Chapter 4
In: Social Security in the Balkans – Volume 2
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Abstract
Unemployment is one of the most serious social issues, especially when it has structural characteristics. This chapter presents the evolution of unemployment in the Republic of North Macedonia, the reasons for the manifested amplitudes over time, and the attempts to reduce it and bring it under control through measures taken on the labor market. The research is conducted based on secondary sources of information: analysis of data obtained from the official state institutions in charge of recording unemployment and addressing this significant social challenge, as well as analysis of the most significant publications of academic scholars. The results of the research show that unemployment has been the most serious social problem in the Republic of North Macedonia for a long time. Since the country gained independence there have been constant but insufficient attempts to overcome this problem and the state institutions are far from resolving this problem satisfactorily. However, there has been a significant reduction of the unemployment rate in modern Macedonian society compared to the early 1990s.