Employment in Poland 2010 - integration and globalizationTags: labour_market, social_development, publications_from_2011
Publication date: 09.08.2011
'Employment in Poland 2010 - integration and globalisation' is the sixth edition of the 'Employment in Poland' series. This time the focus is on European integration, understood as a project meant to increase European social and economic welfare in the increasingly strong network of global ties.
In the first Part we evaluate the realisation of Lisbon Strategy in the EU countries. We discuss sources of the increasing discrepancies between their labour markets, and the relative position of Poland. We study the differences in economic growth rates and developments in the labour markets of EU27 with respect to the USA, and examine the reasons why Europe has lagged in terms of productivity growth. We discuss the feasibility of Poland converging to the level of EU15 and USA, taking into account the current strategic context, defined by Europe 2020 and Poland 2030 documents.
In the second part, we concentrate on the mobility of Europeans, international migration within the continent and inflows of external migrants. We evaluate the openness of the individual labour markets the EU to foreign workers, patterns of changes in internal migration, cross border commuting, and the economic effects of the increased openness of Europe to migrants from third countries. We analyse the return migration and discuss its potential for levelling development differences within the EU. We assess the impact of EU regulations on migration processes, confronting European achievements with the experiences of other developed countries, especially the US.
The third part is dedicated to foreign direct investment in Poland and Central Europe. Due to the export-oriented nature of many investments of multinational corporations in Europe, we analyse the impact of trade on the labour markets of EU Member States and productivity at the sectoral level. We study how the spatial FDI distribution depends on the expected benefits from trade, and scrutinise general patterns in FDI inflow and stock to Central European countries. We analyse the determinants of FDI at NUTS2 level in Poland, using econometric modelling and in-depth interviews with the representatives of enterprises and local officials. We also estimate the institutional and structural factors behind the FDI distribution in different parts of Central Europe.
In the last part we discuss the local aspects and effects of globalisation. We analyse how the production and employment structures in the economies of the developed North (including Central Europe) and the developing South are influenced by globalisation, at national and local level. We are particularly interested in the inclusion of Poland and Central Europe to the European network of economic ties. We isolate areas in which globalisation adopts different shape, and we analyse the causes of these differences. Then we focus on sectors exceptionally influenced by globalisation: the automotive industry, steel industry, textiles and clothing, and business services that are susceptible to offshoring, including R&D, and study these developments in Poland and foreign countries.
The report is completed with conclusions and policy recommendations, focusing around the issues of growth policy and regional policy, so those aspects of public policy that are particularly predisposed to tackling the challenges that globalisation poses for the labour market.download file PDF -->
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