2022-03-10

Institute for Structural Research stands with Ukraine

The Institute for Structural Research unequivocally and firmly condemns and opposes Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.

2023-05-04

IBS founding member of new European scientific network ELMI

IBS is one of eleven European institutes for labour research that established the “Network of European Labour Market Research Institutes” (ELMI).

2023-10-31

Thematic Review 2023: Fair Transition Towards Climate Neutrality.

The IBS team was responsible for preparing contributions to The European Commission's 2023 Thematic Review " Fair Transition Towards Climate Neutrality ". Our report concerned the situation in Poland.

2023-10-03

The European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) Annual Conference

The Conference took place in Prague on 21-23 September 2023. Piotr Lewandowski and Marta Palczyńska represented IBS.

2023-11-17

The policy guide on data transparency is out!

Zuzanna Kowalik is one of the co-authors shaping the narrative within the policy guide on data transparency.

Who we are?

The Institute for Structural Research (IBS) is a non-profit research foundation based in Warsaw. Since its establishment in 2006, IBS has been committed to conducting policy-relevant research in economics and other social sciences. Our main areas of interest include labour, population, and energy economics. We conduct academic and applied research, and pay special attention to the societal relevance and policy implications of our work. Issues relevant for Central and Eastern European countries, and emerging and transition economies more generally, are of particular interest to us.

We disseminate our research at the international, national and local levels. We belong to the global Network for Jobs and Development and are involved in global, European, and country-specific projects in cooperation with major institutions. The IBS’ researchers are also associated with leading Polish academic institutions: the University of Warsaw and the Warsaw School of Economics.

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News

First meeting of the LOCATEE Advisory Board

events

2025-03-10

On February 26, the members of the LOCATEE project’s Advisory Board met to share their expertise and experiences, contributing to the project's goal of using administrative data to tackle energy poverty and support municipalities in private multi-family building retrofits.

Occupational Downgrading, Job Tasks, and the Return Intentions of the Ukrainian Refugees in Poland – journal publication for CESifo

publications

2025-03-06

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, many of its citizens have found employment and settled in Poland, strengthening Polish labour market. Do they want to return to their homeland? What determines this? And what are the conclusions for social policy makers? Piotr Lewandowski explains those issues.

New scientific studies by IBS researchers as part of the WeLaR project

labour market

2025-03-05

We present the findings of IBS researchers on changes in the labour market, which is strongly influenced by migration, the energy transition, the effects of the war in Ukraine and the COVID pandemic.

Call for Papers – International Conference “Workers, Firms, and Skills in the Digital and Green Transition”

conference, conference

2025-02-27

The Conference will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria October 2-3, 2025

The Third ENBLOC Project Meeting in Warsaw

workshop

2025-02-21

On February 10-11, 2025, the last regular meeting of the ENBLOC project took place.

Get your data back and understand your platform work better

announcement

2025-01-29

At the GDPoweR project, we encourage platform workers to request a copy of their personal data from platforms under the GDPR . This allows them to better understand what information is being collected about them, how they are being evaluated, and whether their rights are being respected.

Publications

2025-03-07 The effects of automation on workers’ wages

authors:

Karol Madoń

working paper

This study examines the impact of automation on workers' wages across 20 European countries between 2010–2018. Overall, it identifies a net positive effect of robot adoption on average wages at the sectoral level, especially pronounced among routine manual and nonroutine manual occupations. Importantly, these effects ...

2025-03-07 The relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI) exposure and return to education

authors:

Karol Madoń

working paper

Published in:

Central European Economic Journal

This paper studies the relationship between exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) and workers’ wages across European countries. Overall, a positive relationship between exposure to AI and workers’ wages is found, however it differs considerably between workers and countries. High-skilled workers experience far higher wage premiums ...

2025-03-06 The Role of Job Task Degradation in Shaping Return Intentions: Evidence from Ukrainian War Refugees in Poland

authors:

This paper studies the relationship between occupational experiences and return intentions of Ukrainian war refugees in Poland, following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Using country-wide, online surveys conducted in 2022 and 2023, we show that refugees’ high employment rate co-exists with widespread ...

2024-12-17 Reporting theatre: Understanding housing cooperative strategies during energy crisis

authors:

The importance of energy as a common good becomes especially pronounced during crises. This paper reconstructs the response of housing cooperatives to the energy crisis by applying Kenneth Burke’s five categories of theatre interpretation and eighteen impression management strategies inspired by Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical sociology ...

2024-11-19 Effects of tobacco taxation on smoking prevalence in Poland

authors:

Maciej Albinowski

Piotr Lewandowski

report

This report studies the health and economic aspects of tobacco taxation in Poland, including an assessment of the expected impact of excise hikes implemented by the Polish government from March 2025 on smoking incidence and cigarette consumption. We provide a detailed analysis of demand elasticities ...

2024-11-06 Is the four-day working week warranted in Poland?

authors:

Problem Polish weekly working time is, on average, longer than in other EU countries. The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is considering reducing working time to four days per week, with wages corresponding to five days of work. Main message The introduction of ...

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