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Social justice has been the most widely recognized value among the Poles. They also declare their commitment to egalitarianism. Studies show, however, that there is a growing income inequalities among Polish people. Other researches also show that the increase in income inequality is accompanied with more frequent and more severe punishment. Poland is a country with one of the highest ratio of imprisonment in the European Union. In addition, there is over 30 thousand people convicted by law courts who are not in prisons. Current punishment policy is an unsuccessful response to the growing income inequality in Polish society.
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Globalization determines development of characteristics trends in global economy, politics, social life and coulture, regardless of the stage of advancement or physical geography. The prevailing liberalization of trade, currency and capital markets, multinational production, and technological advancement constitutes its driving force. It has caused Polish, transforming economy to subject to globalization effects. These influences can be both positive and negative. As a result of the spreading globalization, labour share in the national income has de-creased, suggesting that the meaning of work has weakened. On the other hand, as reported by the national labour market, globalization has brought unemployment, discrepancies in wage ranges between qualified and unqualified employees, and growth of the group of "working poor". The purpose of this article is to investigate the influence that change of labour share in the national income has on the level of wage discrepancies in Visegrad Group in years 1993-2011. The analysis covers review of literature on globalization, considering particularly labour share in the national income. It bases also on data from OECD and World Bank, to which induction as well as descriptive statistics were applied.
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The experience of recent years proves that high balances (especially deficits) on current account are unsustainable in the long run. The return of the European countries to growth path requires joint effort by the whole continent. The core countries should increase consumption and boost import from peripheral countries. Economic growth financed by expansion of debt (both government and private) leads to long-term financial contagion. The is a need for new economic paradigm resting on the notion of steady increase of income of the broad spectrum of society in line with productivity growth. It is claimed that financial sector requires thorough regulation, government should actively fight with asset bubbles and some peripheral countries ought to abandon the EMU.
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This article evaluates the discrepancies in the distribution of household income in selected European States. The article focuses on the analysis of Gini coefficient before and after taxation and social transfers in selected European States as well as it analyses the impact of taxation and social transfers on discrepancies in household income in selected States. The results show that with regard to absolute values discrepancies in household income are largely reduced by taxation and social transfers in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Finland, as to relative values: in Belgium, Austria, Finland and Slovenia while they are the least reduced, with regard to both absolute and relative values, in Iceland, Switzerland, Greece and the Netherland.
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The aim of government is to attempt to provide a constantly improving social welfare. Achieving this goal is by introducing a policy that reduces income inequalities. The market economy is characterized by the fact that primary income distribution is unequal, so it tries to make a "more just" re-distribution of income. The main aim of this article is to show what instruments are used by the State to reduce income differences in society and to assess whether these instruments are efficient in achieving this goal. Gini coefficient is a measure used to assess efficiency. In this paper attention will be focused primarily on the States income policy whose task is to ensure a more fair distribution of income in society.
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W artykule omówiono temat nierówności na rynku pracy. Zwrócono uwagę na problem nierówności zatrudnienia i dochodów, które określają poziom konsumpcji towarów i usług, jak również standardu życia społeczeństwa. Wskazano również na nierówności na rynku pracy między kobietami i mężczyznami.
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An inequality on a labour market is discussed in the article. It affects incomes which determine a consumption level of goods and services as well as living standard of societies. Considering unemployment, existing inequality between women and men was indicated. The inequality in income distribution is important to value a relative poverty. Due to the fact the poverty scope and depth in social economic groups were presented in the article. Non-satisfaction of household needs following from the lack of appropriate financial resources (durable goods and furnishings) is important issue discussed in the study. (original abstract)
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