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UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
Sarke Economic Press Monitor, Georgia
December 15, 2014 Monday
by Netgazeti.Ge
According to Caucasus Barometer research, conducted by Caucasus
Research Resource Center (CRRC) through 2009-2013 among adults of
25-60 years (19,500 persons in total), 52% of inquired Georgians
regard unemployment as the main problem, while 44% - in Armenia and
23% - in Azerbaijan.
At that, 49% - in Armenia, 48% - in Azerbaijan and 43% - in Georgia
declare that they are employed.
According to methodology of International Labor Organization (ILO),
unemployment rate in Georgia makes up 15%, while 18.5% - in Armenia
and 5% - in Azerbaijan.
Reason of such lack of coincidence is that official assessment
methodology considers as employed all people, who have any kind of
income from their labor, even through selling of household production,
while in the poll, the respondents decided themselves to which category
they belong.
Employment rate among men comparing to one among women is much higher
in all 3 countries. The difference of employment probability for men
and women is much bigger in Azerbaijan than in Armenia, in which this
gap is higher than in Georgia in turn.
In Azerbaijan, where merely privileged families have access to
education, a person with higher education has bigger chance to be
employed, while this difference is much smaller in Armenia and Georgia.
The article is prepared within frames of project "South Caucasus News",
supported by Heinrich Boell Foundation (published on November 14).
From: Baghdasarian
Sarke Economic Press Monitor, Georgia
December 15, 2014 Monday
by Netgazeti.Ge
According to Caucasus Barometer research, conducted by Caucasus
Research Resource Center (CRRC) through 2009-2013 among adults of
25-60 years (19,500 persons in total), 52% of inquired Georgians
regard unemployment as the main problem, while 44% - in Armenia and
23% - in Azerbaijan.
At that, 49% - in Armenia, 48% - in Azerbaijan and 43% - in Georgia
declare that they are employed.
According to methodology of International Labor Organization (ILO),
unemployment rate in Georgia makes up 15%, while 18.5% - in Armenia
and 5% - in Azerbaijan.
Reason of such lack of coincidence is that official assessment
methodology considers as employed all people, who have any kind of
income from their labor, even through selling of household production,
while in the poll, the respondents decided themselves to which category
they belong.
Employment rate among men comparing to one among women is much higher
in all 3 countries. The difference of employment probability for men
and women is much bigger in Azerbaijan than in Armenia, in which this
gap is higher than in Georgia in turn.
In Azerbaijan, where merely privileged families have access to
education, a person with higher education has bigger chance to be
employed, while this difference is much smaller in Armenia and Georgia.
The article is prepared within frames of project "South Caucasus News",
supported by Heinrich Boell Foundation (published on November 14).
From: Baghdasarian