Classification of District Employment Agencies in Terms of Employment and Cost-Effectiveness Using Regression Trees

Bąk Iwona (), Wawrzyniak Katarzyna () and Sobolewski Antoni
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Bąk Iwona: Department of Application of Mathematics in Economics, Faculty of Economics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Janickiego 31, 71-101 Szczecin
Wawrzyniak Katarzyna: Department of Application of Mathematics in Economics, Faculty of Economics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Janickiego 31, 71-101 Szczecin
Sobolewski Antoni: Stowarzyszenie Czas Przestrzeń Tożsamość, Lwowska 3/1, 71-027Szczecin

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, 2020, vol. 20, issue 2, 20-35

Abstract: Research background: The efficiency of the functioning of District Employment Agencies is often assessed on the basis of the level of employment and cost-effectiveness indices. The values of these indices are influenced by various socio-economic factors, which were grouped into five areas in the paper: unemployment, demography, environment, entities and the human potential of District Employment Agencies (PUPs). The research was conducted in 340 District Employment Agencies in 2017.Purpose: The purpose of the study is to separate groups of District Employment Agencies with similar values of employment and cost-effectiveness indices, with the simultaneous identification of the level of factors that characterize the socio-economic situation and staff potential in each of the separated groups.Research methodology: One of the methods of a multidimensional statistical analysis – the regression trees method was used in the work.Results: The use of regression trees allowed the separation of groups of District Employment Agencies, which differed in terms of the level of employment and cost-effectiveness indices, and characterized these groups due to socio-economic factors and staffing potential.Novelty: The survey covers all District Employment Agencies in Poland and the obtained research results can be useful for labor market institutions to assess the efficiency of PUPs.

Keywords: employment efficiency; cost-effectiveness; regression trees; District Employment Agencies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C38 J64 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/foli-2020-0033

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