Managing Labor Market Reforms: Case Study of Poland
When state socialism collapsed in Poland in 1989, Polish society hoped to rapidly establish well functioning democracy and efficient markets. This paper describes reforms to Poland's labor market, marked by a high unemployment rate, and labor market changes throughout the country's economi...
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okr-10986-91612021-04-23T14:02:44Z Managing Labor Market Reforms: Case Study of Poland Surdej, Aleksander World Development Report 2005 When state socialism collapsed in Poland in 1989, Polish society hoped to rapidly establish well functioning democracy and efficient markets. This paper describes reforms to Poland's labor market, marked by a high unemployment rate, and labor market changes throughout the country's economic transformation. Labor law reforms were eased by the fact that the public opinion in Poland was favorable to deregulation; in part due to the perception that such changes would be advantageous to the society, and in part because no credible alternative existed. Polish mass media overwhelmingly supported labor law reforms and there were no voices calling for an alternative (for instance an interventionist approach) approach to try to reduce unemployment. 2012-06-26T15:40:06Z 2012-06-26T15:40:06Z 2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9161 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Europe and Central Asia |
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When state socialism collapsed in Poland in 1989, Polish society hoped to rapidly establish well functioning democracy and efficient markets. This paper describes reforms to Poland's labor market, marked by a high unemployment rate, and labor market changes throughout the country's economic transformation. Labor law reforms were eased by the fact that the public opinion in Poland was favorable to deregulation; in part due to the perception that such changes would be advantageous to the society, and in part because no credible alternative existed. Polish mass media overwhelmingly supported labor law reforms and there were no voices calling for an alternative (for instance an interventionist approach) approach to try to reduce unemployment. |
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Surdej, Aleksander |
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Managing Labor Market Reforms: Case Study of Poland |
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Managing Labor Market Reforms: Case Study of Poland |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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