Unemployment in Kazakhstan

Bc. Anna Dutseva

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

The thesis focused on issues of the labour market in Kazakhstan. The aim of the thesis was to define trends and specific features of the labour market in Kazakhstan. Partial aim of the thesis was to find out whether employment in Kazakhstan is dependent on the growth of the oil industry in the country. The first part of the thesis included the theoretical economical basis and takes into account the specifics of the methodology of data collection on the labour market in Kazakhstan, of the Kazakhstan employment policy, outlines the specific concept of “self-employed” used in Kazakhstan statistics. In the second part, time series analysis (2003-2018) was performed using data by the Kazakhstan Statistical Office (ComStat), by The World Bank and other organizations. According to the results, the situation with unemployment in the Republic of Kazakhstan at first glance is relatively good, compared to other post-Soviet countries and non-CIS countries. Despite this, the real situation in the country differs from the image, made by the official statistics. Numerous experts claim underestimated rates of actual unemployment in KZ. The correlation analysis showed the dependence of employment growth in industry on the development of a significant oil and gas sector in KZ (especially on the volume of crude oil production and oil and gas sector gross value added). Highly qualified, performance oriented and flexible workforce is needed to the further development of Kazakhstan and its full integration into a market economy system.

Keywords

Kazakhstan, labour market, labour-surplus, self-employment, unemployment, unemployment policy, unemployment rate

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 6. 4. 2020

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: prof. Ing. Mansoor Maitah, Ph.D. Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management