The workforce shortage on the Romanian labor market: Attempts to compensate through the admission of foreign quotas

Cristina Lazar, Ionel Bostan and Nicoleta Asalos

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Abstract: Romania is facing a structural labor shortage, caused by factors such as demographic decline, massive external migration, an aging active population, and the mismatch between the education system and labor market demands. In this context, one of the solutions identified by the authorities is the controlled admission of quotas of foreign workers. This article analyzes the measures adopted to facilitate the legal import of labor and follows recent developments concerning the employment and posting of non-EU citizens in Romania, in parallel with trends in repeatedly declared vacant jobs. It presents relevant statistical data for the period 2021–2024 and puts forward concrete proposals for making the work permit and visa system more flexible, simplifying administrative procedures, and incentivizing employers through fiscal measures. The goal is to help balance the labor market and mitigate the negative effects of migration by promoting a model of legal and sustainable mobility that benefits both the national economy and foreign workers and their countries of origin.

Keywords: Romania; labor market balance; deficit; labor import; quotas of foreign workers. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J08 J11 J21 J23 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025, Revised 2025
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Forthcoming in Proceedings from International Scientific Conference “Human Resource Management”, 25 April 2025, University of Economics-Varna (BG), ISSN:2815-5084. 1.1(2025): pp. 1-12

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