Challenges of the Unemployment Pressure and the Employment Policies in Romania During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12067738 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alina Ligia Dumitrescu (0009-0000-3983-2582, Institute for World Economy of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 387-397 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Forum for Social Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0736-0932 • E-ISSN: 1874-6381 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07360932.2023.2205575 |
| OpenAlex | W4367310208 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The most important labour market challenge in Romania before 2020, was the shortage of 600,000 workers. This affected the efficiency of the country’s economic activity. However, the Covid-19 pandemic turned this shortage into an oversupply of workers the hospitality industry, due to quarantine restrictions. Moreover, in the post-industrial society there has been a marked increase in the importance of the knowledge economy and the need for a better-educated workforce. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the mismatch between the supply and demand of skilled workers. In addition, the crisis accelerated the digitization of many economic activity. In 2020, the Romanian government introduced support programmes, that included benefits for employees, who were paid by the state at 75% of their basic salary
Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economic shortage · Economics · Government (linguistics · Labour economics · Market economy · Pandemic · Political science · Retrenchment · Romanian · Salary · Social policy · Unemployment · Workforce · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Regional resilience and development
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |