This paper deals with the problem of periodisation of Romania’s economic history during the 1860-2010 period. In order to achieve the objective, several methods are used. A first method is the identification of decennial economic cycles. The second method is to emphasize the impact of economic...

In this paper it is adopted the assumption that the analysis of the features of the sectoral structure of a country’s economy shall have in view not only the sectoral distribution of value-added, but also the sectoral ratios of the effective production to the value added, and the sectoral...

Having in view some algebraical properties of the Student Test statistics, in this paper a new indicator is proposed in order to evaluate the quality of estimation in case of a linear regression with three explanatory variables, when OLS method is used. The respective indicator, named Synthesis...

Using some special models, this study tries to quantify the size of underground economy in Romania. The exposition plan includes: 1) Models based on direct approaches; 2) Models based on indirect approaches; 3) A generalised model for the allocation of time; 4) A model based on May’s logistic;...

In the last decades, as a result of large scale restructuring of production devices, but also due to the expansion of competitive mechanisms, non-manual professions have significantly increased their weight in total employed population. Having as starting point these realities, the present...

This paper deals with the problem of periodisation of Romania’s economic history during the 1860-2010 period. In order to achieve the objective, several methods are used. A first method is the identification of decennial economic cycles. The second method is to emphasize the impact of economic...

The paper is focused on the conceptual framework of economic resilience and vulnerability at national level taking into consideration both external and internal factors (shocks) including the countries’dimensional peculiarities. A special attention is paid to the resilience and vulnerability...

An impressive number of labour force migration/mobility models, both at national and international level, are presented in the literature. A large number of those either describe international migration versus internal migration or inter-regional migration in Europe or in other parts of the...

The research work consists of two parts. In the first theoretical part we analyse the formulae of revealed comparative advantages (RCA) and of the Grubel-Lloyd indices as an analysis instrument of international specialisation and of inter- and intra-industry one of national economies. The second...

The economic crisis affected the size and quality of employment in most economic and social activities, but in different proportions. The health care sector faced a lower dynamics of employment diminution, but the personnel flows to better paid jobs continued at a higher rate than before the...