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Regionalna aktywność zawodowa, przedsiębiorczość i bezrobocie
Regional vocational activity, entrepreneurship and unemployment

Author(s): Ryszard Czyszkiewicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: local community; unemployment; entrepreneurship; professional activity

Summary/Abstract: The article is based upon the results of National General Survey conducted in December 2002. It is focused on differences in professional activity and the levels of unemployment among various subregions in Poland. Considering this issue two subregions were pointed - the "Central" and the "West". They both vary in levels of economic activity of inhabitants. There are more ownership and self-employment in the "West" region, but nevertheless there is higher rate of unemployment. The reasons lay in character of enterprises - they are very small, vulnerable and unstable. They produce the streams of inflows and outflows from unemployment to job and vice versa.

  • Issue Year: 6/2005
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 101-114
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish