Produktywność pracy w Polsce w przekroju województw
Labor productivity in Poland in the regional breakdown

Summary/Abstract: The first part of this article presents the essence of intellectual-institutional capital. It is partof the capital of the country which finances intellectual and institutional resources. The quality ofthose resources contributes to the sustainable growth of an economy. The second part provides rulesof measuring of the institutional-intellectual capital. Reliably stated level of this capital is an informationregarding implementation of the sustainable development paradigm. In order to measureintellectual-institutional capital, labor productivity indicator was used, derived based on the conceptof analytical production function. This is a function of seven variables, reflecting the actual wayof composing of production factors in the process of products formation and their market realization.This indicator integrates technical equipment of labor, assets turnover, returns on assets, andthe level of human capital remuneration. The pursuit of sustainable development is a politically--economic goal, which reflects stable increase of the labor productivity factor. In-depth analysis ofthe sustainability of economic growth can be provided by regional labor productivity analysis. Thelast part of the paper presents the results of measuring labor productivity in Poland by region. Theresults indicate that the level of labor productivity is 2.12, what is typical for developing countries.At the same time, the results indicate significant distance to developed countries, where the value oflabor productivity exceeds 3. In turn, the results of the measurement of regional labor productivityindicate another problem, reflected in large differences between regions. It proves the developmentof Poland to be uneven.

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