Differences in Occupational Aspirations of Young People in Poland

The purpose of this article is to assess the proper length of the educational period which is consistent with occupational aspirations of young people, considered as a kind of effectiveness. In order to establish the results we use data envelopment analysis (DEA) and data collected from chosen respondents of Labour Force Survey (in polish BAEL). In general, the most ineffective appeared tertiary education level, by which we mean its educational time can be harshly reduced without lost of effectiveness or, in other words, the occupational aspirations of young people are not fulfilled, especially for themost educated. We have found also the differences in effectiveness between divisions of economic activity coherent with financial conditions.