This paper examines the labour market in Macedonia, a country with the highest
unemployment rate in Europe. I describe labour market institutions and policies during the …

This paper analyzes crisis adjustments of the public and private sectors in two emerging
market economies, Croatia and Serbia, during the 2008–2011 period. It focuses on public …

During the years preceding the current crisis Serbia had relatively high GDP growth rates. It
seems, however, that these growth rates did not have much impact on the employment …

Using a large panel of Czech manufacturing firms with 50 or more employees, we update
the firm-level labour demand elasticity estimates for 2002-2009. The economic crisis of 2008 …

This doctoral dissertation studies the reasons behind high and persistent unemployment in
Croatia with the help of the search and matching theory. Huge unemployment rates are …

This doctoral dissertation studies the role key competences play in bridging the gap
between labor demand and labor supply in Croatia. Knowledge-based economy and fourth …

In the 2003, Croatian government started to prepare and negotiate National employment
action plan, which was adopted in the second half of 2004. One part of this plan is devoted …

• The link between firm-level production and labour demand is important for calibrating
macroeconomic models• The recent situation on the Czech firms' labour demand side is …