Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe: Recent submissions
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Spatial Diversification Of The Regional Expenses On Culture In Poland 2003-2012
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)This paper focuses on the analysis of expenditure on culture covered by the provincial budgets, taking into consideration the structure of cultural institutions by their types in the years 2003, 2006, 2010 and 2012. To ... -
The Application Of Local Indicators For Categorical Data (LICD) In The Spatial Analysis Of Economic Development
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)Firstly, we identify classes of regions presenting different economic development levels using taxonomic methods of multivariate data analysis. Secondly, we apply a join-count test to examine spatial dependencies between ... -
An Empirical Study Of Productivity Growth In EU28 - Spatial Panel Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)This paper investigates the spatial process of productivity growth in the European Union on the foundations of the theory of New Economic Geography. The proposed model is based on the study of NUTS 2 regions and takes into ... -
The Determinants Of Population Health Spatial Disparities
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)Health of the population is one of the basic factors of social development. The results of empirical studies indicate a number of factors determining the level of health of the population related to access to health care ... -
The Effect Of Omitted Spatial Effects And Social Dependence In The Modelling Of Household Expenditure For Fruits And Vegetables
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)We find the omitted elements of the external environment affect negatively the estimates for other spatial (social) effect parameters. Especially, we notice the overestimation of the random effect variance when the social ... -
Impact Of The Manufacturing Sector On The Export Competitiveness Of European Countries – A Spatial Panel Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The purpose of this paper is to determine how changes in the export competitiveness of the EU economy (measured by exports and net exports) depend on changes in the competitiveness of processing industries, on the basis ... -
Regional Innovativeness Strategies And Their Impact On Innovativeness Of Provinces In Poland. A Spatio-temporal Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) have existed in Poland for almost ten years and in this period they have been developed, accepted and implemented in all provinces. The basic aim of Regional Innovativeness Strategies ... -
Spatial Analysis Of Foreign Migration In Poland In 2012 Using Geographically Weighted Regression
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The aim of this paper is to analyse the spatial distribution of officially registered foreign migration in Poland in 2012. GIS tools are implemented for data visualization and statistical analysis. Geographically weighted ... -
Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)This work is devoted to the study of the variations of health status (measured by life expectancy) across the EU regions of NUTS II level. We apply existing tools developed in economic growth literature to study a mortality ... -
Application Of Input-Output Analysis In The Health Care
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The aim of this article is an attempt of the use of models of input-output type in the analysis of the performance of the health care sector in Poland. The construction of input-output model is based on the observed data ... -
Transport Accessibility In Light Of The DEA Method
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The development of transport infrastructure and increasing the efficiency of transport services are major factors of economic growth. The concept of transport accessibility can be analysed in various aspects. This article ... -
Spatial Analysis Of Human Capital Structures
(De Gruyter Open, 2014-12-30)An in-depth analysis of the occupational structure of the labour market in a spatial cross-section is an important theoretical and practical area of study necessary for the development of effective labour market policies ... -
Selected Intangible Factors Of Regional Development: An Analysis Of Spatial Relationships
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The large diversification of human and social capital in the Polish subregions has been confirmed. Clusters of regions with low levels of human capital have been indicated, whereas in the case of social capital a grouping ... -
Economic Development And Transfrontier Shipments Of Waste In Poland – Spatio-Temporal Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The aim of the paper is to apply the spatio-temporal Environmental Kuznets Curve (SpEKC) to test the relationship between economic growth and the amount of collected mixed municipal waste. The analysis was conducted at the ... -
Franchising as a Way of Creating Entrepreneurship and Innovation
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-03)The article analyses franchising as a business model based on an economic relationship between the parties. The discussion of the early forms of franchising and of factors stimulating its development in Poland and the world ... -
Transformations and Reforms of European Health Care Systems: The Case of Estonia
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-03)The purpose of this article is to present the main directions of changes in the Estonian health care system following the transformation of the national economy and the accession of Estonia to the European Union. Special ... -
Important Structural Linkages in the Process of Income Circulation Defined by SAMs
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-03)The main aim of this paper is to present the analytical possibilities offered by Social Accounting Matrices as regards economic policy. These matrices are synthetic presentations of income flows in the economy, described ... -
Innovation Levels in the Economies of Central and Eastern Europe
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-03)The statistical data presented in this paper indicates that the innovative position of the CEECs is still unfavourable and relatively weak, with the exception of Slovenia and Estonia. Poland is in a particularly difficult ... -
Response of the EU Member States to Climate Change in the Context of EU Policy and Strategy
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-03)The aim of this paper is to present selected results achieved by the Member States of the EU in the context of the recent global and European strategies oriented toward enhancement of the role of renewable energy sources ... -
The Structure of Unemployment in Poland and the European Union Between 2000 and 2012
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-03)The analysis will indicate the groups of the labour force with high risk of unemployment. Among the groups of high risk of unemployment are women, youth, people with low skills, and the long-term unemployed.