Author(s):
1. Nikolche Jankulovski, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Bitola, Macedonia
2. Blagoj Gorgievski,

Abstract:
In the Republic of Macedonia, in conditions of limited finances, the capital and the stuff, the role of the workforce and the educational level playan important role for ecouragement of the economic, socialand cultural development. The determination of the current conditions related to the educational level of the workforce is a basic assumption for identification of the education as a kind of human capital. From economic aspect of view, the educational structure is important because higher educational level allows engagement and productivity of the efficient population. In this context, the investments in education are especially important and they are activities that have an influence on the improvement of the individual’s skills and abilities, that is on the increase of their productivity. The increased productivity leads to economic growth, which is an instigator of the economic development of a country. The subject of this paper is an analysis of the educational structure of the efficient population in the Republic of Macedonia, analysis of the educational structure of the employed and the unemployed according to their totality and gender, as well as according to their educational level. After determination of the current conditions and the changes during the observed period (2002-2012) the relation between the education of the workforce and the economic development of the country is presented. The goal of this paper is to give comprehensive analysis of the current situation and the changes in the educational structure of the workforce in the Republic of Macedonia, and to percieve its importance for the economic development. A questionnaire for the workforce for the period of 2002, 2006 and 2012 form the State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia as well as home and foreign literature are used as sources of information.

Key words:
Educational structure, workforce, economic development

Date of abstract submission:
02.12.2013.

Conference:
REDETE 2014 - Researching Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies

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