Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Mariana BĂLAN

At the present conjuncture, high levels of youth rate employment and diminishing the unemployment phenomenon of this category of persons are the priority objectives of the economic policy of all the countries that can be achieved through the balance between supply and demand on the labour market. Thus, the issue of employment among young people and especially those from the rural areas has become more prominent at the beginning of the 21st century on national and regional development agendas. The challenge of youth employment in rural areas has its own dimensions and is present in all rural areas, regardless of their socio-economic development stage. The economic development of rural areas, the lack of employment opportunities, the low quality of education and training, without an adequate link between labour markets, the decline in young people's interest and motivation to engage in agricultural activities, are only some of the factors that generate pressures on youth labour market in rural areas. In addition, they have to enter a volatile labour market in the process of structural change under the intensified impact of the changes determined by the digitization and intensive automation of all sectors of activity that entails the destruction and disappearance of jobs, at a much faster rate than the economy and the productive sectors, services, etc., in creating and generating new jobs in particular. The paper presents a synthesis of youth’s labour market peculiarities in the Romanian rural areas.

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