Youth employment and unemployment rates in Kosovo

The main aim of this study is to analyse the employment and unemployment rates in the Western Balkans, looking particularly at youth (aged 18–24 years) unemployment in Kosovo. The results of the study show that unemployment in this age group is high and that labour market policies are also not appropriate. The empirical study was conducted during the pandemic (2020), but statistics for study needs were used from the period 2001–2019. It involved young people aged 18–24 and used data from various local and international institutions regarding the labour market for young people, labour market policy, etc. The study shows that in Kosovo, 48.7% of young people aged 18–24 are unemployed and that the most pronounced unemployment is among women. A significant proportion of the young population is unemployed (46.4%) and youth unemployment among females is higher (53.6%) compared to males (42.9%) (Kosovo Agency of Statistics, 2020b). Kosovo’s problem with youth unemployment is the result of poor economic development as well as inefficient labour market policies. The study recommends that policymakers develop sustainable and effective policies that will lead to stability in youth employment and improve the labour market performance. These policies should help organizations and businesses to increase the number of employees, but should also create long-term employment stability. Furthermore, a critical appraisal is necessary to avoid youth unemployment, instability in youth employment and labour market instability as a whole

Download Full-text

Youth Employment

Handbook of Research on Technology Adoption, Social Policy, and Global Integration - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2668-1.ch002 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 20-39

Author(s):

Şenol Öztürk

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Labour Market ◽

International Organizations ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

Youth Employment ◽

Action Plans ◽

Labour Market Policies ◽

The World

Youth employment has been a challenge with gradual acceleration from beginning of 1990s. It also has been exacerbated by latest global crises. Besides, as a fact mutually having a fostering relation with it, increasing rate of inactive population among the youth has caused to soar worry about the matter. Although youth unemployment is a common problem for developed and developing countries, it differs in these countries in terms of formation, intensity and solution way. In two decades countries around the world have implemented particular policies against the matter accordance to action plans prescribed by international organizations such as ILO, OECD and EU. Even though, there has been some partial improvements as a result of economic and labour market policies, there is a long way to solve the problem significantly and to decrease the anxiety down to reasonable level. Therefore, the countries must continuously monitor and analyze their conditions and create integrated policies suited to socio-economic conjuncture.

Download Full-text

The Nature of Youth Employment

Youth Employment in Tourism and Hospitality ◽

10.23912/978-1-910158-36-4-3352 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Andreas Walmsley

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Labour Market ◽

Trade Unions ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

Youth Employment ◽

Quality Of Working Life ◽

Developed Economies ◽

Life Issues ◽

Run Up ◽

Tourism And Hospitality

Roan and Diamond (2003) claim that labour market policy in Australia has focussed on the provision of employment and the preparation of young people for employment but entirely neglected quality of working life issues. The same may be said for other developed economies’ labour market policies. In the anguish to get young people into work, which is understandable given the youth unemployment crisis, the nature of work itself has, until recently at least, rarely been questioned. In the run up to the May 2015 UK general election, rival parties were at loggerheads over the nature of jobs being created in the economy, with the ruling coalition parties pointing to the fall in unemployment and the opposition arguing that many of these jobs were barely paying the minimum wage and that furthermore many of the jobs now being offered were on zero-hour contracts and also on casual contracts, which are ones where the employer can hire staff without the guarantee of work. Suddenly the nature of work reappeared on policy makers’ agendas and this, coupled with tourism’s admittedly poor reputation as an employer, suggests the need for a closer look at the nature of youth employment in the sector. Consequently, this chapter presents and discusses different characteristics of youth employment in tourism and hospitality. It aims to provide an insight into the experience of youth employment as well as reviewing the role of trade unions in improving working conditions for young people. The chapter also addresses separately the nature of youth employment in developing countries, and concludes with a review of the relationship between responsible tourism and youth employment.

Download Full-text

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Employment Programme on Young Unemployed People

Engineering Economics ◽

10.5755/j01.ee.32.1.23276 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 60-69

Author(s):

Laura Južnik Rotar

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Labour Market ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

The European Union ◽

Short Term ◽

Active Labour Market Policy ◽

Unemployed People ◽

Active Labour

Youth unemployment is of paramount concern for the European Union. Young people are facing potentially slow and difficult transitions into stable jobs. What optimally supports young people on the labour market poses a challenging question for economic policy makers. Active labour market policies can be beneficial to young unemployed people. The aim of active labour market policy is to improve employability of the unemployed. The consequences of an overly generous welfare state can be a reduction in motivation to work. The effectiveness of employment programmes is therefore a crucial step in the process. This paper aims to estimate the treatment effect of subsidized employment programmes on young Dutch unemployed people using difference in differences propensity score matching. We test whether the effects of subsidized employment programmes for young Dutch unemployed people are positive and strong in both the short and long term on the probability of re-employment and on the probability of participation in the regular educational system in comparison with the outcome produced in the event that an individual would continue seeking employment as an unemployed person. The probability of re-employment in short-term circumstances is positive, but small. Whereas with long-term examples (two years after the programme start) the probability is negative. Alternatively, the probability of participation in regular educational systems is positive in the short-term as well as in the long-term, but evidently decreases in the long-term. Welfare reforms undertaken in the Netherlands are directed towards enhancing efficiency. The role of social partners in social security administrations is reduced and the reforms are intended to promote reintegration of people who are out of work. There is a general agreement that the Netherlands is going in the right direction by giving priority to work and study over benefits, as it has become evident that generous social benefits make employment policies inefficient.

Download Full-text

SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE MODERN UKRAINIAN LABOR MARKET

Social work and social education ◽

10.31499/2618-0715.5.2020.220767 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 38-47

Author(s):

Юлія Підвальна

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Labour Market ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

Vocational Guidance ◽

The State ◽

Youth Employment ◽

Guidance Services ◽

Young Professionals ◽

Effective System

The article considers the current problems of youth unemployment; the reasons for its occurrence are investigated. The level of employment and youth unemployment in the modern labour market in Ukraine is analyzed.The author emphasizes that the existence of a functional state is impossible without solving the problem of unemployment. Young people, as part of the population with special needs, opportunities and potential, should be the first to be addressed by the state, as neglecting their employment could have critical consequences for society as a whole.The main directions of youth employment regulation at the state and regional level are considered. The problem of youth employment exists all over the world and is solved in different ways. Informing relations with young people and their employers, the Ukrainian authorities take into account the experience of foreign scientists, the practical achievements of other countries, as adapted to the internal characteristics of the country.The task of improving the process of employment and choosing a profession, the beginning of independent employment of young professionals is formulated. The main directions for reducing youth unemployment in the labour market and increasing employment have been identified. The current state of the labour market is analyzed, the main causes of imbalance between supply and demand for young professionals are identified and a list of the most popular specialities is determined. The main ways to reduce unemployment among the youth segment are proposed. The following issues need further research: further study the problems of youth employment; to adopt the procedure for forming and placing a state order for the training of specialists, taking into account the needs of the labour market; to encourage educational institutions and enterprises to cooperate in the field of vocational guidance; to involve Ukrainian scientists in the work of youth work centres and provide recommendations for improving their activities; to form a state mechanism to support youth entrepreneurship; to create an effective system of vocational guidance for young people in popular professions and to provide an individual approach to providing vocational guidance services.

Download Full-text

Falling euro-area unemployment masks EU disparities

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db230660 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Unemployment Insurance ◽

Euro Area ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

The Political ◽

Content Type ◽

Unemployment Rates ◽

Market Trends ◽

Term Labour

Subject Long-term labour market trends. Significance Since the second half of 2013, the euro-area economy has undergone a cyclical upturn in GDP growth which has prompted a steady decline in unemployment. However, unemployment rates in several countries remain well above pre-crisis levels and labour market disparities have widened across the bloc. Impacts Disparities will contribute to making common EU unemployment insurance very unlikely in the foreseeable future. Persistent high unemployment rates could fuel Euroscepticism and dissatisfaction with the political establishment, as seen in Italy. High youth unemployment in several member states is likely to encourage emigration.

Download Full-text

Youth Employment

Five Generations and Only One Workforce ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-0437-6.ch014 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 305-330

Author(s):

Şenol Öztürk

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Labour Market ◽

International Organizations ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

Youth Employment ◽

Action Plans ◽

Labour Market Policies ◽

The World

Download Full-text

Empirical study of spatial differentiation of youth unemployment in Russia

Acta Oeconomica ◽

10.1556/032.2016.66.3.7 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 66 (3) ◽

pp. 507-526 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tatiana Blinova ◽

Vladimir Markov ◽

Viktor Rusanovskiy

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Age Groups ◽

Spatial Differentiation ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

Behavioural Response ◽

Economic Effects ◽

Group Differences ◽

Unemployment Rates ◽

Youth Labour Market ◽

Interregional Differentiation

The purpose of the study is to conduct a statistical analysis and to perform a quantitative assessment of the degree and the dynamics of the interregional differences in youth unemployment in Russia between 2005 and 2013. We decompose the interregional differentiation into “within-group” and “between-group” differences. We also analyse the dynamics of the within-group and between-group differences and estimate their contribution to changes in the interregional differentiation of youth unemployment. Additionally, we estimate the degree and the dynamics of the interregional differences of the youth labour market in Russia in times of crisis and recovery growth. The results show a reduction in the interregional differences in unemployment rates between 2005 and 2008, while in 2009–2013, the interregional differentiation of the labour market increased. We found that the socio-economic effects of youth unemployment, as well as the behavioural response to economic shocks in the age groups of 15–19 and 20–29 years were significantly different.

Download Full-text

ADAPTATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE LABOR MARKET: DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

Social work and social education ◽

10.31499/2618-0715.2(7).2021.244651 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 185-195

Author(s):

Juliia Pidvalna ◽

Olha Pavelkiv

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Labour Market ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Self Determination ◽

Educational Services ◽

Professional Qualification ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Stable Employment ◽

Large Groups

The article considers the process of adaptation of young people in the labour market. It has been determined that the main adaptation barriers for young people in the modern Ukrainian labour market are: low competitiveness; lack of the majority of young people with the necessary knowledge and skills for self-determination in the labour market, career development, negotiating with employers on employment issues; inconsistency of the professional qualification structure of youth with the needs of the economy and the available vacancies; lack of a mechanism to ensure the relationship between the labour market and the market of educational services; backwardness of personnel policy of most organizations, focused mainly on achieving current results, rather than on long-term development. It is analyzed that the successful adaptation ends, as a rule, with stable employment, adoption of laws of the labour market functioning. Violations of young people's adaptation in the labour market can have serious consequences, the main of which are chronic unemployment of large groups of young people, negative impact on socio-psychological development of young people, frustration at work as a means of personal self-realization.

Download Full-text

Why do Young People Give up Their Job Search?

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies ◽

10.18291/njwls.v8i3.109539 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Sami Ylistö

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Young People ◽

Labour Market ◽

Job Search ◽

Individual Choice ◽

Search Behaviour ◽

Job Seeking ◽

Labour Market Position ◽

Unemployed Youth

The decision to search or not to search for work is usually considered a purely individual choice. However, this is a simplistic view, which ignores important structural and situational aspects of job search behaviour. This article discusses the reasons why long-term unemployed youth in Finland give up their search for work or a student place. The data comprise 28 life course interviews that were analysed by means of content analysis. The data show that young people’s job seeking behaviour is greatly influenced by how they view their labour market position and prospects. Job search abandonment is often temporary and young people soon resume their search because of the expectations of the society around them and their willingness to find work. The young people interviewed provided rational, emotional and life value reasons for their decision to suspend their job search. The article offers a deeper understanding of youths’ job search behaviour.

Download Full-text