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Economic Transformation in Poland and Ukraine National and Regional Perspectives
When Poland and Ukraine introduced their political, social and economic system reforms at the beginning of the 1990s, both economies were at a similar level of economic development (GDP $9,500 per capita). However, in 2018, Ukrainian GDP per capita had remained at the same levels since 1991, while in Poland, it had increased significantly, to more than $27,000 per capita.
This book assesses the reasons for the growing gap between the level of economic development in Ukraine and Poland. It examines the course of events and evaluates the effectiveness of the system transformations, both in the context of the economy, as a whole, and in individual regions (Polish ‘voivodeships’ (provinces) and Ukrainian ‘oblasts’). It also analyzes the consequences of the 2008–2009 Ukrainian-Russian gas conflict and 2013–2014 Euromaidan events for the Ukrainian economy. Additionally, the authors offer an insight into the migration movements, which have recently been observed in Poland and Ukraine.
This is the first comprehensive, comparative analysis concerning the spatial diversification of economic development in these two countries, and the authors highlight the ways in which these reforms have proved effective in Poland and hardly effective in Ukraine. This analysis helps to identify the basic interrelations between the core macroeconomic variables at the regional level and the impact of political events from both a national and regional perspective.
The book will appeal to academics, researchers and policy makers interested in the economic and political changes in these two countries, in a comparative setting and on national and regional levels, as well as those working on issues of EU integration.
Contributors
List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables
Introductory Remarks
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1. INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF THE POLISH AND UKRAINIAN ECONOMIES (Andrzej NOWOSAD, Umit TURANLI, Rafał WISŁA)
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Poland and Ukraine yesterday and today
1.3. The subject of this research and its specificity: Poland – Ukraine
1.4. Powerful institutions: oligarchy and network.
1.5. Summary
CHAPTER 2. OWNERSHIP TRANSFORMATIONS IN POLAND AND UKRAINE (Svitlana CHUGAIEVSKA, Rafał WISŁA, Andrzej NOWOSAD)
2.1. Introduction
2.2 Privatization
2.2.1. Privatization in Poland
2.2.2. Privatization in Ukraine
2.3. The capital market – a mechanism to support ownership transformation
2.3.1. The Polish capital market
2.3.2. The Ukrainian capital market
2.4. Summary
CHAPTER 3. STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE POLISH AND UKRAINIAN ECONOMIES AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF OTHER CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (Rafał WISŁA, Svitlana CHUGAIEVSKA, Andrzej NOWOSAD, Umit TURANLI)
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Share of the industrial sector in GDP
3.3. GDP share of the agricultural sector
3.3.1. Total investment expenditure
3.3.2. R&D expenditure
3.3.3. National defense spending
3.4. Summary
CHAPTER 4. THE DEMOGRAPHIC POTENTIAL OF POLISH VOIVODESHIPS AND UKRAINIAN OBLASTS (Nataliia CHUGAIEVSKA, Oleksii KELEBAJ, Tomasz TOKARSKI)
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Administrative divisions of Poland and Ukraine
4.3. The demographic potential of the Polish voivodeships
4.4. Demographic potential of the Ukrainian oblasts
4.5. Summary
CHAPTER 5 - THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF POLISH VOIVODESHIPS AND UKRAINIAN OBLASTS (Nataliia CHUGAIEVSKA, Oleksii KELEBAJ, Tomasz TOKARSKI)
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Economic potential of Polish voivodeships
5.3. Economic potential of Ukrainian oblasts
5.4. Summary
CHAPTER 6. PRODUCT MARKET STRUCTURES (Katarzyna FILIPOWICZ, Tomasz TOKARSKI, Titus FERENC)
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Sector structure of the product market in Poland
6.2.1. Added value in agriculture
6.2.2. Added value in industry
6.2.3. Value added in construction
6.2.4. Added value in services
6.3. Sector structure of the product market in Ukraine
6.3.1. Added value in agriculture
6.3.2. Added value in industry
6.3.3. Added value in construction
6.3.4. Added value in services
6.4. Summary
CHAPTER 7. DETERMINANTS OF THE SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF LABOR MARKETS IN POLAND AND UKRAINE (Paweł DYKAS, Tomasz MISIAK, Tomasz TOKARSKI)
7.1. Introduction
7.2. The labor market in Poland and Ukraine in the XXI century
7.3. Differentiation in labor productivity, wages and unemployment rates
7.3.1. Differentiation in labor productivity, wages and unemployment rates in Poland
7.3.2. Differentiation in labor productivity, wages and unemployment rates in Ukraine
7.4. Determinants of the increase in unemployment rates and gross real wages – a theoretical approach and empirical verification
7.5. Summary
CHAPTER 8. SIMULATIONS OF VOIVODESHIP AND OBLAST DEVELOPMENT TRAJECTORIES. AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE GRAVITY GROWTH MODEL (Svitlana CHUGAIEVSKA, Katarzyna FILIPOWICZ, Tomasz TOKARSKI, Rafał WISŁA)
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Gravitational growth model
8.3. The diversity of the capital-labor ratio, gravitational effects and investment rates
8.3.1. Poland
8.3.2. Ukraine
8.4. Calibration of model parameters
8.5. Simulation of labor efficiency trajectories
8.5.1. Poland
8.5.2. Ukraine
8.6. Annex
CHAPTER 9. THE SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF MIGRATION IN POLAND AND UKRAINE (Nataliia CHUGAIEVSKA, Daniela SZCZEPANIAK)
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Spatial diversity of migration inflows and outflows rates and their determinants in Poland 201
9.2.1. Inflow rates
9.2.2. Drainage rates
9.2.3. Net inflow rates
9.2.4. Relative wages
9.2.5. Relative unemployment rates
9.3. A spatial differentiation of migration inflow and outflow rates and their determinants in Ukraine
9.3.1. Inflow rates
9.3.2. Outflow rates
9.3.3. Net inflow rates
9.3.4. Relative wages
9.3.5. Relative unemployment rates
9.4. A statistical analysis of the impact of relative wages and relative unemployment rates on migration flows
9.5. Summary
CHAPTER 10. - SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF POLISH VOIVODESHIPS AND UKRAINIAN OBLASTS (Monika BOLIŃSKA, Olesia CHORNENKA)
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Taxonomic methods employed
10.3. Spatial differentiation of taxonomic indicators of economic development of voivodeships
10.4. Spatial differentiation of taxonomic indicators of economic development of oblasts
10.5. Spatial differentiation of taxonomic indicators of economic development of Polish voivodeships and Ukrainian oblasts
10.6. Summary
A FEW WORDS TO FINISH (Tomasz TOKARSKI, Andrzej NOWOSAD, Rafał WISŁA)
Bibliography
Biography
Rafał Wisła is Professor at the Department of Economics and Innovation of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Andrzej Nowosad is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
