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Estimation of the scale of inactive unemployment in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study described in the paper is to estimate the level of inactive unemployment in Poland. This required the estimation of the number of inactive unemployed and their percentage in the total number of persons registered as unemployed. The estimation was based on unit-level data from the Polish Labour Force Survey (2010–2018). A calibration approach was applied that involved auxiliary variables relating to registered unemployment. The results indicate that a significant proportion of persons registered as unemployed are economically inactive. The percentage of inactive unemployed ranged from 29.8 to 53.3 percent over the studied period, with an upward trend observed since 2014. It was also demonstrated that the level of inactive unemployment varies among groups defined by basic demographic indicators, i.e. sex, age and education. The most pronounced differences can be observed between groups determined by sex – women registered as unemployed are economically inactive much more often than men.

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