CHANGES IN RESOURCES AND QUALITY OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN RURAL AREAS OF POLAND AND EAST GERMANY

The purpose of this article is to present the changes in stocks and quality of human capital and to assess the impact of the implementation of ESF co-financed interventions to improve the quality of human resources. An important element of the work was the genesis of research on the subject of human capital as one of the most important economic resources. For this purpose, a review of economic theory with regard to the importance and role of human capital in socio-economic development of the country and the region was made. The areas of the study were Northern and Western Poland and East Germany. To evaluate the quality of human capital demographic (population growth, migration) and social elements (employment, the economic dependency ratio, unemployment) were added. Conducted research allowed us the selection of rural growth areas of human capital and potential problem areas.