THE IMPACT OF MIGRATION ON ROMANIA'S ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Main Authors: DIANA-MIHAELA POCIOVĂLIȘTEANU, EMILIAN M. DOBRESCU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academica Brâncuşi 2014-02-01
• Series: Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie
• Subjects: workforce migration; labour market; unemployment; emigration effects.
• Online Access: http://www.utgjiu.ro/revista/ec/pdf/2014-01/39_Pociovalisteanu,%20Dobrescu.pdf

Free movement for people is one of the most fundamental freedoms guaranteed by European Union law and it is a necessary precondition for building a single market. Greater adaptability on the part of workers through migration process is also a key element in making Europe Union more competitive at a global level, and at an individual level enabling employees to raise their skills levels and their employability, income and career prospects. In this paper I’m trying to review several aspects regarding the Romanian labour market, the causes that determined the labour force to emigrate in European Union’s member states, as well as migrations’ effects on the supply and demand on the labour market. Migration can have both positive and negative effects on economical and social life from the origin country.