scholarly journals The problems and perspectives of the labour market development in Serbia on national and regional level

2021 ◽  
pp. 413-434
Author(s):  
Jelena Zvezdanovic-Lobanova ◽  
Mikhail Lobanov ◽  
Milan Zvezdanovic
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
National Level ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
Spatial Configurations ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Unemployed

The paper deals with the analysis of inter-regional differences in unemployment rates, including an assessment of changes in local labour markets in the 2010s. Comparison of statistics related to the labour market development exclusively at the national level does not allow a complete overview of the employment problems. Based on the available data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, we have compiled three maps that give a visual representation of the unemployment in municipalities in Serbia. The first map demonstates the share of the unemployed in the total population of municipalities at the beginning of 2018 (taking into account the qualification structure of the unemployed population). The second map reveals the dynamics of unemployment rates in municipalities (value ratio for 2018 and 2010). Finally, the third map reflects the authors' vision of regionalization of the unemployment phenomenon in Serbia, expressed in identifying spatial configurations that differ in labour market characteristics. The regionalization of the phenomenon of unemployment in Serbia has enabled the identification of the most and least successful territories in terms of maintaining stability in the labour market. In addition, we highlighted the existing problems of the labour market, emphasized the importance of implementation of employment policies and inclusion in this process of all societal structures, starting with the state, local authorities, private and public sectors in order to achieve sustainable economic growth.

scholarly journals Econometric Modelling of Lithuanian Labour Market

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-52
Author(s):  
Dalia Tendziagolskytė ◽  
Rimantas Rudzkis
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Relative Number ◽  
Unknown Parameters ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Svar Model ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Econometric Methodology ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
The Unemployed

Lithuanian labour market indicators, such as the total number of employees, the number of employees in the private and public sectors, the number of the unemployed, labour force, employment and unemployment rates, the relative number of employees, average monthly gross income are analysed in the paper. The experience of foreign countries and Lithuania in creating labour market models and econometric methodology has been examined. As a result, a new model of the Lithuanian labour market is produced, comprising five regressive equations, which are part of the recursive SVAR model, and four identities, which are part of balance equations. According to the logic of economic and other research, relevant connections in the economy have been specified, unknown parameters of equations have been estimated. Finally, forecasts of endogenous indicators for 2014 have been provided, and results have been compared with the projections of the main labour market indicators for 2014−2017, published by the Ministry of Finance. Calculations have been made using a statistical package Gretl.

Foreigners in the labour market in Śląskie Voivodship

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Grażyna Trzpiot
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Mechanical Method ◽  
Method Of Least Squares ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
The Unemployed

The aim of the paper is to show how the presence of foreigners in the Śląskie Voivodship labour market was changing in the years 2014–2017. The scale of the influx of foreign workers into the labour market in Śląskie Voivodship was examined on the basis of the data on the number of declarations of intention to employ a foreigner and work permits issued, obtained from the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, and the information about the local labour market provided by the Statistical Office in Katowice. The paper also analyses the situation of both the unemployed and working foreigners, taking into account the type of the performed work and their legal status on the labour market, for the purpose of which result data from surveys of the labour market carried out by Statistics Poland were used. The study utilises methods of analysing time series, such as statistical indices and trend determination by the mechanical method (moving averages) and the analytical method (a classic method of least squares). The results of the study indicate significant changes in the situation of foreigners in the labour market in Śląskie Voivodship, and show that the demand for foreign workers, and thus their importance in the labour market have grown.

scholarly journals Youth Labour Flows and Unemployment in Great Recession: Comparing Spain and the Czech Republic

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladislav Flek ◽  
Martina Mysíková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Unemployment Policy ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Opposite Tendency ◽  
Youth Labour

Abstract Using Spain and the Czech Republic as examples of two EU countries with different labour market performance, we apply a gross flow analysis based on EU-SILC longitudinal data. We find that while in Spain the increases in youth unemployment are driven mostly by young people who lose their jobs, in the Czech Republic, this is mainly due to new labour market entrants who failed to find a job. The analysis of flow transition rates suggests that youth labour markets with enormously high unemployment rates have not failed in all relevant respects. Their development seems to be hindered predominantly by high risk of job losses and diminishing employment prospects of the unemployed, rather than by impeded transitions from inactivity to employment. In countries with lower youth unemployment rates, unemployment policy agenda appears to be challenged by quite the opposite tendency

scholarly journals Unemployment Revisited in Comparative Perspective: Labour Market Policy in Strasbourg and Liverpool, 1890–1914

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noel Whiteside
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
National Level ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
World War ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Labour Market Reforms ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
The Unemployed

Many historical studies, some of them comparative, have explored the foundations of welfare states and the birth of unemployment policies in Europe in the late nineteenth century. Nearly all have focused on political debate at national level. This paper bases its analysis on labour market reforms initiated in Strasbourg and Liverpool in the decades preceding World War I. It explores how bona fide unemployed workers, the proper clients of official help, were distinguished from the mass of the poor and indigent. The labour market had to be defined and organized before policies for the unemployed could be put in place. The object is to demonstrate not only how this was done, but also how different perceptions of social justice and economic efficiency influenced both the process and the outcomes of public interventions, in this instance undermining attempts to transfer specific policies from one country to another.

scholarly journals Local Employment Development and Sustainable Labour Market in Northern Hungary Since the Regime Change

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
Katalin Lipták ◽  
Zoltán Musinszki
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Local Control ◽  
Regime Change ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Real Challenge ◽  
Municipal Level ◽  
Peripheral Regions

Abstract The peripheral regions of Hungary, such as the Northern Hungarian region and its settlements, are facing a variety of problems and challenges, and in addition to economic difficulties, demographic and labour market challenges also demand increased attention and solutions. Since the change of regime, the region has been facing economic and labour market difficulties. The current labour market faces a combination of labour shortages, automation and robotisation, rapidly changing conditions and high unemployment. In most peripheral regions, the availability of labour resources to meet the needs of the primary labour market is very limited and local labour markets are completely depleted. The unemployed lack skills and experience. The aim of the study is to provide an overview of labour market developments in the Northern Hungarian region since the change of regime and to describe successful local developments. Addressing the situation requires local, municipal-level solutions, which is a real challenge, as there is no single recipe. Local development can and should be built on a toolbox of local development, as solutions based on local resources, local ‘heroes’, local control and local ideas can be successful. The paper describes such successful local development.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR TRAINING OF THE UNEMPLOYED

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Antra Salmane ◽  
Anita Puzule
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Employment Agency ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Market Needs ◽  
The Unemployed

Along with the rapid development of technologies, demand on the labor market changes, still the skills and knowledge of jobseekers do not match the market needs. The State Employment Agency (hereinafter – SEA) implements training measures for the unemployed. Nevertheless, there is a problem that the unemployed involved in training do not always want to enter the labour market, or their knowledge acquired during the training is not useful. The aim of the study is to assess the economic efficiency of the financial resources allocated for training of the unemployed persons in the context of Latvia and its regions. Research methods: monographic method, graphical method, expert survey method, correlation and regression analysis. The authors explore the use of the financial resources allocated for training and analyse its economic efficiency in Latvia and Latvia's regions. It is found that the difference in unemployment rates in the statistical regions of Latvia has significantly increased during the study period. In order to facilitate the reintegration of individuals into the labour market, more funding is provided for training in the regions with higher unemployment rates. The economic efficiency of the use of financial resources varies from region to region, both in terms of the cost of training per unemployed person involved and the number of the trainees employed after the training, and of the funding for training used in the region.

scholarly journals Socio-demographic determinants of financial exclusion of the unemployed on the local labour market: a case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Anna Nowacka ◽  
Mariola Szewczyk-Jarocka ◽  
Izabela Zawiślińska
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Local Labour Market ◽  
Financial Exclusion ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
The Unemployed

Legal and Institutional Functionality in the Protection of Women – Victims of Domestic Violence in the Republic of Macedonia – Present Situation and Future Perspectives

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Zorica Saltirovska Professor ◽  
Sunchica Dimitrijoska Professor
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Women Victims ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
National Level ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Gender Based

Gender-based violence is a form of discrimination that prevents women from enjoying the rights and liberties on an equal level with men. Inevitably, domestic violence shows the same trend of victimizing women to such a degree that the term “domestic violence” is increasingly becoming synonymous with “violence against women”. The Istanbul Convention defines domestic violence as "gender-based violence against women", or in other words "violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately." The situation is similar in the Republic of Macedonia, where women are predominantly victims of domestic violence. However, the Macedonian legal framework does not define domestic violence as gender-based violence, and thus it does not define it as a specific form of discrimination against women. The national legislation stipulates that victims are to be protected in both a criminal and a civil procedure, and the Law on Prevention and Protection from Domestic Violence determines the actions of the institutions and civil organizations in the prevention of domestic violence and the protection of victims. The system for protection of victims of domestic violence closely supports the Law on Social Protection and the Law on Free Legal Aid, both of which include provisions on additional assistance for women victims of domestic violence. However, the existing legislation has multiple deficiencies and does not allow for a greater efficacy in implementing the prescribed measures for the protection of victims of domestic violence. For this reason, as well as due to the inconsistent implementation of legal solutions of this particular issue, the civil sector is constantly expressing their concern about the increasingly wider spread of domestic violence against women and about the protection capabilities at their disposal. The lack of recognition of all forms of gender-based violence, the trivial number of criminal sentences against persons who perform acts of domestic violence, the insufficient support offered to victims – including victim shelters, legal assistance, and counseling, and the lack of systematic databases on domestic violence cases on a national level, are a mere few of the many issues clearly pointing to the inevitable conclusion that the protection of women-victims of domestic violence is inadequate. Hence, the functionality and efficiency of both the existing legislation and the institutions in charge of protection and support of women – victims of domestic violence is being questioned, which is also the subject for analysis in this paper.

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