Entrepreneurship of women in Poland and the EU : quantitative analysis

Abstract

Women’s entrepreneurship is an important and interesting phenomenon from both economic and public point of view. It contributes to revive local and regional economic processes. In Poland, similarly as in other European countries, the situation of women on the labour market differs from men’s status of employment. Women’s entrepreneurship and their current situation on the labour market are being analyzed through the prism of differences which appears while comparing them with men. Differences are about the level of education, professional qualifications, payroll irregularities, also regulations and practices applied during the process of employing women. The purpose of this article is an analysis of women’s occupational activity on the base of statistical researches with particular reference to comparative surveys.