THE ROLE OF ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN MACEDONIA

Macedonia as a relatively young country since its independence, and until today it faced with high rate of general unemployment. Unemployment was and is still expressed among young people. Unemployment and insufficient employment of young people represent a great expense for the Macedonian economy and is the reason for the active migration of the young population. The influence of the socio-political developments in the country and international politics have a major role to play in this situation. Thanks to the active measures of the state and the influence of the European Union through financing and giving directions for acting of the state in terms of regulation and giving opportunities for self-employment as well as the facilitation of business entities in terms of creating new jobs in the last years there is a slight decrease in the unemployment of young people.In the paper, are analyzed are discussed active labor market policies were undertaken with a view to stimulating the employment of young people and are analyzed and processed statistics on the rates of movement of the activity, employment and unemployment of the young population, structure of the population, key indicators for the labor market by age and structure of employment and unemployment of young people according to the level of education. At the end is offerd conclusion for the economic effects of state policy with directions for action in terms of increasing the employment of young people in Macedonia and the suppression of youth unemployment.