The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has left a mark on different fields and it certainly had a strong impact on the labour market in the world, and also in Slovenia. The purpose of the graduation thesis is to research the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on regional unemployment in Slovenia. In the empirical part, the method of secondary data analysis is used. The results show that with the onset of the pandemic, the rate of regional unemployment has increased in all regions. The first hypothesis that the registered unemployment rate during the observed period is on average the lowest in the Central Slovenian region, is refuted, since the lowest registered unemployment rate on average was in the Gorenjska region. The second hypothesis, that the registered unemployment rate after the onset of the pandemic has mostly increased in the Pomurje statistical region, is also refuted. The registered unemployment rate in 2020 has mostly increased in the Obalno-kraška region, while in the Pomurje statistical region it increased the least. The third hypothesis that the State measure of reimbursement of wage compensation to workers temporarily waiting for work helped to preserve jobs is partially confirmed. At the onset of the epidemic, the registered unemployment rate increased in all Slovenian regions, however, in 2021 it dropped in all regions and in five regions even reached a lower value than before the onset of the pandemic. In 2022, the downward trend continued and reached record low values in all statistical regions. This points to the fact that, with the help of appropriate and timely action, Slovenia limited the negative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the labour market and thus also on regional unemployment in Slovenia.
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