The European Union Cohesion Policy and External Migration in Romania. Multistage Analysis

Autori:

Ionel BOSTAN, Cristian POPESCU, Elena-Doina DASCALU, Bogdan-Narcis FIRTESCU

Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 96-114

How to cite this article:

Bostan, I., Popescu, C., Dascalu, E.D., Firtescu, B.N. (2016). The European Union Cohesion Policy and External Migration in Romania. Multistage Analysis. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 54, 96-114.

Abstract:

This study analyses the effect of sums allotted within the framework of EU cohesion policy on the labour market in Romania from the perspective of workers’ migration. It is expected that a positive effect of the implementation of operational programmes should contribute to improving living and working conditions and to diminishing migration flows from Romania. In this study we undertake a multistage analysis. In the first stage we analyse the institutional framework in which cohesion and convergence policies are applied, and present the operational programmes and the allotted sums. The next stage in the analysis focuses on the phenomenon of migration from Romania, and it highlights the socio-economic reasons that push Romanians to migrate. The final stage makes a connection between migration and cohesion policies, and it analyses the efficiency of European fund allocations on labour market indicators. Our analysis has highlighted the fact that funds allotted to Romania via operational programmes during the period 2007-2013 did not have a major impact on leveling out development gaps and on the induction of a state of convergence.