Linking Internal Mobility, Regional Development and Economic Structural Changes in Romania

Ramona Pîrvu, Roxana Maria Bădîrcea, Nicoleta Mihaela Doran, Elena Jianu, Lili Țenea and Flavia Murtaza
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Ramona Pîrvu: Department of Economics, Accounting and International Affairs, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza, 200585 Craiova, Romania
Roxana Maria Bădîrcea: Department of Finance, Banking and Economic Analysis, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza, 200585 Craiova, Romania
Nicoleta Mihaela Doran: Department of Finance, Banking and Economic Analysis, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza, 200585 Craiova, Romania
Elena Jianu: Department of Finance, Accounting and Economics, University of Pitești, 110040 Pitești, Romania
Lili Țenea: Department of Economics, Accounting and International Affairs, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza, 200585 Craiova, Romania
Flavia Murtaza: Department of Economics, Accounting and International Affairs, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza, 200585 Craiova, Romania

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: The political context of the 1990s generated significant changes in the territorial structure and migratory behaviour of Romanian regions, as well as a severe economic decline and an increase in development disparities between the East and West. The main objective of this research is to analyse the empirical relationship between economic growth and the internal migration of the workforce, on both a national and regional level, by applying the standard production function and using panel data based on the annual series of eight regions for 19 years (2000–2018). To outline the effects on the structures of the economy, an empirical analysis of the relationship between economic growth and the structural development of the economy, considering the migration of the workforce among the five main sectors of the economy, was carried out. On a regional level, in the North West, North East and Bucharest Ilfov regions, internal migration positively influences economic growth, with migration in rural regions having a high impact. However, for the Central, South East, South West Oltenia, and West regions, migration has a negative influence on economic growth. The results regarding the effects of these structures on the economy indicate a high, but negative, influence on regional economic growth due to the active agricultural sectors in all eight regions of Romania. On the other hand, the construction sector determines positive effects in all regions of Romania.

Keywords: domicile changes; economic growth; employed population; remuneration of employees; economic structures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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