Obrazovanje i (ne)zaposlenost u Hrvatskoj i Europskoj uniji

The paper examines the relationship between educational attainment and (un)employment. The main objective of the paper is to examine the impact of educational level on unemployment in the Republic of Croatia and the European Union (EU) average. For this purpose, the paper will provide an insight into the evolution of the level of education and the evolution of employment and unemployment in Croatia and the EU. The paper performs a correlation analysis for the ten-year period (2012 - 2022), which shows that the employment rate is lowest for people with a low level of education and highest for people with a high level of education, i.e. the unemployment rate is lowest for people with a high level of education. Thus, the analysis carried out indicates that the increase in the number of highly qualified people leads to a decrease in their share in unemployment. Considering the obtained results, additional investments in higher education in the Republic of Croatia and the European Union are recommended.