Global financial and economic crisis has dramatically changed the economic and social landscape of all world countries. In this context, economic factors and social variables have deteriorated even more and the interconditionality between them became increasingly stronger in the sense that the...

A magyar kormány 2001-ben 57 százalékkal emelte a minimálbért, e sorok írásakor pedig újabb 25-44 százalékos emelésről tárgyal az immár egyetértő szakszervezetekkel. A tanulmány e lépés foglalkoztatási következményeinek felméréséhez szeretne támpontokat nyújtani. Az...

During the last years of the 20th century, the youth’s employment became a central subject for many economic and social studies and reports. The actual economic crisis has generated a lot of challenges for the youths on the labour market. Transition from school to work will be, at least on...

"Facing the recent German debate on the minimum wage, this paper analyses theoretical effects of minimum wages on employment and wage distribution under a frictional setting. I??review new developments in search theory and discuss the influence of the minimum wage on wages and employment under...

Die Zahl der sozialversicherungspflichtig (SV-pflichtig) Beschäftigten hat in Ostdeutschland im Verlauf dieses Jahres leicht zugenommen. Wie sich SV-pflichtige Vollzeit- und Teilzeitbeschäftigung entwickelt haben, konnte infolge einer Statistikumstellung vorübergehend nicht beurteilt werden....

The share of subsidized employment on total employment has declined significantly. But it is still well above the West German level. The decline in subsidized employment is compensated by a sharp increase in non-supported employment. The decline in unemployment has flattened out. Due to the...

Sustainable development is a strategy by which people seek ways to economic development, benefiting also from the local environment or to benefit quality of life. Aim of this paper is to highlight that each county has different sustainable development opportunities, according to demographic and...

Women employment has become a critical development challenge globally. This is because the exclusion of women in employment has potential negative effects on both sustainable inclusive development and poverty reduction. In this paper, we examine the characteristics and the key determinants of...

The labor markets of developing countries are analysed, focusing on the importance of investment and flexibility.

The process of ageing affects all the European Union Member States, including Poland. According to forecasts by the Central Statistical Office, in 2035, the population of Poland will decrease in relation to 2010 by more than 2 million, and the share of people aged 50+ in the total population...