Development of Regional Economy as a Factor of Reducing Emigration and Increasing the Welfare of the Population of the Countries with Transition Economies Cover Image

Development of Regional Economy as a Factor of Reducing Emigration and Increasing the Welfare of the Population of the Countries with Transition Economies
Development of Regional Economy as a Factor of Reducing Emigration and Increasing the Welfare of the Population of the Countries with Transition Economies

Author(s): Martiros Petrosyan, Ewa Rollnik-Sadowska, Maria Sahakyan
Subject(s): Labor relations, Social development, Economic development, Migration Studies, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: unemployment; poverty level; welfare; emigration; regional development;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is identification of the coherence between poverty, unemployment and emigration in two transition countries — Armenia and Poland. Both of them are post-socialist economies, which undertook different paths of regional development during transition period. Moreover, authors identify the most vulnerable administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Armenia and Poland and analyse the reasons of regional diversity. The undertaken research method was secondary sources analysis — statistical data and literature. Based on the analysis of administrative-territorial subjects of the Republic of Armenia and Poland in the period 2010–2015/2016 the relationship between unemployment, poverty and the scale of emigration of the population have been revealed.

  • Issue Year: 19/2018
  • Issue No: 3.1
  • Page Range: 217-228
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English