Social Policy
No 8 (425), 2009
We recommend the papers
Arkadiusz Karwacki, Tomasz Szlendak - Poverty and Income
Inequalities as Sources of Social Problems - a Test of the Spirit Level Concept
The aim of the article is to verify the assumptions by Richard G. Wilkinson and
Kate E. Pickett (2009) indicating a strong correlation between the inequality
of income range and social problems evidenced in contemporary developed countries
(the thesis is called the Spirit Level concept). In the article the concept is
tested by the comparison of correlations between poverty measured according to
the absolute interpretation (whose indicators are the percentage of people living
on less than 5 euros a day and the evidence of difficulty in the payment of water,
gas and electricity bills) as well as income range in a given country (measured
by means of the Gini index) and such social problems as infant mortality per
1000 births and the number of homicides per 100 000 inhabitants. This relation
has been tested in 20 European Union countries. The analyses indicate that the
spread of absolute poverty (more than the scale of income inequalities) influences
the intensification of social problems occurrences.
Piotr Szukalski -
Some remarks on Family Change: on the Margins of Research on Extra-marital Births
in Poland
Extramarital births and extramarital fertility are useful indicator of family
change in Poland. In the article attention was given to few facets of family
change - i.e. decline in ties within the triad marriage-sex-procreation, cultural
break between successive cohorts in domain of demographic behaviours, and spatial
differences in pace of changes in family formation patterns.
Bogumiła Mucha-Leszko, Magdalena Kąkol - Migration
after the European Union Enlargement
The work aims are: 1) analysis of intra EU migration after the recent regional
block enlargement, 2) evaluation of its economic outcomes for the countries with
the most inflow of immigrants and for which labour migration size was significant
relative to their population potential. The most important conclusions are the
following: 1) immigrants came mainly from the less developed countries, 2) migration
had a positive impact on EU economic growth, 3) immigrants constituted complementary
labour and did not cause labour market deterioration in the EU-15 countries,
4) financial remittances to emigrants countries were an important factor of demand
growth.
Marek Bryła, Irena Maniecka-Bryła - Population Ageing
as a Challenge for the Health Policy
The paper departs from considering the role of measuring the health situation
of elderly people in relation to shaping the health policy as a part of the social
policy. Then the paper raises practical questions concerning population ageing.
The results of two research studies dealing with this issue are evolved. The
first one was carried out in 13 European countries by the Readers Digest, whereas
the second one DIALOG Population Policy Acceptance Study was conducted in 14
European countries. Furthermore, the problems of health of the elderly are presented
on the basis of selected documents of the World Health Organization and the European
Union. Then we delve into the issue of health-related quality of life of the
elderly, with the use of new measures of the burden of disease. The last part
of the paper sketches the process of population ageing in Europe and in Poland.
Several references are made to documents establishing the health policy.
Marek Szczepaniec, Tomasz Jurkiewicz - Human Capital
and its Accumulation in Small and Medium Companies
The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical quantitative evidence concerning
human capital in SMEs, the relationship between knowledge accumulation and firm
size / firm human capital. This article provides analysis of the key findings
of the survey which was conducted among 1308 small and medium sized enterprises
in the private sector in Poland. The findings highlight the important role played
by human capital in knowledge acquisition and performance of SMEs. The proportion
of entrepreneurs who have achieved a tertiary education (38%) is almost 21% higher
than that of the 24-to-64-year-olds. 29,3% of SMEs train their employees, but
only 2,3% SMEs use advisory services of knowledge centers, and 5,5% of SMEs carry
on marketing research. Human capital embodied in business owner has positive
effect on propensity to train employees, use of advisory services and carrying
on marketing research. There is also significant firm size effect that influences
SME knowledge acquisition. The results indicate that development of knowledge
can be affected by investments in human capital, and should be of interest to
policy makers developing new strategies and policies to support the growth of
SMEs in Poland.
Gertruda Uścińska - Diversity of Welfare Benefits
within the Social Security Schemes In Selected Countries
The paper focuses on the area of social security schemes and presents the problems
of diversity welfare benefits for example: coupon, vouchers.
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Book reviews
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"Social Policy " - Contents 8/2009
POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITIES AS SOURCES OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS - A TEST OF THE
SPIRIT LEVEL CONCEPT - Arkadiusz Karwacki, Tomasz Szlendak
SOME REMARKS ON FAMILY CHANGE: ON THE MARGINS OF RESEARCH ON EXTRA-MARITAL
BIRTHS IN POLAND - Piotr Szukalski
MIGRATION AFTER THE EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT - Bogumiła Mucha-Leszko, Magdalena
Kąkol
POPULATION AGEING AS A CHALLENGE FOR THE HEALTH POLICY - Marek Bryła, Irena
Maniecka-Bryła
FROM RESEARCH AND STUDIES
HUMAN CAPITAL AND ITS ACCUMULATION IN SMALL AND MEDIUM COMPANIES - Marek Szczepaniec,
Tomasz Jurkiewicz
SOCIAL POLICY ABROAD
DIVERSITY OF WELFARE BENEFITS WITHIN THE SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES IN SELECTED
COUNTRIES - Gertruda Uścińska
BOOK REVIEWS
Maria Jarosz: MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES. FACTS, EVENTS, ANECDOTES
- Reviewed by Leszek Kazimierz Gilejko
INFORMATION
MODYFICATION OF SUBSISTANCE MINIMUM AND MODYFICATION SOCIAL MINIMUM: 2008
- Piotr Kurowski
ADVANCED-AGED MATERNITY PHENOMENON IN POLAND. PROCREATION PLANS - PROCREATION-FRIENDLY
POLICY. CONFERENCE IN WARSAW - Dorota Głogosz
XVII CONVENTION OF DEPARTMENTS OF EMPLOYMENT LAW AND SOCIAL SECURITY -
Marta Derlacz
SOCIAL SECURITY OF THE ELDERLY IN THE TIME OF TURBULENT FINANCIAL MARKETS.
ILSS CONFERENCE - Szymon Pawlęga
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