THE DEMAND FOR JOBS AND THE LABOR MARKET IN IRAQ: BETWEEN MARKET NEED AND EDUCATION OUTCOMES

Abstract

Education has always been one of the qualifications for employment in various jobs. However, if it turns into an obstacle or there is an oversupply in some disciplines, this constitutes a problem and reinforces unemployment in societies. In Iraq, it searches for its causes and analyzes its data in order to develop realistic solutions that can be implemented in the short and medium term. This research also analyzes the structure of the labor market in Iraq, and the extent to which it accommodates job seekers with educational attainment at various levels and for both sexes, touching on the extent to which the public and private sectors are able to employ this group, and what are the possible obstacles and remedies, especially since Iraq has gone through difficult security, political and economic conditions. Many problems have arisen at the level of employment and the increase in the number of the unemployed, and the importance of the research comes from dealing with a problem that is rooted in Iraqi society and has become a crisis that must be found for solutions.