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.

About us

News

Inauguration of the LIFE LOCATEE project – 7/8 XI Warsaw

seminar

2024-11-14

The LIFE LOCATEE project's kick-off meeting took place in Warsaw on 7-8 November 2024. The project aims to support local authorities in tackling energy poverty through the energy modernisation of private multi-family buildings.

Paths2Include project’s meeting

workshop

2024-11-12

The meeting took place on 7 and 8 November in Bucharest. The project aims to investigate the phenomenon of discrimination and to develop solutions to increase the employability of disadvantaged people in the labour market.

“Welfare States and Public Finance – Adapting Welfare States to New Challenges While Ensuring their Long-Run Financial Sustainability” Conference

conference, conference

2024-11-08

On 24 October 2024, Katarzyna Lipowska attended an event organised by the ZEW—Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim—as part of the WeLaR project.

Jobs and Development Conference 2024Two researchers represented IBSJobs and Development Conference 2024

conference, conference

2024-10-31

Researchers from around the world presented a wide range of the latest research on labour economics, primarily focusing on addressing the challenge of creating improved job opportunities in developing countries.

Congress on Urban and Regional Policy

conference

2024-10-11

The Congress on Urban and Regional Policy was held in Krakow on October 7-8.

Fieldwork in the ENBLOC project

energy and climate

2024-10-09

In Autumn 2024, we conduct extensive field research in Poland and Czechia with Czech Technical University in Prague.

Publications

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

authors:

Maciej Albinowski

Piotr Lewandowski

report

This report analyzes the health and economic aspects of tobacco taxation in Poland, including an assessment of excise hikes proposed by the Polish government in July 2024. We provide a detailed analysis of demand elasticities for cigarettes, examining the effects of price and income changes ...

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 ...

2024-11-04 Universal Child Benefit and Child Poverty: The Role of Fertility Adjustments

authors:

Jan Gromadzki

working paper

I study fertility adjustments after the introduction of a large universal child benefit in Poland. The program caused a six percent increase in the number of births. Patterns of selection into parenthood changed significantly and persistently, with a weakening of positive selection based on education ...

2024-09-10 Automation, Trade Unions and Involuntary Atypical Employment

authors:

Piotr Lewandowski

Wojciech Szymczak

working paper

We study the effect of the adoption of automation technologies – industrial robots, software and databases – on the incidence of atypical employment in 13 E.U. countries between 2006 and 2018. We combine survey microdata with sectoral information on technology use and exploit the variation ...

2024-09-05 Preference for working from home – subjective perceptions of COVID-19 matter more than objective information on occupational exposure to contagion

authors:

Piotr Lewandowski

Katarzyna Lipowska

Mateusz Smoter

Published in:

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

We investigate how subjective and objective assessment of COVID-19 risks affect preferences toward working from home (WFH) and whether informing workers about the level of exposure to contagion in their occupation affects these preferences. In the summer of 2021, we conducted a discrete choice experiment ...

2024-08-01 Will an increase in tobacco excise duty bring health benefits in Poland?

authors:

Maciej Albinowski

Piotr Lewandowski

policy paper

Problem Tobacco prices significantly influence consumption levels. Over the past decade in Poland, they have been falling in relation to incomes and the prices of other products. We show how a new proposal for an increase in excise duty will affect cigarette smoking and the ...

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