Acta academica karviniensia 2014, 14(4):66-76 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2014.068

LABOUR MARKETS SITUATION IN EU COUNTRIES IN THE LAST TEN YEARS

Eva Rievajová¹, Roman Klimko²

¹ Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave, Národohospodárska fakulta, Dolnozemská 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Email: eva.rievajova@euba.sk

² Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave, Národohospodárska fakulta, Dolnozemská 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Email: roman.klimko@euba.sk

The situation in the labour markets in EU countries after the onset of the financial and economic crisis has deteriorated significantly, while so called vulnerable groups have been affected more. Since the late 90s EU countries are oriented to promote employment growth, which is reflected in the documents and guidelines for individual Member States and approaches to find common solutions in the field of labour market and employment policy. For this purpose Europe 2020 strategy and follow-up documents and recommendations focused on growth performance, employment and competitiveness of the EU countries were adopted. The paper is focused on the characteristics of basic trends in the labour markets in the Member States, challenges and common procedures for employment growth and job creation.

Keywords: labour market, unemployment, labour market policy, European employment strategy

JEL classification: J01, J08

Received: September 5, 2014; Accepted: February 11, 2015; Published: December 30, 2014  Show citation