The total employment rate in Romania and in the European Union

• Author: Constantin, S.
• Position: Dept. of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Brasov
• Pages: 179-182

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov • Vol. 5 (54) •No. 1 - 2012

Series V: Economic Sciences

THE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT RATE

IN ROMANIA AND

IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Sanda CONSTANTIN1

Abstract: The paper presents the evolution of the total employment rate, all

the employed persons, as an important part of the active population. The

evolution is presented in order to compare this indicator in Romania and in

the European Union (27 countries). The paper also gives emphasis to three

correlations of this indicator with three different variables which can

influence its evolution. Those three indicators refer to the education system,

meaning the weight of the population with a low education level, the rate of young

people quitting school earlier and also the poverty rate. At the end of the paper,

there are some conclusions about the evolution of the indicator and the

results of the correlation model applied.

Key words: active population, education, working population, poverty rate.

1 Dept. of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov.

1. Introduction

Over the recent period of time, the labour

market in Romania has had significant

changes regarding the volume and the

structure for the main indicators of the

labour force.

The financial crisis which began to make

its presence in the second half of the year

2008 has had a major effect over the labour

force structure, meaning that, at the same

time, we can observe the decrease in the

number of working persons and the

increase in that of unemployed people.

This is a major problem which has to be

analyzed in Romania and in the European

Union, as well, in correlation with some

indicators regarding the education system,

meaning the weight of the population with

a low education level, the rate of young

people quitting school earlier and also the

poverty rate.

2. The total employment rate

2.1. The total employment rate in

Romania

The working population includes all

persons over 15 years who had an

economic activity of producing goods

and/or services for at least an hour in the

reference period of time (a week or a

month) for the purpose of obtaining

incomes like salaries or other benefits.

The employment rate represents the

weight of occupied population from each

age range in the total population from that

age group. From that point of view, the

working population rate as compared to the

population able to work represents the

weight of working population aged 15 to

64 years in the total population aged 15 to

64 years.

In Romania, the total employment rate in

2010 registered 58,8%, the same value as