Poland, as other CEE countries, has experienced a very strong increase in university enrollment. Young graduates face difficulties to enter the labour market and they often tend to work in jobs not corresponding to their education.
In a new World Bank blog post, Piotr Lewandowski (IBS), Radhicka Kapoor (ICRIER) and Siddhartha Raja (WB) explain who benefits and who suffers from technological change in the labour market.
On 10th February 2016 IBS hosted a Google Hangout on changing inequalities and equal opportunities.
IBS will organise the discussion about energy poverty during 2nd European Congress of Local Governments 2016.
The government of Poland is right to try to increase minimum wage coverage of workers, but its proposal how to do it has several drawbacks which can hurt jobs.
The draft Polish budget for 2016 was prepared in unusual conditions. It was originally adopted in September 2015 by the coalition government of the Civic Platform (PO) and the Polish People’s Party (PSL). When Law and Justice (PiS) seized power, a new draft budget was prepared, yet in many respects it was similar to the draft made by the previous coalition government.
