CHANGES IN THE REPRODUCTION BEHAVIOUR OF THE POPULATION AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE LABOUR MARKET IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

The paper deals with changes in the reproductive behaviour of the population and its impact on the labour market in the Slovak Republic. The main aim of the paper is to identify changes in the reproductive processes of the population and their impact on the labour force in the labour market in the Slovak Republic through the application of mathematical-statistical methods. The intention is to point out the negative demographic development that can cause labour shortages in the labour market. The contribution consists of several parts. In the theoretical part, we focus mainly on the definition of basic terms and analysis of demographic development in the Slovak Republic. The analytical part of the paper pays attention to the study of dependence between selected demographic indicators and labour market indicators. This article should be point to high causal dependence between population decline and its negative impact in the development of the labour force on the labour market in the Slovak Republic. According to several surveys carried out is likely that the demographic development will not be favourable, which will be reflected on the labour market, because of the increase of a worker shortage. The conclusion of the paper is devoted to the evaluation of the obtained results and to suggestions and recommendations on this issue.