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| Author:
| Surdej, Aleksander ; |
| Document Date:
| 2004/02/20 |
| Document Type:
| Working Paper |
| Report Number:
| 31365 |
| Volume No:
| 1 of 1 |
| Country:
| Poland ; |
| Doc Name:
| Managing labor market reforms: case study of Poland |
| Keywords:
| certain extent, Comparative Analysis, Conditions of Employment, crowding out, democracy, deregulation, dismissal, dismissals, displacement, early retirement, economic activity, Economic development, economic growth, Economic policies, economic problems, economic situation, Economics, Economies in Transition, economists, employee dismissal, employers, employment agencies, employment conditions, employment contracts, employment law, Employment Policy, entitlements, expenditures, firing, forestry, frictional unemployment, full employment, high unemployment, high wages, hiring, Human Resources, income, income taxes, inflation, insurance, jobs, labor costs, labor displacement, labor force, Labor Market, labor market policies, labor market rigidities, labor regulations, labor resources, labour, Labour Relations, Latin American, Laws, layoffs, legal protection, longterm unemployment, macroeconomic stabilization, market economy, minimum wage, monetary policy, Older workers, pensions, Policy makers, private property, Privatization, public policies, retirement, right to work, safety, severance pay, social conflict, social economy, state enterprises, structural unemployment, sustainable growth, termination, trade unions, transport, turnover, unemployed, unemployment benefits, unemployment rate, unemployment rates, wages Show More |
| Language:
| English |
| Region:
| Europe and Central Asia ; |
| Rep Title:
| Managing labor market reforms: case study of Poland |
| Topics:
| Finance and Financial Sector Development |
| SubTopics:
| Environmental Economics & Policies ; Banks & Banking Reform ; Labor Management and Relations ; Labor Markets ; Municipal Financial Management |
| Unit Owning:
| Africa (CICAF) |
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| When state socialism collapsed in Poland in 1989, the Polish society nurtured great hopes to rapidly establish well functioning democracy and efficient markets. This paper describes the labor market reforms in Poland since 1989 and labor market changes throughout the country's economic transformation. The gravity of the situation on the Polish labor market, with high unemployment rate, has been recognized by both the EU and the OECD. The paper concludes that labor law reforms have been eased by the fact that the public opinion in Poland was favorable to deregulation; partially due to the perception that such changes would be advantageous to the society, and partially because no credible alternative existed. Polish mass media did overwhelmingly support labor law reforms and there were no voices calling for an alternative (for instance an interventionist approach) approach to try to reduce unemployment. The upcoming membership in the EU created favorable conditions for deregulatory changes. |
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