Inactivity vs. Youth Employment, at regional level A Case Study: ROMANIA

Antonescu, Daniela and Chisăgiu, Livia (2016): Inactivity vs. Youth Employment, at regional level A Case Study: ROMANIA.

Abstract

In Romania and European Union there are recorded unwanted tendencies among young generation that endanger some of the top priorities of the EU Treaty. The main research questions is, the first, what is the evolution of the phenomenon of early leavers, young unemployment, NEET and employment rate at national and regional level, and secondly, what are the economic and social implications? The papers will bring into debate the main evolutions on the labor market recorded by the young generation. This could influence the decision factors regarding socio, economic and demographic impact that could be envisioned. The research method is investigation the Eurostat database and NS and processing data with the help of concentration coefficients, graphs and charts of the most relevant results of data processing. In conclusion, the early leavers, young unemployment and NEET phenomena are the main causes for poor employment and, respectively, a threat for the employability, the productivity and economic growth potential.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: inactivity, youth employment, Gini Coefficients
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J01 - Labor Economics: General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J08 - Labor Economics Policies; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J60 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility ; Immigrant Workers; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J65 - Unemployment Insurance ; Severance Pay ; Plant Closings; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J68 - Public Policy

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