Unemployment problem in the Republic of Croatia

U ovom radu proučen je problem nezaposlenosti u Republici Hrvatskoj i siromaštva kao njene posljedice, a upravo je to u posljednjem desetljeću, a pogotovo zadnjih nekoliko godina jedan od glavnih razloga za emigriranje Hrvata u razvijenije zemlje. U nastavku rada, u odnosu na Republiku Hrvatsku, uspoređuje se broj odseljenih i doseljenih osoba, kao i razlika između broja umrlih i rođenih, a što je sve prouzročeno upravo nezaposlenošću. Provedeno je i primarno istraživanje u vidu ankete u kojoj su sudjelovale 93 osobe. U prvom dijelu anketa sadrži osobna pitanja vezana uz spol, dob i stručnu spremu, a ostala pitanja su vezana uz eventualno emigriranje u druge zemlje radi pronalaska posla. Ako se uzmu u obzir dobiveni rezultati, može se zaključiti da je podjednak broj ispitanika odgovorio potvrdno na eventualno emigriranje u odnosu na broj ispitanika koji su zadovoljni trenutnim poslom u Republici Hrvatskoj. Najveći postotak ispitanika nije emigrirao, a zemlja u koju odlazi najveći broj stanovnika Hrvatske je SR Njemačka. Vezano za prirodni priraštaj, on je negativan posljednjih godina, a broj imigranata u Hrvatsku je podjednak zadnjih nekoliko godina, dok se broj emigriranih osoba svake godine značajno povećava.The subject of this paper is the unemployment problem in the Republic of Croatia and poverty as its consequence. This is one of the main reasons why Croatian people have migrated into more developed countries in the last decade. This paper further compares the number of emigrated and immigrated persons in the Republic of Croatia, as well as the difference in the number of persons who died and were born, which is all a consequence of unemployment. A primary research has been conducted in the form of a survey with 93 respondents. In its first part, the survey contains personal questions on age, sex and level of education, whereas the other questions are related to the possibilities of migrating into other countries for reasons of finding employment. When taking into consideration the obtained results, it is possible to conclude that there is an equal number of respondents who would possibly migrate into other countries and who wouldn’t because they are satisfied with their current job in the Republic of Croatia. The largest percentage of respondents has not migrated, whereas the country that most inhabitants choose as their destination is Germany. With respect to the population growth, it has been negative in the last few years. The number of immigrants into Croatia has remained unchanged in the last few years, whereas the number of persons emigrating every year is significantly growing