Labour Market and Social Policies in Romania [electronic resource].
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2000.
Romania, one of the poorest nations in Europe, faces critical challenges in its efforts to implement labour market and social programmes similar to those found in more developed countries. Poverty is widespread and the economy requires major restructuring while a substantial number of households still depend on subsistence farming and other informal economic activities for survival. Increasing expenditures on social insurance is not a viable option as Romania already charges some of the highest payroll contribution rates in the world. What role can and should labour market and social policies 
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CONTENTS; Introduction and summary; Chapter 1. Romania's Economic Transition; Chapter 2. Mobility and Inertia in the Labour Market; Chapter 3. Labour Market Policies; Chapter 4. Social Insurance and Social Assistance; Bibliography; Annex:  A Poverty Profile of Romania; Estimating consumption expenditures; Equivalence units and economies of scale; Poverty line; Poverty indicators; Dominance testing; Deflating expenditures by CPI; Decomposition of the change over time; Poverty regressions; Poverty dynamics; Results; Concluding remarks; Bibliography
Romania, one of the poorest nations in Europe, faces critical challenges in its efforts to implement labour market and social programmes similar to those found in more developed countries. Poverty is widespread and the economy requires major restructuring while a substantial number of households still depend on subsistence farming and other informal economic activities for survival. Increasing expenditures on social insurance is not a viable option as Romania already charges some of the highest payroll contribution rates in the world. What role can and should labour market and social policies 
Labor market -- Romania.
Romania -- Economic policy.
Romania -- Social policy.