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Determinanty bezrobocia osób młodych
Determinants of the youth unemployment

Author(s): Marta Bożejewicz, Daria Jankowiak, Michał Miguła, Paweł Stopiński
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Economy, Sociology, Labor relations, Social development, Economic development, Human Resources in Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: youth unemployment; estimation; logit model

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to identify factors that influence the length of time spent unemployed persons to 30 years of age. For this purpose, were used two econometric models: the binomial logit and multinomial logit-ordered. Authors made theoretical description of these models. Then, the results obtained from the estimation were presented. They allowed to extract variables having a significant impact on the amount of the unemployment duration. Among the important variables on the studied phenomenon, among others affect age, the situation of surveyed persons a year ago, the place of residence and professional experience.

  • Issue Year: 57/2012
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 56-67
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish