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.
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Is it profitable to move away from coal in Poland?
IBS seminar about costs and benefits of potential decarbonisation of Polish power sector - Warsaw, 28th of November.
Transformation of Eastern Wielkopolska Region
Seminar of the Institute for Structural Research (IBS), the ECCI (The University of Edinburgh), the Marshall’s Office of the Wielkopolskie Voivodship and EU-CONSULT on the social and economic challenges of transformation – Konin, 23 October 2018.
Faces of joblessness – understanding barriers to higher employment and activity
The seminar organised by our Institute and the European Commission Representation in Poland – Warsaw, June 18th.
Public policy against energy poverty in Poland. Possible interventions and their social impact
On 30 January, we presented new research results on energy poverty and the impact of thermal retrofit on the labour market in Poland.
Usage of administrative data for the purposes of research and policy analysis
On November 30, we organised the meeting of practitioners of administrative data in Poland.
"Family 500+" benefit and women on the labour market
On the 24 of October our Institute organised the international seminar on the female labour force participation in Poland and the impact of the “Family 500+” programme on the labour supply of women.
(Un)equal wages, incomes and wealth in Poland?
Economic inequality in Poland and possible solutions to the problem were discussed on 23 October 2017 during IBS’s seminar.
Risks of low-carbon transition in Poland
On October 12 IBS experts and invited researchers from Poland, Switzerland and Greece presented the results of their research on the low-carbon transition.
Transformation in the Coal Sector: Stakeholders’ Dialogue in Poland
On October 3 in Katowice (Silesia, Poland) stakeholders of the regional development and coal sector discussed the future of their region.
Technology, globalisation and the nature of work around the world
On 11th of July 2017 our Institute organised the international seminar about the global changes on the labour markets.
Fuel poverty in Poland – from theory to practice
Like in the previous year, Institute for Structural Research organised the seminar on fuel poverty. We presented the recent findings on the topic. This year, our research focused on defining types of households at risk of fuel poverty, analysing its regional variation and proposing policies to eradicate the problem.