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Možnosti a perspektívy riešenia vidieckej zamestnanosti
Possibilities and Prospects for Solution of Rural Employment

Author(s): Stanislav Buchta
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Rural development; human capital; regional disparities; labour market; strategy of rural employment

Summary/Abstract: Possibilities and Prospects for Solution of Rural Employment. The article deals with the prospects for a solution to rural employment in Slovakia. It defines rural space according to the OECD definition and outlines the starting points for a future strategy of solution to rural employment. It identifies the most important factors shaping the development of this area such as, for instance, pressures on labour mobility and labour productivity, demands for improvement of human capital, infrastructure facilities, restructuring and diversification of rural economy, and changes in demographic evolution. The outlined perspective of the solution consists indeed in two dimensions, i.e. the development of human resources and the increase in entrepreneurial and regional competitiveness. It argues that a continuation of the present situation sets up a danger of the persistence of dual economy and growing socially unacceptable differentiation, including the persistence of unequal opportunities for the population and entrepreneurial activities as well particularly in remote and economically underdeveloped regions. With regard to the significant regional disparities and reduced competitiveness of economically disadvantaged rural areas, it is necessary to solve this problem progressively and, in particular, systematically.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 119-135
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovak
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