The Impact of Transformational Changes on the Socio-Economic Conditions of the Rural Population. An Example of Poland

Iwona Bąk, Katarzyna Wawrzyniak and Maciej Oesterreich
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Iwona Bąk: Department of Applied Mathematics in Economics, Faculty of Economics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Janickiego Street 31, 71-270 Szczecin, Poland
Katarzyna Wawrzyniak: Department of Applied Mathematics in Economics, Faculty of Economics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Janickiego Street 31, 71-270 Szczecin, Poland
Maciej Oesterreich: Department of Applied Mathematics in Economics, Faculty of Economics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Janickiego Street 31, 71-270 Szczecin, Poland

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 5, 1-19

Abstract: The aim of the article is to show that in rural areas, with particular emphasis on former state-owned farms, which were created as a result of changes in the forms of land ownership, mainly in Central and Eastern European countries, the economic situation of households is still worse than in the areas where there were no State Agricultural Enterprises (PGR). Research in Poland served as a case study. Selected methods of descriptive statistics and multivariate comparative analysis were used in the analyses. The results presented in the study at different levels of aggregation (voivodeships, poviats, and communes) allowed the identification of the regularities in the situation of rural areas. Among the beneficiaries of social assistance, most of the people live in rural areas and have a high unemployment rate; the problem of unemployment especially concerns those areas where the rural population with lower education levels predominates. Moreover, in former state-owned farms, the total disposable income per person is lower than in other areas, and the funds from the government program “Rodzina 500+” constitute a significant contribution to household budgets.

Keywords: transformational changes; rural population; social assistance; regression trees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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