Working Conditions in the Context of Global Value Chains and Routinisation: An Example of Polish Workers

• Autorzy: Dagmara Nikulin , Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz

Warianty tytułu

Warunki pracy w ramach globalnych łańcuchów wartości i rutynizacji na przykładzie pracowników z Polski

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper aims to explore the linkages between global production fragmentation, routinisation and the well-being of workers in Poland. In particular, the focus is placed on the selected measures of working conditions, such as the social environment, work intensity, and working time quality to examine their dependence on involvement in international trade and the routinisation level. We merge individual data describing the working conditions and well-being of workers with sector-level data containing information on involvement in global production processes and occupational data on the job routinisation level. The findings reveal a moderate association between working conditions and global value chain (GVC) involvement among Polish workers. In more GVC-dependent sectors, workers receive lower remuneration on average. The relationship between GVC and other working conditions is significant, but the economic significance is marginal. Similarly, the routinisation of work is negatively correlated with wages and working conditions (except work intensity). The main contribution of this study is its multidimensional approach to analysing working conditions, which significantly expands existing evidence in the literature.(original abstract)

Tematem artykułu jest zbadanie powiązań między globalnymi procesami fragmentacji produkcji (GVC), rutynizacją pracy a dobrostanem pracowników w Polsce. W szczególności skupiono się na wybranych miernikach warunków pracy, takich jak otoczenie społeczne, intensywność pracy i jakość czasu pracy, w celu zbadania ich zależności od zaangażowania w handel międzynarodowy i rutynizacji. Połączone zostały indywidualne dane opisujące warunki pracy i dobrostan pracowników z danymi sektorowymi zawierającymi informacje o zaangażowaniu w globalne procesy produkcyjne. Wyniki wskazują na umiarkowany związek pomiędzy warunkami pracy a zaangażowaniem w GVC wśród polskich pracowników. W sektorach bardziej zależnych od GVC pracownicy otrzymują średnio niższe wynagrodzenie. Ponadto, związek między GVC a innymi aspektami warunków pracy jest statystycznie istotny, jednakże w ujęciu ekonomicznym ma wymiar marginalny. Podobnie rutynizacja pracy jest ujemnie skorelowana z wynagrodzeniami i warunkami pracy (z wyjątkiem wskaźnika intensywności pracy). Najważniejszą zaletą przeprowadzonego badania jest wielowymiarowe podejście do analizy warunków pracy, co znacznie poszerza dotychczasowy stan wiedzy.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Working condition; Production fragmentation; International trade; Value chain; Well-being

PL

Warunki pracy; Fragmentacja produkcji; Handel międzynarodowy; Łańcuch wartości; Dobrostan

• Czasopismo: Gospodarka Narodowa
• Rocznik: 2023
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 1--12

Twórcy

autor

Dagmara Nikulin

• Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland

autor

Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz

• Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland

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DOI

10.33119/GN/169437