Employment and unemployment in the Western Balkans an assessment (by A. Iara and H. Vidovic, pp. 1-10) Keywords labour … market, employment, Western Balkans Countries covered SEE Topics Labour and Migration Skills and the performance of exports …

their external competitiveness - via devaluation and/or cuts in employment. On account of their solid industries, they … crisis. In the Western Balkans, significant employment cuts have so far been mostly averted, but they might well come to the …. Furthermore, as a consequence of the crisis, persistently low employment levels might result in human capital losses. The slower …

pronounced as long as employment fails to grow. Investment will not act as a strong engine of growth either. Given the generally …

employment. Furthermore, patterns of adjustment across CESEE economies vary greatly, with some countries (such as Croatia … dampens consumption expenditures, and leads to cutbacks in employment (and wages), which, in turn, lower household incomes and … markets of the CESEEs and the situation of the banking sector respectively. Towards the end of 2011 the employment situation …

happening in the labour markets. Employment rates have declined in most countries while unemployment in particular among the …