We need to solve both COVID-19 and women’s reproductive health crises
Statement from the board of the IBS regarding Constitutional Court's ruling on women's reproductive rights.
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Policies to Ensure Access to Affordable Housing - report
In many developed countries, housing affordability has become a focal point of discussions about housing policy as rental costs/house prices have increased relative to household incomes and the affordability situation and housing conditions have deteriorated.
Green growth opportunities for the decarbonization goal for Chile - report available!
The Institute for Structural Research (IBS) cooperated with the Ministry of Finance in Chile and the World Bank to conduct an economic analysis of the costs of Chile’s new ambitious climate change mitigation plan which would ensure carbon neutrality of the country in 2050.
Registration open! 3rd IZA/World Bank/NJD/UNU-WIDER Jobs & Development Conference
We're happy to announce that the conference program is now available online!
Jobs and Development Conference - online event!
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, we are rescheduling the 3rd Annual IZA/World Bank/NJD/UNU-WIDER Jobs and Development Conference “Better Jobs for Development” to be held online on September 1-4, 2020.
New project about clean-energy transitions: TIPPING+
In the new project funded by the Horizon 2020 programme we will analyse what makes clean-energy transitions in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions successful and effective. IBS will carry out an analysis of labour market implications of coal transition and a study on tipping points in the rise of populism.
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COVID-19, Technology, and Polarizing Jobs
COVID-19 is driving economies into recession, putting many jobs at risk. Up to 242 million full-time jobs could be lost globally, with 70% of these in Asia and the Pacific.
3rd IZA/World Bank/NJD Conference on Jobs and Development
The 2020 Jobs and Development Conference took place online on September 1-4, 2020. The event, co-organised by IBS, focused on policy-relevant research, applicable to identifying solutions to jobs challenges in low and middle income countries.
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The conventional assumption that occupations around the world are identical in the job tasks they require can be very misleading. New @UNUWIDER blog by @SchotteSimone @ptrlewandowski & albert park @hkustiems https://t.co/CRQKf7tBr0
— IBS Warsaw (@ibs_warsaw) November 5, 2020
We need to solve both COVID-19 and women’s reproductive health crises. Statement from @ptrlewandowski and Iga Magda on the ruling of the Constitutional Court which bans terminations in the instances where a foetus is diagnosed with an irreversible birth defect. #WomensStrike pic.twitter.com/3qMKxfviOi
— IBS Warsaw (@ibs_warsaw) October 28, 2020
Just out in the Journal of Comparative Economics: Iga Magda @jan_gromadzki and @simone_moriconi analyze trends in wage inequality in CEE. Wage inequality levels ⬇️ in all CEE countries except Czechia. pic.twitter.com/twgv9PRxow
— IBS Warsaw (@ibs_warsaw) October 26, 2020