title: Population trends and employment in the European CMEA countries.
abstract: The trends in population growth and employment in the European member countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) as a whole were, in past decades, characterized by a relatively fast rate.  At the same time, increases in the rate of employment exceeded in most of these countries, as a consequence of the activation of initial large reserves of the social labor force, increases in the population of reproductive age.  In the 2nd 1/2 of the 1970s and in the early 1980s, the growth rate of labor resources was slower in most European CMEA countries due to demographic reasons.  In view of the high rate of the economically active population, this was reflected in increased pressure for raising the productivity of labor.  Some countries (Hungary, Poland) registered an absolute decrease in employment during that time.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Urban
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002031:Bulgaria; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004526:Efficiency; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005544:Forecasting; D005859:Germany, East; D006280:Health Workforce; D006814:Hungary; D011044:Poland; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research; D012383:Romania; D012923:Social Class; D012939:Social Planning; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014586:USSR
keywords: Age Factors; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Development Planning; Eastern Europe; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Estimation Technics; Europe; German Democratic Republic; Human Resources; Hungary; Labor Force--changes; Migration; Poland; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Growth--changes; Population Projection; Productivity; Research Methodology; Romania; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Ussr