Poland in Transition: Labor Market Data Collection
Author(s)
Socha, Mieczyslaw Waclaw; Weisberg, Yaacov
Abstract
The emerging modern market economy of Poland has required a new economic structure, a strong private sector, and the reallocation of the labor force across sectors, firms, skills, and regions. The burden on legislators has been that, to introduce new policies, a good understanding of the labor market and its dynamics is necessary. In effect, one must know how labor market indicators are measured and how data are being collected? The same burden falls on analysts: in an economy that is changing from a centralized to a market system, the structure, quantity, and quality of data are highly important for both cross-sectional and trend analyses. Accordingly, this article examines the sources and methods of data collection under both the previous centralized system and the current modern, “Western”-type economy of Poland.
