The position of women on the labour market is different from that of men so gender - but also age - are characteristics that differentiate those two groups in the labour market statistics. The article presents a diagnosis and an attempt at evaluation of the situation of working-age people at the Polish labour market with regard to gender and age. This objective is furthered by a discussion of the factors affecting employment activity as well as of the economic theories on female- and male-specific behaviours at the labour market. The data used in this article come from the GUS (Central Statistical Office of Poland) database as well as from Edition 3 (2012) of the Bilans Kapitału Ludzkiego [Study of Human Capital in Poland] report.
This paper analyses the data indicating a degree to which the female potential is used in Lower Silesia in the 21st century. The basic statistical measures illustrating the women's economic activity (economic activity rate, employment rate, unemployment rate, the reasons of excessive passivity) constitute the subject of this research. The capital and economic potential of Lower Silesian women is presented here on the basis of statistical data related to education and learning. Currently, education and the acquired knowledge as well as skills are the basic building material of "human capital", which often determines material status, which in turn allows for social advancement. That is why, education is deemed as an unquestionable value. The data on the choice of education can serve as the grounds for forecasting the situation of young women entering the Lower Silesian labour market.
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