Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the … make work pay. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of Poland (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-poland.htm). …

We analyze labor market flows and unemployment in the Czech Republic (CR), Slovakia and Poland over the period 2004 … the unemployment rate in Poland more than twice as fast as in the CR. The CR lags behind in creating jobs forthe … than in the U.S. /UK. Yet, compared to neighboring countries, the CR suffers more from unemployment rigidity, as evidenced …