The NEET population in Croatian labor market

Sažetak

The situation of young people in the labor market is an
extremely important segment, and what their possibility of employment
after completing a certain education is. is. For years, the Republic
of Croatia has been struggling with an above-average double-digit
youth unemployment rate of 18.8 per cent, which is data from December
2023. A major role in unemployment was played by the COVID-
19 pandemic, which caused many layoffs, company closures, and the
like. A big feature is the NEET (eng. Not in Employment, Education
and Training) population, which according to the latest data indicates
that these are young people aged 15-29, who are not employed, are
not in the regular education system or in the youth education system,
and moreover, they are not even registered in the register of unemployed
persons of the CES (Croatian Employment Service), and yet they
are given access to the labor market. In the NEET population, there
are also specific reasons why someone is there. Unemployment also
depends on places of residence, accessibility to urban cities where it is
easier to find employment, but also on people’s mentality. Unemployment
will be shown on concrete examples in Croatian regions, especially
in northwestern Croatia.