Income Inequality and Quality of Life in Poland

• Autorzy: Katarzyna Ostasiewicz , Stanisława Ostasiewicz

Warianty tytułu

Nierówności dochodowe a jakość życia w Polsce

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

During last decades there appeared an increasing number of evidences that income inequality influences negatively such indicators of quality of life as life expectancy at birth or crime rate, both between and within developed countries. Although there are some theoretical (sociological and psychological) explanations of this phenomenon, no consensus has been reached yet according to the very existence of the effect. Some substantial critique takes place, undermining the authenticity of the effect and its interpretation. This study was performed in order to investigate the possible existence of this effect in Poland. We have chosen some important indicators of quality of life for different voivodeships and compare their values with the differences of inequalities in various regions of the country, using partial correlations and linear models. Generally, we have not detected a negative relationship between inequality and quality of life. In the paper we briefly discuss the possible reasons of such a result. (original abstract)

W ostatnich dekadach w literaturze pojawia się coraz więcej sugestii dotyczących negatywnego wpływu nierówności dochodowych na różne wskaźniki jakości życia, jak oczekiwana długość życia czy wskaźnik przestępczości. Efekt ten, dotyczący krajów rozwiniętych, pojawia się zarówno w porównaniach międzynarodowych, jak i wewnątrzkrajowych. Choć na uzasadnienie tej zależności podawane są różne argumenty, socjologiczne i psychologiczne, to samo jej istnienie wciąż bywa kwestionowane. Wysuwane wątpliwości dotyczą zarówno selektywności wybieranych do interpretacji danych, jak i interpretacji wyników, które mogą być artefaktem innej zależności socjoekonomicznej. Celem niniejszej pracy jest zbadanie, czy sugerowany efekt można zaobserwować w Polsce. Przy użyciu korelacji cząstkowych oraz modeli liniowych przeprowadzona została analiza zależności wybranych wskaźników jakości życia od poziomu nierówności w polskich województwach. W ogólności, analiza ta nie wykazała istnienia ujemnej zależności pomiędzy nierównościami a jakością życia. W pracy przeprowadzono krótką dyskusję otrzymanych wyników w odniesieniu do wyników uzyskiwanych dla innych krajów oraz porównań międzynarodowych. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Income; Social inequality; Social-economics inequality; Quality of life

PL

Dochody; Nierówności społeczne; Nierówności społeczno-gospodarcze; Jakość życia

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie. Pragmata Tes Oikonomias
• Rocznik: 2012
• Numer: z. 6
• Strony: 79--94

Twórcy

autor

Katarzyna Ostasiewicz

• Wrocław University of Economics, Poland

autor

Stanisława Ostasiewicz

• The General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military Academy of Land Forces in Wroclaw, Poland

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