Title: EU's sustainable growth strategy: some implications on Romanian labour market

Authors: Ovidiu Folcut; Nela Ramona Grigore

Addresses: School of Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance, Economic Integration and Business Administration Department, Romanian-American University, 1B Expozitiei Blvd, District 1, Bucharest 012101, Romania ' School of Domestic and International Business, Banking and Finance, Economic Integration and Business Administration Department, Romanian-American University, 1B Expozitiei Blvd, District 1, Bucharest 012101, Romania

Abstract: According to the Europe 2020 Strategy, achieving sustainable growth is directly correlated with three main targets, namely a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by a minimum of 20% compared with 1990, an increase in the share of renewables in the energy mix to 20%, as well as an increase in energy efficiency by 20%. This transition to a low-carbon and resource efficient economy is expected to bring some structural changes for European labour market. The aim of this paper is to present the employment impact of this transition process on EU's Member States, and more particularly on Romanian labour market, highlighting also some transformations regarding the set of skills needed, correlated with the speed and depth of economy's greening process.

Keywords: sustainable growth; Europe 2020 strategy; labour market; green jobs; EU growth strategy; Romania; European Union; greenhouse gases; GHG emissions; renewable energy; low-carbon economy; resource efficiency; skills sets; green economy; green economics.

DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2016.078088

Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal, 2016 Vol.10 No.1, pp.79 - 89

Received: 24 Sep 2015
Accepted: 10 Mar 2016

Published online: 01 Aug 2016 *

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