“Assessment of employment policies in Poland”

Employment and unemployment in the Central East European countries are a major concern in the process of integration of those countries into the European Union. Hence, the proposal of policies for employment is a controversial issue. The existence of opposing conceptual frameworks is the main cause of this divergence. Since the debate is still open and no definite conclusions have yet been reached, we wish to put forth a reasoned assessment of prescriptions for labour-market policies in those countries. The paper is basically focused on Poland. Restricting the study to a single country allows a clearer outline of economic policies. The main purpose of this paper is to examine the different measures proposed for Poland and allocate them to their corresponding theoretical framework. Also, we shall question the suitability of the proposed measures to attain the stated objectives.