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Regional Unemployment in Poland: Rural-Urban Contrasts

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Ingham, Hilary
Ingham, Mike
Herbst, Jan

Abstract

Unemployment continues to bedevil Poland, albeit with striking sub-national differences, which this paper seeks to explain using random effects error component two-stage estimation for the country’s NUTS 4 level powiats. Given the economy’s peculiar configuration under communism, with its large priv... view more

Unemployment continues to bedevil Poland, albeit with striking sub-national differences, which this paper seeks to explain using random effects error component two-stage estimation for the country’s NUTS 4 level powiats. Given the economy’s peculiar configuration under communism, with its large private agricultural sector, emphasis is placed on rural-urban differences. While less densely populated areas do suffer higher unemployment rates, the effect is moderated by hidden unemployment in farming. On the other hand, powiats that housed the ex-state farms suffer a negative long-term legacy. Other notable results include an evident positive impact of foreign capital on local labour market fortunes.... view less

Classification
National Economy
Economic and Social Geography
Social Problems

Document language
English

Publication Year
2009

Page/Pages
p. 1175-1186

Journal
Applied Economics (2009)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840802600293

ISSN
1466-4283

Status
Postprint; peer reviewed

Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)


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