• Remote work in the pandemic era in the light of the analysis of selected secondary data
    The article presents theoretical and practical aspects of remote work. The emergence of remote work is associated with the economic, political, social, cultural and technological changes of the 20th / 21st century. It offers many advantages for both the employee and the employer, hence its popularization. During the pandemic, in March 2020, in Poland, for epidemiological purposes, the activity of individuals was limited, which in terms of professional activity amounted to the obligation or the demand to work at home. This led to a doubling of the percentage of employees working outside the employer's office in 2020 compared to 2019. As shown by empirical research, switching to remote mode for a relatively large group of people brings advantages and disadvantages of this solution both from the perspective of the organization and their staff. Remote work ensures the safety of the employee and saves time on commuting, but its effectiveness is controversial, as it is reduced by technical problems, the lack of self-discipline and appropriate working conditions at home. From the employer's perspective, it is difficult to control the employee's work results and manage them in the event of a deficit in direct communication, especially in the case of organizations that have not used this type of solutions before. An important aspect is that there are a number of industries and professions that cannot benefit from remote work. The secondary data shows a picture of post-pandemic work in a hybrid manner, where the home office solutions developed over the months will be used in conjunction with facilitating communication, management, motivating and controlling employees using traditional ways of performing work.
  • Salaries, ease of finding a job or distance from home? What determines the place of work in Poland by economic emigrants from Ukraine
    For several years there has been a visible high growth rate in the number of foreigners from Eastern Europe taking up work in Poland. Undoubtedly, the decline in unemployment, which translates into the ease of finding a job, and the systematic increase in the average salary have an impact on this situation. The purpose of this article is to check what and to what extent influences the decision to work by Ukrainian citizens in different regions of the country.  This study focuses on three key factors - how the scale of immigration to a given poviat is influenced by the distance at which migrations are undertaken, the level of wages and unemployment in the examined poviats. To achieve the above goal, a popular model describing migrations as a function of geographical distance, called the gravity model, was used. The results of the analysis indicate that wages are a significant stimulus of economic migration to Poland, and the level of unemployment had a destimulating effect. The estimated values of the parameters indicate a much stronger impact of attracting the level of wages than limiting the impact of unemployment on the migration inflow. Geographic distance is a factor that also limits the intensity of movements. However - as the analysis showed - its limiting influence is much smaller than that of unemployment.
  • Use of scientific evidence in the process of public policy making. Qualitative comparative analysis of 17 developed countries
    Over the past two decades, Evidence-Based Policy (EBP) has become one of the most important lines of thought discussed in public policy science. However, the literature on the subject shows a lack of systematic comparisons of the implementation of the EBP at the state level. Using the crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA) method, the author of this work compared seventeen developed countries in order to identify and interpret the combination of determinants for creating public policies based on scientific evidence in the field of climate policy. The results obtained show that the combination of the presence of low public debt and the presence of a high level of social capital is an important determinant of scientific evidence-based public policy making for the compared countries.
  • Child labor in industry in the Second Polish Republic - conditions, consequences
    After the end of World War I and Poland regaining independence after 123 years of captivity, the situation of the Second Polish Republic was difficult in every respect. Entangled in various political problems, she was unable to direct the right forces and resources to those areas of social life that were the most neglected and required rapid and radical action. Lack of work after the war and increasing unemployment with each passing year caused the deepening poverty of those less resourceful, who inherited poverty from generation to generation. Often the only salvation for the family was sending the children to work immediately after graduating from primary school or even earlier. The government, aware of the situation, had no means of addressing it properly. The aim of the article is to show how difficult the situation of children and families can be when the state support system is ineffective. By analogy, it is also intended to emphasize the importance of actions taken by the present government for children and families. Thanks to the interest in their problems and various forms of support, children, regardless of the material status of the family, are provided with opportunities for development and a dignified life.

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