Welfare and the Labor Market in Poland

Download or read book Welfare and the Labor Market in Poland written by Jan J. Rutkowski and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report assesses the changes in social welfare and policy that have taken place in Poland during the economic transition. It tests the main hypotheses concerning changes in the role of the welfare state, workings of the labor market, the distributional consequences of transition, and more generally about the winners and losers in transition. Chapter one examines trends in social expenditure during economic transition. Chapter two focuses on changes in the labor market, including emerging risks and opportunities. Chapter three explores distributional consequences of transition.