Analysis of unemployment development in Slovakia and impact of labour market policies

This bachelor thesis concerns unemployment in Slovak Republic and impact of welfare reform approved by second Mikuláš Dzurinda government on its development, with focus on active and passive labour market policies. It explores character and structure of slovak unemployment and impact of adopted reforms on changes in development of rate of unployment registered and rate of unemployment from Labour Force Survey. Via theoretical data analysis of labour market and state expenditures acquired from statistical institutions and its comparison before and after reforms is this thesis trying to define this impact and determine its extent. Functioning of new welfare system is also based on international data comparision