Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 2 / 2013 (579)
Public policies targeting labour market rigidities
Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Abstract. Labour market rigidity becomes an issue of increasing importance under conditions of shocks associated with the economic crisis due to the need to increase the adaptability and responsiveness to them. Thus, labour market policies must be directed towards mitigating rigidities caused by institutional or demographic factors or certain mismatch between demand and supply of education qualifications. This paper highlights the major role of the active labour market policies targeting the increase of labour flexibility, stressing the importance and impact on the ability to adapt quickly and effectively to macroeconomic shocks. Located on a declining trend in the years preceding the crisis, spending on labour market policies increased in 2009 in all the Member States of the European Union. Spending differences are significant between countries, Romania being at the lowest end of the European Union. This requires special attention because the increased adaptability of workers through training, as active measure, is of major importance considering the increased speed of changes in the labour market.
Contents
Has accession to the EU affected business cycles?
The effect of the Romanian pension market concentration on the magnitude of pension revenues
Interest rate channel in Romania: assessing the effectiveness transmission of monetary policy impulses to inflation and economic growth
Romania's road to Euro zone. From structural balance to structural balance corrected for absorption
ARDL investment model of Tunisia
A review of the economic crisis: solutions and failures in the European Union
Macroprudential policy and financial stability
Public policies targeting labour market rigidities
National policy measures. Right approach to foreign direct investment flows
Influence of the prudential supervision over the capitalization of the Romanian insurance market
Social inequalities and poverty in current Romania
Conceptual aspects regarding balneotherapy tourism marketing in Romania
East-European stock exchanges in the context of financial crisis