We analyse the duration of unemployment spells in Poland using data from the Polish Labour Force Survey of August 1994 …. The effects on the duration of unemployment of important socio-economic and demographic characteristics are explored … besides the impacts of the unemployment benefit system and training schemes. Finally, we investigate whether prior …

. The effects of training programmes on the outflows from unemployment and the effects of all ALMP programmes on the …. In contrast to other studies on Poland, we show that it can make a difference to the estimates whether current ALMP … gives some tentative support to the view that public training programmes can be used to reduce unemployment. …

in Poland. The analysis is based on retrospective monthly calendar information on the labour force state and active …: intervention works prolong unemployment for both genders as do public works for men. The number of observations on women in public …

The paper presents an empirical analysis of labour force dynamics in Poland in the period 1992 - 1993. Transitions … between employment, unemployment and non-participation in the labour force at the individual level are derived from panel data …-state or 'equilibrium' unemployment rates for various groups of the labour force. It is shown that these differ greatly between …

transition from a planned to market orientated economy, but also to be fundamental to the successful integration of Poland into … could, over the medium term, result in relatively high levels of unemployment. Unless mobility is stimulated, European …