EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK: A REGIONAL APPROACH FOR ROMANIA
Autor (i): Patache Laura
JEL: J28, R23
Cuvinte cheie: decent work indicators, development regions, quality of employment, remunerative employment, job satisfaction
Abstract:
This study is focused on Romanian employment evolution and challenges at regional level. The concept of decent work is highlighting the change of status in employment. Based on core objectives of the Decent Work Agenda: creating jobs, guaranteeing rights at work, extending social protection and promoting dialogue and conflict resolution we considered some of the indicators which measure decent work in the Romanian development regions. Decent work and economic growth are some of the Sustainable Development’s goals of the United Nations Development Programme that promotes full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men; these goals must be achieved until 2030. In the last few years labour resources decreased nationwide, accompanied by a decrease in employment and unemployment, too. The decrease in the number of employed population should be viewed in terms of migration of a significant part of the workforce with increasingly more skills. The low unemployment itself is not a real indicator of efficiency as long as many economic sectors could not hire enough staff or a properly qualified/ skilled one. It is obvious that the extend of mismatches between supply and demand has increased the risk of losing productivity and the education and training system; thus, the most important lever to counter this phenomenon is to work with many shortcomings. Finally, we have made a classification of the Romanian regions in terms of decent work indicators.
This study is focused on Romanian employment evolution and challenges at regional level. The concept of decent work is highlighting the change of status in employment. Based on core objectives of the Decent Work Agenda: creating jobs, guaranteeing rights at work, extending social protection and promoting dialogue and conflict resolution we considered some of the indicators which measure decent work in the Romanian development regions. Decent work and economic growth are some of the Sustainable Development’s goals of the United Nations Development Programme that promotes full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men; these goals must be achieved until 2030. In the last few years labour resources decreased nationwide, accompanied by a decrease in employment and unemployment, too. The decrease in the number of employed population should be viewed in terms of migration of a significant part of the workforce with increasingly more skills. The low unemployment itself is not a real indicator of efficiency as long as many economic sectors could not hire enough staff or a properly qualified/ skilled one. It is obvious that the extend of mismatches between supply and demand has increased the risk of losing productivity and the education and training system; thus, the most important lever to counter this phenomenon is to work with many shortcomings. Finally, we have made a classification of the Romanian regions in terms of decent work indicators.
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