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.
Executive summary
Spurred by robust economic growth, Poland’s inactivity rate has steadily declined since 2007 and reached a historic low in 2019. However, despite the positive long-term trend, Poland’s inactivity rate (the share of the working-age population not in the labour market) is still above the OECD average. That rate differed across regions by 13.3 percentage points in 2019, from 21.1% in the Warsaw capital region to 34.4% in Warmian-Masuria.
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