Human capital of the residents of urban area’s – generational approach Cover Image

Kapitał ludzki mieszkańców miast – ujęcie generacyjne
Human capital of the residents of urban area’s – generational approach

Author(s): Justyna Wiktorowicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: human capital; generations; cities

Summary/Abstract: Human capital is one of the key driving factors of productivity growth, thus it is necessary to evaluate the differences between generations in this area, including chosen demographic and socio- economic characteristics. One of major variable is the size of the place of residence. According to the size of the city there are different availability of infrastructure – educational, cultural, as well as to healthcare and the workplaces. The aim of this paper is the assessment of the level and structure of human capital of cities residents taking into consideration two criteria – size of cities and belonging to various generations in Poland. The empirical analysis is based on the Social Diagnosis data. In statistical analysis the two-way analysis of variance, as well as descriptive statistics and simple tests are used.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 85-99
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English, Polish