From 1980s, a process of radical transformation has changed labor markets in developed countries, both in terms of the nature of jobs and of the production process. The sophistication of products has led both to the creation and destruction of jobs, concentrating demand of workers at the...

As a basic element of the sustainable development of an area, the demographic component plays an essential role, being considered, most of the time, as representing its backbone. The stock of demographic resources, as well as their structure is a starting point in elaborating any alternative for...

The real convergence process within the European Union at regional level is the main goal of the cohesion policy. Less developed regions belong mainly to Central and East European countries and aim at catching-up with other EU regions. According to Eurostat, Romania has 28 predominantly rural...

The problem of providing the national agricultural sector with labor force has increased with the intensification of the process of migration of the rural population to cities or abroad. As a result, this exodus considerably decreased the supply of labor in the given sector, creating a constant...

The negative impact of climatic order (critical insufficiency of atmospheric precipitation) from 2022, as well as the military conflict in Ukraine, continue to exert extraordinary pressure on the economic efficiency of the agricultural sector of the Republic of Moldova. At the same time, the...

This chapter analyzes the sources of Poland's unprecedented economic performance after 1989, when Poland became Europe's and the world's growth champion. I argue that this growth miracle was driven by five fundamental factors, including Poland’s accession to the European Union. All five...