ANALYSIS OF UNEMPLOYED STRUCTURE IN LATVIA ACCORDING TO THEIR ACQUIRED EDUCATION

The article discusses a range of significant and topical problems connected to the unemployed problems related to education, the lack of diverse new methods for ensuring a more effective study process of the unemployed in Latvia. Such problems of the unemployed as social exclusion, lack of communication, which hamper the individual self-realization and making of contacts, are becoming increasingly topical within the society. The problem in the area of employment is related to the lack of balance between the labour market demand and supply. The aim of the research is to analyze the structure of the unemployed in Latvia according to their acquired level of education and to prove that during the crisis scientifically justified labour market research is needed to foresee the development of the labour market in future and determine efficient mechanisms for solving the problem of economic inactivity by means of fostering labour market competitiveness, adding new skills to the acquired ones, increasing the education level according to the changing work and life conditions. The research was carried out in the Jekabpils Branch of the State Employment Agency and the Institute of Education and Home Economics of the Latvia University of Agriculture, applying methods of theoretical analysis and evaluation.