The unemployment of age category 55+ in the EU labour market

The diploma thesis is focused on the participation of older workers in the labour market of the European Union. Older people might be many times challenged by several obstacles or tougher employment conditions, compared to younger genera-tions. The objective of the diploma thesis is to recognize the dependence of the unemployment of age category 55-64 upon selected explanatory variables. At the beginning, theoretical reviews are presented. The multiple linear regression analy-sis is the main method used in the thesis. The model and its parameters are esti-mated by the Ordinary Least Squares method, and their statistical significance is further tested. There are several statistical tests and graphical outputs that are used for testing whether the estimated model meets all seven classical assump-tions.