms CEECs for investment in intangible capital
The share of knowledge-intensive services exports is low
There have been large structural changes in employment shares
Wages are higher than in other CEECs
Slovenia has persistent problems in reallocating workers
Slovenians with less than tertiary education lack digital skills
The difference between tertiary and upper-secondary wages is particularly wide
Mean literacy and numeracy proficiency for older Slovenians
There is a persistent mismatch between the education of those in employment and the population
Slovenia has maintained cost competitiveness
Relative wages for the low paid have generally been fairly stable, despite changes in job shares (graph)
Relatively little is spent on active labour market programmes
The tax wedge for single workers is large (2016)