YOUTH AND THE LABOUR MARKET IN ROMANIAN RURAL AREAS
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Authors:
• Brînduşa Mihaela Radu, email: bmradu@yahoo.com , Afiliation: Athenaeum University, Bucharest, Romania
• Mariana Bălan, email: dr.mariana.balan@gmail.com, Afiliation: Hyperion University Bucharest, RomaniaPages:
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Keywords: youth, rural area, employment, unemployment, vulnerabilities
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Abstract:
The issue of employment among young people, in general, and especially in rural areas, has become increasingly active at the beginning of the 21st century on national and regional development agendas. The challenge of employment among young people in rural areas has its own dimensions and is present in all rural areas, regardless of their stage of socio-economic development. The level of economic development in rural areas, lack of employment opportunities, low level of education and training, declining interest and motivation of young people to engage in agricultural activities, are just some of the factors that generate pressure on the labor market for young people in rural areas. In addition, they must enter a volatile labor market, in the process of structural change under the impact of changes caused by digitalization and intensive automation of all sectors of activity. The paper presents a synthesis of the particularities of the labor market of young people in rural Romania.
