Struktura bezrobocia rejestrowanego w województwie łódzkim i podkarpackim a zmiany na rynku towarowym

In this paper the relationship between the commodity market and the structure of unemployment at the level of counties in the Provinces of Lodz and Podkarpacie was analyzed. The main objective of this paper is identifying the direction and strength of the impact of cyclical changes in the commodity market on the structure of unemployment in the selected regions. The structure of unemployed was analyzed in the context of: gender, level of education, age and place of residence. The verification of conclusions drawn from theoretical analysis of impact of observed changes in commodity market on the structure of unemployment was based on panel data for 24 counties of the Lodz Province and 25 counties of Podkarpacie Province between the years 2003–2011 by means of statistical and econometric methods.