Romania - 2011
Differential unemployment levels/rates of minorities?
- Code:
- RED55
- Key Area:
- Employment
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination
Short Answer |
Yes |
Qualitative Info |
Despite the fact that a clear gap in employment between the Roma and majority population, there is no recent data regarding Roma unemployment as compared to majority unemployment. The World Bank statistics, quoting a UNDP report published in 2006, place Roma unemployment rate in Romania at 44 per cent. [1] A recent Romanian research study (including a survey on 1537 self-identified Roma with a stated 2.5 margin of error) places Roma employment rate at 27 per cent while 20 per cent of those surveyed perform occasional economic activities (they had initially declared they have no occupation or are working in the household). The employment rate for majority population, according to the same study, is of 64.6 in 2010. [2]
Sources: World Bank Statistics, available at: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/EXTROMA/0,,menuPK:615993~pagePK:64168427~piPK:64168435~d:y~theSitePK:615987,00.html#datastat (Accessed on 30.01.2012) Romanian Institute for Quality of Life (2010), Legal and equal on the labor market for the Roma communities: Diagnosis of the factors influencing the employment rate of the Roma population in Romania, Soros Foundation Romania, Bucharest, p.33, available at: http://issuu.com/fundatiasoros/docs/raport_legal-english (Accessed on 30.01.2012) |
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Groups affected/interested | Roma & Travelers |
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Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Employment - labour market |
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