Abstract
The present research aims to establish the impact that the current crisis situation the planet is facing, namely the COVID-19 pandemic, has had so far on the Romanian labor force market. In this context, given the lack of information and information regarding this pandemic and its effects, the administration of a questionnaire among the population was considered to identify the research results. The method of semantic differential and the method of ordering the ranks were used for the interpretation of the results. With the help of this questionnaire, it will be possible to answer the question of the research in this study: What are the main effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Romanian labor market? The main results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic affected the Romanian workforce; the respondents of the applied questionnaire claimed that they obtained better results and maintained a similar income, but the health crisis also influenced the mentality of employees, with respondents stating that in the event of changing jobs, they would consider it very important for the new employer to ensure the conditions for preventing and combating COVID-19, as well as complex health insurance. However, analyzing at the macroeconomic level, it was found that the COVID-19 pandemic induced an increase in the number of unemployed people in the Romanian labor market.
Highlights
For almost a year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (12 December 2019) in downtown Wuhan, China, it has spread and affects all states of the world
With the help of this questionnaire, it will be possible to answer the question of the research in this study: What are the main effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Romanian labor market?
Using the semantic differential method for processing the results, the hierarchy of criteria regarding the benefits of carrying out the professional activity, is the following: saving time resources otherwise allocated to commuting between home and work, elimination of stress caused by congestion in traffic or public transport, a greater level of flexibility in organizing one’s own program, more time spent with family and a higher level of promptness in organizing business meetings due to the use of technology, as shown in
Summary
For almost a year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (12 December 2019) in downtown Wuhan, China, it has spread and affects all states of the world. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world were not as severe from a health point of view as it had been predicted at the beginning, but they were severe from an economic point of view. The limitation of the health effects can be explained by the radical economic measures applied by the governments of the countries to eradicate this pandemic. The importance of studying the effects of the pandemic on the labor market lies precisely in these imposed measures, with a major impact especially in developing countries, where the effects of economic crises are felt more strongly and over a longer period of time. Romania’s case is discussed as an example of how government measures influence the labor market
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