Addressing Youth Unemployment Challenges - Case of Croatia

undergraduate thesis

• Author: Lara Šoše
• Mentor: Šime Smolić (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Economics and Business; (Department of Macroeconomics and Economic Development); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-09-25, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Macroeconomics

Abstract

Aim of this paper is to address the challenges ofthe youth unemployment, and in particular youth unemployment characteristics and trends in Croatia. The main goal ofthis research paper is to obtain an insight into the current situation regarding the youth unemployment in Croatia and implemented or suggested solutions to this challenge. Moreover, paper examines the causes lead- ing to considerably high youth unemployment rate in Croatia such as skill mismatch, labor mar- ket inflexibility, discrepancy between education system output and needs (demand) ofthe labor market and the repercussions of that imbalance.

• Keywords: youth; unemployment
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:148:795260
• Study programme: Title: Business Economics in English; Study programme type: university; Study level: undergraduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/ prvostupnica(baccalaureus/ baccalaurea) ekonomije (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/ prvostupnica(baccalaureus/ baccalaurea) ekonomije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Created on: 2019-09-25 19:55:45