Zniechęceni i dodatkowi pracownicy na rynku pracy w Polsce
Discouraged and Added Workers in the Polish Labour Market

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents statistical analysis of the flows between the labour force and the discouraged worker pool in Poland. The research is based on quarterly LFS data for the time period 1995–2016 in age and sex breakdowns. The authors assume that the outflow from the labour force to the discouraged worker pool approximates the discouraged worker effect, whereas the inflow to the labour force from the discouraged worker pool approximates the added worker effect. The results indicate that discouragement more often affects females than males, but mostly workers aged 45–54 years old. The young and males’ discouraged worker pools are much more volatile compared to the other fractions of the stock of the discouraged workers. Older workers permanently leave the labour market. Policy recommendations indicate that actions should be directed at increasing attachment to the labour market of the young workers, and promoting labour force participation of the females and older workers. Separate actions should be directed at the demand for labour to create incentives to increase employment of the selected fractions of the workforce.

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