GENDER UNEMPLOYMENT GAP IN KOSOVO - EMPIRICAL STUDY
GENDER UNEMPLOYMENT GAP IN KOSOVO - EMPIRICAL STUDY

Summary/Abstract: The review and research on the persistence of unemployment and existence of difficulties to entry into the labour market for females has been carried out in this paper. Objective of this paper is to present the implementation of equal employment opportunity chances in the organization level and unemployment issues. There are quite level of studies that explored gender inequalities but just a few for persistence of unemployment in general in transition economies. In this independent research data were collected through questionnaires with the sample of 630 respondents, the econometric model used in this research paper is binomial logistical regression. We found that there is a gender inequality in accessing and having a chance to be active participants in labour market for females as a consequence of not applying equal opportunity procedures. Results indicate that females are weaker in having contacts with informal networks to find jobs than males. Age is also significant variable which resulted that workers with younger age were associated with a decreased likelihood of odds in unequal employment opportunity for both genders. We also find that increasing the level of education decreases the inequality in biased employment regarding gender even though there are some inequalities when it comes to older age of the respondents for both genders. Implications of this study can be used by policy researchers regarding causes of gender unemployment gap and its persistence.

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