Still ‘few, slow and low’? On the female dimension of technology, labour markets and economic activity: Evidence for the period of 1990-2017

Lechman, Ewa

doi:10.14254/2071-789x.2019/12-1/1

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“…They are a source of jobs that create entrepreneurship and contribute to innovation and economic growth. (Lechman, 2019;Belas et al, 2020). Innovation is the crucial element of a knowledge-based economy because the creation, exchange and market success via innovation are the sources of growth of many economic indicators and prosperity of society (Mura et al, 2018;Virglerova et al, 2020).…”

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Competitiveness of the Selected Countries of the EU with a Focus on the Quality of the Business Environment

Hajduová¹,

Hurajová²,

Smorada³

et al. 2021

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The business environment and entrepreneurship are important elements in the economic growth of each country. The better the business environment a given country offers, the more attractive the country is for small and large companies as well as for private entrepreneurs. A high level of business competitiveness can help a country secure economic growth, especially after overcoming a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Many institutions focus on the measurement of the business environment using indices to evaluate its quality. The main goal of the present study is to evaluate the quality of the business environment through multicriteria analysis. For the period from 2018 to 2020, the data were analysed by using seven selected indices of the weighted sum approach (WSA) and the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) methods. The research sample included all EU countries that joined the EU at the same time in 2004. The processing of analytical data was gradually implemented by using descriptive statistics and multicriteria evaluation methods. The methods used in the multicriteria evaluation of variants determined the rankings of the individual variants in terms of the selected criteria using entropy. We concluded that the efficiency of the business environments in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia are below the EU average. Within this group of countries, Estonia, Malta and Slovenia have seen the largest regeneration of their business environment since having joined the EU.

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Competitiveness of the Selected Countries of the EU with a Focus on the Quality of the Business Environment

Hajduová¹,

Hurajová²,

Smorada³

et al. 2021

JOC

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“…In the studies of Khan et al (2016) and Li & Huang (2009), it was proved that a co-integration connection between health and education has positive effects on the economic growth. The effect of the health status of the population can also be found in other economic and social aspects, such as countries' innovation performance (Herzer, 2020;Pacáková & Kopecká, 2019), knowledge transfer (Bar & Leukhina, 2010), technological progress (Gehringer & Prettner, 2019;Lechman, 2019), labour supply ( Jiang et al, 2019), and poverty (Kim, 2018;Rakauskienė & Volodzkienė, 2017).…”

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How Do Gender Inequalities in Health Relate to the Competitiveness of Developed Countries? An Empirical Study

Gavurová¹,

Ivanková²,

Rigelský³

et al. 2020

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Public health plays an important role in the spectrum of economic indicators. Simultaneously, the competitiveness of countries is a key economic indicator, and this interconnection requires special attention, especially in the decision-making process of public policies. The main objective of the presented study was to evaluate the effects of selected health indicators on the competitiveness of developed countries. The following health variables were collected for the analysed period from 2010 to 2018: four variables of Life Expectancy (LE) and three variables of Perceived Health Status (PHS). Each variable was observed from the perspective of gender differentiation and gender inequalities. The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) was also used in the analyses as an economic variable. The research sample included all countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The analytical data processing consisted of descriptive analysis, difference analysis (Wilcoxon Test), regression analysis (Panel regression model) and correlation analysis (Spearman's ρ). Regarding the results, all health variables showed differences between men and women. The results of the regression analysis revealed a very strong and significant effect of LE and PHS on the competitiveness of individual economies. The correlation analysis confirmed all relations. Improving the health of men and women is likely to increase the competitiveness of developed countries. As a result, it provides space for further research and policy-making in each country.

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“…The development of modern technologies can become a factor stimulating social and economic changes. At present, in spite of the improvement of the situation in the years 1990-2017 in the level of education and access to ICT, it is difficult to state unequivocally whether the impact of the implementation of information and communication technologies had a direct impact on the economic activity of women and the amount of their remuneration (Lechman, 2019). The currently implemented employment and anti-unemployment policy is implemented based on the principle of counteracting the gender discrim-ination in the labor market and equalizing the opportunities (Doorne & Huiskes, 2003).…”

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Professional activity of women in light of the Family 500+ Program

Pasternak-Malicka

2019

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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The article aims to assess the impact of the Family 500+ Program on women’s professional activity. The Family 500+ Program is a governmental support introduced in April 2016 and is designed to assist the families in raising children. The support is provided by monthly payment of PLN 500 for every single child in the family.The study, primarily, attempts to assess the relationship between the level of expenditure on family benefits and the employment rate, and, on the other hand, based on the surveys, to indicate whether the Program encourages women to quit from the formal labor market. The article describes the professional activity of women, the level of social spending in Poland and some selected EU countries. Based on statistical data, an attempt was made to assess the impact of social expenditure on women’s economic activity based on the linear regression method. Based on this method, it was stressed that the amount of benefit has the impact on the economic activity of women and this relationship is highly statistically significant. Fragments of own surveys from 2017 till 2019 were also presented, which suggest that the Family 500+ Program may lead to the withdrawal of women from the labor market. Respondents most often stressed the possibility of appearing reluctance to work for careers in large families. Entrepreneurs’ responses showed the discouraging effect of the Family 500+ Program (35.1% in 2019), which may contribute to a decrease in labor supply according to 16.0% of respondents.

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Still ‘few, slow and low’? On the female dimension of technology, labour markets and economic activity: Evidence for the period of 1990-2017

Cited by 10 publications

References 52 publications

Competitiveness of the Selected Countries of the EU with a Focus on the Quality of the Business Environment

Competitiveness of the Selected Countries of the EU with a Focus on the Quality of the Business Environment

How Do Gender Inequalities in Health Relate to the Competitiveness of Developed Countries? An Empirical Study

Professional activity of women in light of the Family 500+ Program

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