Unemployment and the impact of Government Policies in reducing unemployment in Albania

Abstract

Unemployment is the phenomenon that has been reported everywhere recently and has affected the various layers of population around the world. The focus of this study is to treat one of the problems facing the economy of a country and human society, unemployment. The subject of the thesis is: "Unemployment and Government Policies in Albania." The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of unemployment or financial stability in Albania based on factual reasons taken from studies accompanied for this period and analysis of employment policies over the years that have accompanied by unemployment in our country. Over the last decade, Albania has had a steady increase in unemployment, in this context what will be considered during the thesis work is what has happened over the years, taking into consideration the period after the 90s to nowadays. Our study is an analysis, descriptive and comparative one that will follow an analytical approach to the level of unemployment in the post-90s’ period until nowadays, what is the ground of it, in what level was the unemployment and what were the initiatives taken to reduce it and bring it closer to the natural unemployment rate. At the end of this study will be highlighted some points including the importance of studying and trainings to increase the level of education, the gap of salaries and efficiency between male and female gender distribution and the impacts of increasing the flexibility of the policy for jobseekers.