YOUTH LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS AND INTEGRATION INTO THE LABOUR MARKET

The youth long-term unemployment problem is one of the main tasks to deal with at European Union level. Also that kind of adjustment needs to be at Latvia's government level because in our country, there are demographic problems and more young people are leaving our country with the desire to find a well paid job. Many young people choose to acquire a profession that can help to carry out the work in foreign countries, such as engineering technicians, doctors, dentists, chemists. After the university graduation, they could go abroad and proceed their master's studies there, thus having more opportunities to find a well-paid job and build career prospects. As it is known, the youth long-term unemployment is a long-drawn economic problem in Latvia and in other European countries, for example, in Spain, Greece etc., because there is not paid enough attention for solving problems in a long-term, which promotes the youth's long-term unemployment. A large segment of employers prefers to employ more experienced and educated persons than young people or employ young people, paying them an inadequate salary for the same job responsibilities as an adult worker. The present research of the authors are directed towards the youth long-term unemployment reduction and provides a detailed analysis of the situation and problems in youth labour demand from employers of different regions of Latvia. This research is based on theoretical findings, research results of expert interviews, as well as on views on the future vision by employers.