ROMANIA, GLOBAL LEADER IN LABOUR MOBILITY: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEW OF WORKFORCE MIGRATION AND RETURN TRENDS

Paula-Roxana KASAI, Larisa IVASCU, Nicoleta MIREA, Marius PISLARU

Abstract


Romania has consistently ranked among the top countries worldwide in terms of skilled labor emigration, with more than 4 million citizens abroad. Romania is one of the few countries in the world where voluntary labor migration is comparable to the proportion of war- and crisis-affected countries. This article provides a critical bibliographic analysis of the migration of Romanian workers from 2017 to 2025. Although national discussions have focused increasingly on digitalization and automation, millions of citizens have continued to leave the country in search of better living and working conditions. This study combined the latest academic perspectives to highlight this paradox and argues for the restoration of the human dimension in public and organizational strategies related to labor.

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