Investment Outlays and Employment in the Sector of Services in Poland in 2009-2011
Investment Outlays and Employment in the Sector of Services in Poland in 2009-2011

Summary/Abstract: An aim of the article is to determine the relationships taking place between investment outlays and the number of employees in Poland in the service sector. The article is of the research nature. The issues of analysis are volume, structure and dynamics of investment outlays and the number of employees in the service sector. Considerations covered all sections of the service sector. The article is prepared on the basis of desk research findings with the use of up-to-date, accessible and comparable data of GUS [the Central Statistical Office, CSO] (by sections of the Polish Classification of Activities, PKD 2007, equivalent of NACE Rev. 2) on investment outlays and on the total number of employees in individual sections of the service sector, and for entities with foreign capital share functioning in these sections. The analysis covered the years 2009-2011. While carrying out the research, there was also used the literature in the area of investment outlays and the labour market accessible in the form of books, articles, reports as well as materials on the Internet. The comparative analysis of the structure and dynamics of investment outlays with the structure and dynamics of the number of employees revealed that the growth of investment outlays in a given section of the service sector not always resulted in the period in question with growth of the number of employees (the section Accommodation and food service activities), and the decline in investment outlays was sometimes corresponded with the growth of the number of employees in the section (Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; Real estate activities). There attracts attention a minor investment commitment of the entities with foreign capital share in the sphere of public services (Human health and social work activities, Arts, entertainment and recreation).

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