Unemployment and Labour Market Policies : Empirical Analysis for Poland
Zenon Wiśniewski
Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńMonika Maksim
Katedra Gospodarowania Zasobami Pracy, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych i Zarządzania, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuAbstract
This article presents the development of unemployment and labour market policies in Poland in the period 2005-2015. The paper focuses on the nature and structure of unemployment, expenditure from the Labour Fund, active labour market policy instruments and participants. Active labour market policy evaluation was performed quasi-experimentally and was based on a propensity score matching method. The effects of the policies were evaluated based on information concerning the unemployed taken from the Syriusz database.
Keywords:
unemployment in Poland, active labour market policies evaluation, propensity score matchingReferences
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Katedra Gospodarowania Zasobami Pracy, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych i Zarządzania, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
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