Institutional determinants of employment in Poland - regional perspective

Authors

  • Beata Woźniak-Jęchorek Université des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, Faculté de l’Economie, Département de Macroéconomie et Recherches en Développement

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18559/rielf.2016.1.4

Keywords:

labor market, institutional economics, institutions

Abstract

The article focuses on regional diversity of the Polish Labor Market from institutional perspective. The Polish Labor Market is geographically diverse in terms of unemployment and employment rates, and also in terms of economic development. The question arises whether this diff erence comes from the structural or institutional sources? The paper describe the character of Polish Labor Market whereas in the second part, it traces the impact of institutional variables such as real wage, Kaitz index and Gender gap on the regional employment rate in 2003-2012 in Poland.

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Woźniak-Jęchorek, B. (2016). Institutional determinants of employment in Poland - regional perspective. La Revue Internationale Des Économistes De Langue Française, 1(1), 66-84. https://doi.org/10.18559/rielf.2016.1.4

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