Polish Metropolitan Areas and Selected Components of Human Capital: Analysis Based on Self-Assessment of Competences Cover Image

Polskie obszary metropolitalne a wybrane komponenty kapitału ludzkiego – analiza na podstawie samooceny kompetencji
Polish Metropolitan Areas and Selected Components of Human Capital: Analysis Based on Self-Assessment of Competences

Author(s): Alicja Grześkowiak
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Rural and urban sociology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: metropolitan areas; human capital; competences;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is focused on assessing the resources of selected human capital elements in regard with metropolitan areas. The analysis is conducted in two ways: a comparison is made between the level of competences declared by metropolitan residents and respondents from other territorial units as well as the differences within metropolitan areas are examined in the sense of confronting their central cities and the surrounding outer zones. The study is based on nationwide survey data and the quantitative approach is used – average results are compared and association plots are used to identify the largest deviations in contingency tables. The analysis leads to the conclusions that there are significant differences in the level of the competences and an advantageous situation in this regard occurs in the metropolitan areas.

  • Issue Year: LII/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-59
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish