Influence of entities with foreign capital investments on employment level

Abstract

An aim of the article is to identify the impact of investment outlays by entities with foreign capital on employment in the Polish economy. The subject of research is quantitative changes of investment outlays and the number of employees in the economy as well as in entities with foreign capital. Correlation and comparative analyses of investments outlays and number of employees in entities with foreign capital by kinds of economic activity, i.e. Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Industry, Construction, Services, were used. Absolute data, Pearson correlation coefficients, dynamics and structure indicators, as well as relation between the dynamics of investment outlays and the number of employees were applied in the research. The survey was based on Statistics Poland data for the years 2009—2015. The analyses findings confirmed the hypothesis of the existence of substantial differences concerning the relationship between investments and employment in particular kinds of economic activity. In entities with foreign capital, there was a strong correlation between investment outlays and employment in industry, while moderate between investment outlays and employment in services. The dynamics of employment in entities with foreign capital was higher than the dynamics for all entities in the economy, whereas services received the highest rate in the employment structure.