JAVNA BERZA RADA U BEOGRADU - PONUDA I POTRAŽNJA RADNE SNAGE ТОКОМ 1921. GODINE
PUBLIC LABOR BOURSE IN BELGRADE - SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF LABOR IN 1921

Summary/Abstract: The Public Labor Bourse was founded in 1919 in Belgrade through the mediation of the Ministry of Social Politics. Apart from assisting people in finding work, the Bourse also aided the unemployed financially and materially, provided lodging and rail transportation discounts. In 1921 the work of the Public Labor Bourse gained significance as the economic crisis grew. The unemployed were recorded in the Public Bourse in 25 professional categories. There was a wide difference between supply and demand of labor during 1921, the only visible change occurring in July. The greatest supply and demand were for the work of day laborers, the least for workers in the rubber, tyre and cellulose industry. The most marked occurrence on the Bourse was the sudden increase, mainly of supply, in the last four months of 1921 which came as a result of the disbalance created in the labor market by the economic crisis. The need to rebuild industrial plants destroyed in the war and the inclination of the state towards industrialization boosted the demand for (30-50% of the total) as well as a considerable supply of (6-53% of the total) industrial professions and created a great interest for secondary productive skills. However, due to the poverty and general underdevelopment of the society there was considerable interest in the Public Bourse for unqualified labor (30% supply and 45% demand). A significant point in the Public Bourse are the constant supply and demand of female labor in 1921 which shows that the social emancipation of women had already taken root. In view of its short previous existence, insufficient financial means and the existence of other employment organizations, as well as the underdeveloped stale of the economy and society and the vast gap between supply and demand of labor, the Public Bourse in Belgrade can be considered to have been a successful social labor organization in 1921.

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