Bezrobocie młodzieży w Polsce (na przykładzie bezrobocia absolwentów powiatu tomaszowskiego)

The paper analyses youth unemployment in the Polish labour market and in the Tomaszów poviat particularly. The focus is on unemployment among school-leavers in the Tomaszów poviat between 1995 and 2001. The size, structure and causes of unemployment are discussed in the paper. Moreover measures combating unemployment among young people are also considered. The analysis shows that employment subsidies for employers are the most effective measure of combating youth unemployment. For a comparison the data for the Tomaszów poviat are confronted with the appropriate EU statistical data.