Professional paper
UNEMPLOYMENT OF THE YOUNG – ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES WITH FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR THE WHOLE SOCIETY
Nikolina Bilić
; Doktorska škola društveo-humanističkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Osijeku
Marijana Jukić
Abstract
The young are the driving force of every society and their active participation in social-political life represents a generator of growth and progress of any state. Global economic crisis has caused disturbances at a labour market both in the European Union and in Croatia but it is the young that seem to have been the most vulnerable group affected by the crisis. Should the negative trend of increasing unemployment rate of the young continue, the European Union and Croatia could face far-reaching economic, political and social consequences that will affect not only individuals but also the society as whole. Former measures in suppressing unemployment in young population in Croatia have not achieved significant effects and one of the reasons could be the fact that the education system has resulted in over-production so far without taking market demands into account. After accessing the European Union, Croatia has the structural funds at its disposal but a question arises if it will be able to use its full potential and if the active measures of the Croatian Employment Institute will be effective. Time for waiting grows less thus the solving of this problem needs to be approached with great care.
Keywords
unemployment of the young; labour market; European funds; educational system; Croatian Employment Institute; active measures
Hrčak ID:
132450
URI
Publication date:
30.8.2014.
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