Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/196720 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12222
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
On 1 January 1999, four major reforms took effect in Poland in the areas of health, education, pensions and local administration. After 20 years, only in the last case does the original structural design remain essentially unchanged. We examine the implications of this reform from the perspective of the distance of municipalities from their regional administrative capital. We show that despite fears of negative consequences for peripheral regions, the reform did not result in slower socio-economic development for those municipalities that found themselves further from the new administrative centres. We argue that regional inclusiveness in the process of development is likely to be an important factor behind the stability of Poland's administrative design.
Subjects: 
regional development
administrative reform
distance to capitals
differences in differences
JEL: 
P30
R11
R50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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