Regional Economic Inactivity Trends in Poland
Despite its rapid economic growth over the past decades, Poland’s economic inactivity rate remains above the OECD average and regional differences in labour force participation persist. This report sheds light on the drivers of economic inactivity across Polish regions and analyses them in light of both individual and structural factors associated with labour force participation. It highlights the need for more inclusive active labour market policies to help integrate the economically inactive into labour markets across Poland. A better integration of services provided by national and local institutions, as well as a strengthened role of the social economy, is needed to address the complex needs of economically inactive persons.
Drivers of economic inactivity in Polish regions
This chapter explores the factors that drive economic inactivity in Poland, across target groups and places. The chapter highlights both group and regional level characteristics as potential explanations for differences in economic inactivity across Polish regions, emphasizing historical factors that put regions on differing trajectories. The chapter then sets economic inactivity within broader labour market megatrends. Polarisation, automation and the green transition are accentuating labour market divergences between people and regions.