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THE GLOBALIZATION AND INCOME INEQUALITIES
Ewa Polak1
GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS – IDEAS, POLICIES
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016, Publication date: 17 May 2016
Keywords: globalization, income inequalities, labour market segment, liberalization
Abstract This paper looks at the issue of the differentiation of earnings in Poland. The article is intended to draw attention to changes in the situation of income structure in that respect over the past few years. One of the tendencies observed in the contemporary world is growing socio-economic stratification. Income differentials among particular labour market segments and in different social sectors is growing. It is not only an autonomous phenomenon, resulting from various attitudes, life strategies, capacities and determination of particular individuals, but to a large extent is a result of distributive globalization – economic liberalization and privatization, state function deregulations, commodity service and capital flow, technological progress, a growing role of education and increasing global competition pressure.
Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Ekonomiczny
E-mail: polakewa@wp.pl