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Regional disparities in the labour market in AP Vojvodina are recorded by analyzing the differences between selected indicators for individual districts and monitoring of their dynamics. For empirical analysis three types of data were used. These are the time series, time-section and panel data (Baltagi, 2005). Districts in AP Vojvodina (NUTS 3 level) were selected as observation units for the 2000-2010 period. Following labour market indicators were used: number of unemployed persons, job vacancies and employment (data from the National Employment Agency, NSZ). Using this data, basic indicators at the district level were calculated: unemployment rate (sn) and vacancy rate (ssrm).
Data on the unemployed was collected from two sources: from the unemployment register for those registered as unemployed at NSZ and from Labour Force Survey conducted periodically by the Statistical office of the Republic of Serbia (RSZ). According to NSZ methodology, the unemployed are persons from 15 to 65 years old, capable and ready to begin to work immediately, not employed or otherwise exercised the right to work, kept in the register of unemployed and actively seeking employment.
Job vacancy data was obtained on the basis of needs expressed by employers and was provided by NSZ. After the change in regulations, the application is submitted by employers having a vacant position and wishing NSZ to mediate in the process of employment. Hence the data on vacancies from 2009 was not quite comparable, which is why these methodological differences were taken into account when drawing conclusions.