Abstract

The European Union has been heavily influenced by the 2008 global economic crisis. Significant negative effects from economic growth to unemployment have been observed. The European Union has implemented various economic policies to overcome the effects of the economic crisis. In the study, the unemployment rate for the European Union countries was statistically analyzed according to education level and sex. The study concluded that the average unemployment rates of males and females with the same education in the European Union countries were statistically equal and that the general unemployment rates were different according to education levels. As a result, there is no problem of gender inequality in unemployment in European Union countries, and as the level of education increases, the rate of unemployment decreases.