Active measures for decreasing the unemployment rate in the rural area of the Western region of Romania

Abstract

The progress of each society is based on labor. The economic development level of the society is reflected in
the occupation degree of the man power. The way this is involved in the economic activity determines
important consequences in the social and economic activity of a country.
Every social and economic development of the society must focus on the human being. The approach of such
a subject concerning the decrease of the unemployment rate represents a very important problem for the
national economy.
An important characteristic of labor force from rural area is pronounced underemployment caused directly by
the lack of economic infrastructure to have on base non-agricultural activities and which would contribute to
maintaining the imbalance and disparity between urban and rural areas, in witch regards social-economic
development.
The structure of employment is dependent on population dynamics and constitutes a real incentive in
attracting investments in all economic sectors and increasing economic development degree of a region.
Thus, in the realized study we will pay a particular attention to employment and active population, achieving
a meaningful analysis on economic indicators that characterize this situation: the employment rate and
unemployment.