Flexible work contracts are described both in the literature and policy recommendations as a solution for young parents for reconciliation of professional and family roles. In Poland, as in other European Union countries, childcare is perceived as females' chore. In this article availability to current and potential parents of teleworking and flexible working time are analysed. Differences in age, gender and other socio-economic attributes were analysed.
Providing equal opportunities to both men and women has become an important policy issue to most developed countries' governments. One of it’s main dimensions is gender equality on the labor market. That includes: market participation, employment and wages. In a workplace equal treatment can be observed through wages. The aim of this paper is to investigate determinants of wage differentials between women and men of equal productivity on Polish labor market. Using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition allows to: measure wage differences, return on individual characteristics and gender pay discrimination.
The aim of this paper is to investigate characteristics of unemployed females in Poland. Social Diagnosis 2011 data is used to analyze socio-economic determinants of unemployment and nonparticipation.
This paper aims at examining the bilateral linkage between daily stock market indices, in which the leading index of WSE (WIG20) is the reference. Thus, the study is limited to pairs including WIG20 and indices which are listed on the financial centers of WSE’s main foreign investors. The relationship between the markets is investigated throughout the cointegration theory. Further, the Granger causality is carried out in order to distinguish the directions of influence across the stock market environments. The obtained results shall explain the investor’s tendencies in portfolio diversification.
The observed collapse of demographic pyramid increases the tension on the social security systems, especially pensions. It implies a requirement to extend the retirement age. On the basis of Eurobarometer 65.1 we calculate difference between expected and preferred retirement age in Poland. Then we show the determinants of individual differences. Particular attention is paid to the problem of non-random missing observations.
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