ANALYSIS OF THE LABOR MARKET IN THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA

Dragan Petrović; Dijana Duronjić; Dragan Mandić

doi:10.1515/eoik-2017-0012

Authors

Dragan Petrović GD „Vrbas“ Laktaši, Bosna i Hercegovina
Dijana Duronjić Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hezegovina
Dragan Mandić Vocational School of Economics, Bosnia and Hezegovina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/eoik-2017-0012

Keywords:

labor market, unemployment, employment, the Republic of Srpska

Abstract

We are witnessing that the labor market indicators of the Republic of Srpska have been deteriorating for years. Unemployment rates are up to three times higher than the already high European average, with no prospect of changing the situation in the near future. Deterioration in the labor market with respect to people younger than 30 years of age bears particular significance.There is a notable gap between the reduction of unemployment rate and the increase of employed people from this population group. The question is: Where (and whether) are the young (educated) people disappearing from the labor marketoftheRepublicofSrpska?Theauthorsprovide an analysis of the main indicators of the Republic of Srpska'slabor market, with the aim of recognizing the main tendencies and problems existing at the market, as well as the need to define adequate measures for their resolution.

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