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The importance of improving incentives and employment opportunities for farm households in Poland

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Freshwater D.

Wieś i Rolnictwo

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2017

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nr 3

Poland is experiencing the first stages of a period where its active labour force will decline steadily over time. This has raised important concerns with how well labour markets in Poland function, especially those in rural areas where there are still large numbers of households on small farms that have only limited engagement with formal work, and whose farm income is too low to provide an acceptable family income. The result is a high level of rural under-employment that imposes a growing burden on the economy and society, both in terms of unproductive labour and in high transfer payments to these families. There is a clear understanding that reducing the number of small full-time family farms in Poland is desirable as a way to: improve household incomes, address the need for more workers in other sectors, and further enhance the competitiveness of farming. Achieving this goal has been problematic, largely because to date there have been few incentives for these farm families to alter their behaviour. Simply put, the vast majority of small farm households do not perceive that they would be better off by engaging in formal employment. This largely reflects limited job opportunities in rural areas and a significant skill mismatch in local labour markets. But, it also reflects the continued existence of a variety of Polish policies that provide considerable financial benefits to these farm households, including a highly subsidized medical and retirement plan and exemption from income taxes, that significantly reduce the incentive to change behaviour. With a shrinking work force the cost of holding these potential workers in their current situation will only increase over time, but changing these longstanding policies remains a major challenge for the government.

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Influence of demographic features on evaluation of the job market by the disabled living in rural areas

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Kuzmicki M., Zbikowski J., Siedlecka A., Dabrowski D.

Economic and Regional Studies

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2014

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tom 07

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nr 3

The paper has been prepared on the basis of the results of the study conducted as part of the project: “The determinants of economic activity of the disabled living in rural areas” co-financed by PFRON (State Fund for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled). A group of 5000 disabled people has been surveyed. The purpose of the paper was to inquire about the opinion of the disabled living in rural areas on the subject of their situation on the local job market. In the analysis, demographic features have been take into account (such as sex, age, education), as features differentiating the disabled persons living in rural areas, who in the survey evaluated the local job market. Most of the inquired consider the situation on the local job market to be bad or very bad, with respect to the chances of finding a job, a number of job offers, and their attractiveness. It is necessary to implement measures and programs that would help the disabled find a job, and at the same time, motivate the employers to hire them. The research results show that the steps taken so far are insufficient.

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Counterurbanization in a growing local labour market in Sweden

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Bergstrom N., Wiberg U.

Geographia Polonica

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2003

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tom 76

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nr 1

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1 Economic and Regional Studies

1 Geographia Polonica

1 Wieś i Rolnictwo

1 Bergstrom N.

1 Dabrowski D.

1 Freshwater D.

1 Kuzmicki M.

1 Siedlecka A.

1 Wiberg U.

1 Zbikowski J.

1 2017

1 2014

1 2003

The importance of improving incentives and employment opportunities for farm households in Poland

Influence of demographic features on evaluation of the job market by the disabled living in rural areas

Counterurbanization in a growing local labour market in Sweden