UTICAJ PANDEMIJSKE KRIZE NA NEZAPOSLENOST U ZEMLJAMA ZAPADNOG BALKANA U PERIODU 2020–2025

Ekonomist 2 (2025) (87-114 str.)

AUTHOR(S) / АУТОР(И): Isidora Aleksić, Milica Nestorović, Andrea Bučalina Matić

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46.793/EKONOMIST5.1.4A

ABSTRACT / САЖЕТАК:

Nezaposlenost u zemljama Zapadnog Balkana ostaje jedno od najvažnijih socio-ekonomskih pitanja, sa značajnim posledicama po privredni razvoj i društvenu stabilnost. Period 2020–2025 obeležen je snažnim uticajem pandemije COVID-19, koja je dovela do naglog rasta nezaposlenosti u 2020. i 2021. godini, naročito u sektorima turizma, ugostiteljstva i malih preduzeća. Posebno su pogođeni mladi i žene, što je dodatno produbilo postojeće strukturne slabosti tržišta rada. Od 2022. godine beleži se postepeni oporavak, uz rast digitalnih poslova i rada na daljinu, ali stope nezaposlenosti i dalje ostaju iznad proseka Evropske unije. Analiza pokazuje da su razlike među zemljama značajne, a da su politike zapošljavanja i investicije u ljudski kapital ključne za ubrzanje oporavka i smanjenje nezaposlenosti u regionu.

KEYWORDS / КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ:

nezaposlenost, Zapadni Balkan, COVID-19, stopa nezaposlenosti, tržište rada

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