scholarly journals DISABLED PEOPLE ON THE LABOUR MARKET IN POLAND – FOCUS ON RURAL AREAS OF THE MASOVIAN VOIVODSHIP

2020 ◽  
Vol XXII (1) ◽  
pp. 312-321
Author(s):  
Paulina Stolarczyk ◽  
Michał Wielechowski
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
High Employment

The aim of the paper was to present and assess the economic activity of disabled people on the Polish labour market from a country, voivodship, and Masovian Voivodship rural areas’ perspective. The study used data from the Labour Force Survey in Poland collected by the Central Statistical Office and original data collected by a questionnaire, using public institutions, NGOs and direct interviews. The adopted research period covered the years 2007-2018. Japanese candlestick charting as well as tabular and selected statistical methods were used to present the research results. Levels of analysed Polish labour market indicators for disabled people increased noticeably in the analysed period, however persisted significantly below those for non-disabled people. At a voivodship level, the study showed that rates and changes of economic activity in the group of disabled people differed visibly. The highest economic activity rates were observed in the Subcarpathian, Lubusz and Holy Cross voivodships, while the lowest in the West Pomeranian and Lesser Poland voivodships. In 15 voivodships, the unemployment rate decreased significantly in the analysed period. Survey results highlighted a relatively high employment rate and low earnings rates in the researched group of disabled people from the Masovian Voivodship, where the level of education had a significant positive impact on those rates.

scholarly journals Sectoral employment diversification in rural areas across Polish subregions

2017 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Drejerska ◽  
Mariola Chrzanowska
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Autocorrelation ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Significant Trend ◽  
Employment Structure ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office

Agriculture, forestry and fishing have been still a very important part of the labour market. However, the situation is diversified across Polish subregions. The objective of the study is to investigate sectoral employment diversification in rural areas across Polish subregions (NUTS 3). In order to do it, data on the subregional employment structure provided by the Central Statistical Office of Poland was used for computation of spatial autocorrelation described by Moran’s statistics. Results of this analysis display for example a cluster of subregions in south-east Poland, where employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing is a significant trend of predominantly rural subregions.

scholarly journals Działanie PROW 2007-2013 „Różnicowanie działalności gospodarstw rolnych” jako czynnik wielofunkcyjnego rozwoju wsi i rolnictwa

2017 ◽  
Vol 17(32) (3) ◽  
pp. 249-267
Author(s):  
Roman Rudnicki ◽  
Mirosław Biczkowski ◽  
Łukasz Wiśniewski
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Spatial Unit ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office

The main objective of the article is to evaluate the "Diversification into non-agricultural activities" implemented under the RDP 2007-2013 as an instrument influencing the diversification of economic activity in the countryside, and thus strengthening the multifunctionality of farms and rural areas. This theme was motivated by the completion of the RDP 2007-2013 (formally closed and settled in 2016) and the need to summarize the effects of the aforementioned action and rate of its impact on the changes taking place in rural areas, primarily from the point of view of rural and agriculture multifunctional dimension. The study covered the whole country, while the basic spatial unit was the poviats, while the complementary regions. Data used in the work come from the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture and the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office. The analysis was based on the number of requests made under this measure and the amount of funds raised.

scholarly journals SELF-GENERATED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AS A FORM OF EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-137
Author(s):  
Paulina Stolarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Negative Factors

The article presents the factors that limit starting one’s own business. Self-employment is one way to integrate disabled people into the labour market and to utilize resources from the labour force of disabled people. The results are obtained on the basis of a study conducted by the author in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship among people with disabilities. The conducted research shows that self-employment is not willingly chosen by people with disabilities. People with disabilities see many negative factors (reasons) that make it difficult to set up and run their own businesses. Their state of health and a lack of resources are the main hindrances to starting a business. The tools/instruments used by the state to facilitate self-employment are also indicated. Through self-employment people with disabilities create a workplace (position) for themselves and decide to enter or return to the labour market. Bureacratic support and appropriate motivation to take up professional activity is also very important as it reduces the number of those who remain unemployed.

scholarly journals Deagrarianisation of the Economic Structure and the Evolution of Rural Settlement Patterns in Poland

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
Andrzej Rosner ◽  
Monika Wesołowska
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Rural Settlement ◽  
Spatial Effects ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
Second World

Since the Second World War, Poland has been undergoing an intensive process of transformation of the economic structure of rural areas, manifested, among other things, in the change in the occupational make-up of its inhabitants. The development of non-agricultural methods of management in rural areas has led to the emergence of multifunctional rural areas, where the role of agriculture as a source of income for the inhabitants is decreasing. There is a process of deagrarianisation of the economic structure, which has been indicated by many researchers as an unavoidable process, connected with the changes taking place in rural areas. One of the effects of this process are changes in rural settlement patterns. The aim of this article is to present the spatial effects of the deagrarianisation process in the Polish countryside, expressed in the changes in the rural settlement network. The authors used the statistical database of the Central Statistical Office (over 41 thousand records) to draw up the classification of rural areas by the nature of changes in population numbers in the period 1950–2011, which was compared with the research carried out as part of the Monitoring of Rural Development in Poland. The study confirmed that the factor behind the evolution of the rural settlement network is the process of decreasing agricultural demand for labour. As a consequence, there is a polarisation of localities into multifunctional rural localities, mainly headquarter villages and local government offices, and those with a predominantly agricultural function. On a supra-local scale, a process of polarisation of rural areas between a growing suburban population and a reducing peripheral location around large and medium-sized towns has been observed.

scholarly journals Spatial and Financial Aspects of a Protected Area Functioning – The Case of the Gorce National Park

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-74
Author(s):  
Alina Kulczyk-Dynowska ◽  
Grzegorz Gaura
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Human Economic Activity ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office

Abstract Subject and purpose of work: The Gorce National Park (GNP) represents the object of the study. The purpose of the article is to present the GNP in the category of an area and in the category of an active managing unit. Materials and methods: Empirical research was conducted (2008-2014) based on the data collected from the GNP financial and accounting records and the Central Statistical Office. The degree of tourism function, carried out by the territorial municipalities connected with the GNP, was studied (Baretje and Defert index and Charvat index were calculated) and also the analysis of the GNP activities was conducted. Both the relevant literature query and the analysis of development strategies prepared by the territorial municipalities connected with the GNP were conducted. Results: It was found that the tourist function constitutes an important, however, not the primary function for the analysed municipalities, whereas the initiated activities (both on the part of municipalities and the GNP) indicate the desire for its intensification. The GNP has assets exceeding the value of PLN 17 million, offers jobs for the team whose total annual remuneration is almost PLN 2,5 million and the total annual costs for the last audited year amount to PLN 7,5 million. Conclusions: The described protected area constitutes the example of proper coexistence of human economic activity and nature. The GNP remains a significant entity of the local economic life scene which increases tourist attractiveness of the Gorce Mountains.

scholarly journals Is There any Demand For the Workers Aged 50+ in Poland?

Equilibrium ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-135
Author(s):  
Anita Richert-Kaźmierska
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Union Member ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
The One ◽  
European Union Member States ◽  
Research Centres ◽  
Conditions Of Employment

The process of ageing affects all the European Union Member States, including Poland. According to forecasts by the Central Statistical Office, in 2035, the population of Poland will decrease in relation to 2010 by more than 2 million, and the share of people aged 50+ in the total population will increase from 34.8% to 46.6% (Prognoza ludności 2009). In the context of current and projected demographic changes, a discussion is taking place and actions are taken to – on the one hand – extend the period of Poles' economic activity and – one the other hand – implement age management systems in enterprises, enabling the efficient exploitation of the potential of workers aged 50+.  The paper considers the problem of the situation of people aged 50+ in the Polish labour market. The main objective is to find out whether in Poland there is a need for the work performed by people aged 50+. The employers' views on workers 50+ and the possibilities and conditions of employment of this group are presented. The paper uses and confronts statistics related to the labour market (BAEL) and the results of quantitative and qualitative research carried out by selected Polish research centres within the framework of projects co-financed from EU funds.

scholarly journals Zmiany sytuacji dochodowej polskich rodzin na wsi po akcesji do Unii Europejskiej

2014 ◽  
pp. 5-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicja Stolarska
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Rural Families ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Income Sources ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office

The paper presents income situation of Polish rural households in 2005 –2012. The research material came from unpublished empirical studies of Central Statistical Office . Changes of income level and structure of main income sources of the livelihoods were presented. Growing importance of wage from off-farm jobs and a decline of the share of income from agriculture was observed. The author indicated differences in the economic situation of the population living in rural areas and of individual incomes of the families, which suggests the need of checking the activities of the regional policy in relation to rural areas. Conclusions from the analysis are confirmed by the answers of the respondents. According to them, “very good” and “good” levels of income in rural families (over 18% in 2012) came from all sources, including social benefits. Declining share of expenditures reflects positive trends in Polish rural areas after EU accession as well as possibilities of further structural and social changes in rural areas.

scholarly journals Trend of Rural Employment and Wages in Pakistan

1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (4II) ◽  
pp. 803-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ghaffar Chaudhry ◽  
Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Mass Movement ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
The Masses

Trends in rural employment and wages are important in a number of ways. For example, a steady growth of job opportunities is a precondition for productive employment of labour force under rapid growth of population. Rising real wages of the working class would be essential for incessant improvements ih the standard of living of the masses. Lack of sufficient employment opportunities in rural areas together with the consequent stagnating (even declining) wages may be a potential cause of mass movement of rural labour to urban areas and attendant formidable economy-wide problems. Similarly, aggregate growth rates of employment and wages in contrast with those in productive sectors have an important bearing on trends in income distribution and poverty. Rapid growth of population, predominance of rural sector and a general lack of studies on rural labour market conditions in less developed countries, including Pakistan, call for a study such as the present one, which explores the trends of rural employment and wages in Pakistan. The paper carries four sections. Section 1 surveys the present state of the rural labour market. Section 2 reports trends in rural employment and discusses the various factors underlying those trends. Employment situation being the basic determinant, wage trends, especially those in agriculture, are highlighted in Section 3. Section 4 summarises the findings of the study and in their light makes some policy recommendations.

Not All Time Is Money: Women’s Burden of Unpaid Work

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-108
Author(s):  
Aishwarya Bhuta ◽  
Mridula Muralidharan
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Force Time ◽  
Infrastructural Support

Since the 1990s, India has been witnessing a downward trend in female labour force participation (FLFP). Feminist economists have argued that the invisible labour of unpaid household work is quintessential for the social reproduction of the labour force. Time-use statistics can be useful for estimating the value of unpaid work and lead policy responses towards increasing FLFP. This study analyses the report on Time Use in India-2019 to draw insights from data on women’s disproportionate burden of unpaid domestic and caregiving services. It is argued that this has implications for their participation in the labour market. The patriarchal structure of the family pushes the onus of domestic labour on women. This confines them to home-based, poorly remunerated and informal work, or excludes them from the labour market. Interventions in the form of generating non-agricultural job opportunities in rural areas, establishing infrastructural support mechanisms in workplaces and encouraging female education and employment can not only stimulate FLFP but also help to address the crisis of jobless growth.

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