Subject: COVID-19
Subject: labour market
Subject: job losses
Subject: response measures
Year: 2020
Type: Proceeding article
Title: THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON LABOUR MARKET IN NORTH MACEDONIA
Author: Zulfiu Alili, Merita
Abstract: An initial assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the North Macedonian labour market is widely anticipated that will be severe, pushing thousands of people into unemployment, underemployment and working poverty. This paper aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on labour market by analysing the most affected sectors and government measured aimed to prevent job losses. Many small and medium businesses have already closed their operations or decreased the number of employees. The most affected industries due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 are the tourism industry and export-oriented industries, including the textile sector. To mitigate the consequences of COVID-19 the Government of North Macedonia has adopted measures for support of the firms which aim to keep jobs, maintain social stability, and help the citizens affected by the crisis. Specific local labour market characteristics should be considered when specifying eligibility criteria and undertaking crisis response measures.
Publisher: Faculty of Economics-Skopje, SS. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Relation: 1st international scientific conference "Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future"
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/9705
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/9705Identifier: http://doi.org/10.47063/EBTSF.2020.0021
