Vol 3, No 1, 2004 pp. 17-31
UDC 331.5:339.923   331.5(497.11)
CHANGES IN THE LABOUR MARKET - EUROPEAN UNION AND SERBIA
Gordana Stojić Atanasov
Faculty of Philosophy, Niš
e-mail: agordana@filfak.ni.ac.yu
Abstract. The paper discusses the changes in the labour market in the European Union and in Serbia, namely the changes that emerge as a consequence of the adjustment to the social, economic, political and demographic changes in the modern world. The development of new technologies and knowledge economy lays an ever greater stress on the quality of the labour force as a factor of improving an economy's competitiveness in the world market. On the other hand, mass unemployment appears as one of the most important problems of the modern society development. When it comes to Serbia, labour market reform is indispensable for creating the conditions for market economy development as well as for Serbia's successful integration into the EU.
The first part of the paper represents an analysis of the EU politics in the domain of employment, changes in the rate of employment and unemployment, and the issue of free labour mobility within the EU. The second part of the paper represents a discussion on the Serbian labour market characteristics, namely, rates of employment and unemployment, informal labour market and labour force mobility. Finally, the discussion focuses on the possible effects of the EU enlargement upon the tendencies in the labour market as well as the process of the labour market reform in Serbia.
Key words: Labour Market, EU, Serbia, Employment, Unemployment, Labour Force Mobility
PROMENE NA TRŽIŠTU RADA - EVROPSKA UNIJA I SRBIJA
Predmet rada je razmatranje promena na tržištu rada u Evropskoj Uniji i Srbiji koje nastaju kao posledica prilagodjavanja društvenim, ekonomskim, političkim i demografskim promenama  u savremenom svetu. Razvoj novih tehnologija i ekonomije znanja sve više ističe kvalitet radne snage kao faktor poboljšanja konkurentnosti jedne privrede na svetskom tržištu. Sa druge strane, masovna nezaposlenost se javlja kao jedan od najznačajnihih problema razvoja modernog društva. Kada se radi o Srbiji, reforma tržišta rada je nužna za stvaranje uslova za razvoj tržišne privrede i uspešno integrisanje Srbije u EU.
U prvom delu rada analiziraju se ciljevi politike EU u oblasti zapošljavanja, kretanja zaposlenosti i nezaposlenosti, kao i problem slobodnog kretanja rada u okviru EU. U drugom delu rada razmatraju se karakteristike tržišta rada u Srbiji - stope zaposlenosti i nezaposlenosti, neformalno tržište rada i mobilnost radne snage.  Zatim se razmatra mogući uticaj proširenja EU na tendencije na tržištu rada kao i proces reforme tržišta rada u Srbiji.
Ključne reči: tržište rada, EU, Srbija, zaposlenost, nezaposlenost, mobilnost radne snage