Research Development and Innovation Activities

The Research Development and Innovation Activity is focused on the following subjects:

a) Labour market

• Labour force supply;
• Labour force demand;
• Unemployment;
• Labour market forecasts;
• The informational system of the labour market;
• Wage, minimum wage and labour market equilibrium;
• Institutions and agents of the labor market;
• Social dialogue;
• Labour legislation.

b) Lifelong learning

• Evaluation of the impact of educational and training systems on labour market efficiency;
• Evaluation of the techniques and methods of vocational training;
• Evaluation of the skills demands both nationally and on activities of the national economy, according to the needs of the labour market.

c) Human resources management

• Diagnosis analysis of the recruiting, selection, evaluation and promoting systems;
• Policies and systems regarding salaries in organizations: analysis, impact studies;
• Work relations: conflicting – non-conflicting relations, partnership, communication – information – diagnosis, impact;
• Labour motivation: forms, methods, models;
• Labour standardization.

d) Social policies and social phenomena

• Poverty and social exclusion – evaluation, reduction scenarios, policies;
• Social inclusion and social cohesion – diagnosis analysis, impact evaluation, evolution scenarios, policies;
• Social insurance systems and insurance policies – diagnosis analysis, impact evaluation, evolution scenarios, policies;
• Social assistance systems for the population, for families, elder, children, disabled persons - diagnosis analysis, impact evaluation, evolution scenarios and policies.

e) Socio-human aspects involved in the process of change, modernization and integration of Romania in the European structures

f) Strategies and models of socio-economic development nationally, regionally and on activities of the national economy

g) Macro and microeconomic management