TY - JOUR

T1 - Worker mobility in Polish agriculture

AU - Ingham, H

AU - Ingham, M

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - Poland's entry into the EU and attendant commitment to the achievement of a range of ambitious labour market and social targets have served merely to re-emphasise the need for the rationalisation of its most conspicuous socialist paradox: a private agricultural sector that, on one count, employs over one-quarter of the country's workers. Multinomial estimation on a pool of annual panels, with a sample of over 24,000 individuals, confirms the overall impression of stagnation conveyed by the published statistics. Nevertheless, the findings provide important pointers for the thrust of future policy endeavours aimed at increasing the exit rate from farming.

AB - Poland's entry into the EU and attendant commitment to the achievement of a range of ambitious labour market and social targets have served merely to re-emphasise the need for the rationalisation of its most conspicuous socialist paradox: a private agricultural sector that, on one count, employs over one-quarter of the country's workers. Multinomial estimation on a pool of annual panels, with a sample of over 24,000 individuals, confirms the overall impression of stagnation conveyed by the published statistics. Nevertheless, the findings provide important pointers for the thrust of future policy endeavours aimed at increasing the exit rate from farming.

U2 - 10.1057/ces.2008.9

DO - 10.1057/ces.2008.9

M3 - Journal article

VL - 51

SP - 51

EP - 74

JO - Comparative Economic Studies

JF - Comparative Economic Studies

SN - 0888-7233

IS - 1

ER -