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2017-09-29 Access to administrative data for research and policy analysis

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The aim of the project was to share experience in using administrative data in CEE countries and to promote the wider use of such data. * * * The project was financed by a grant from the International Visegrad Fund.

2017-07-14 Research dissemination

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The series of four public policy seminars and the “IBS Jobs Conference 2017” was organised during the project. The series of four public policy seminars addressed the issues of the labour market, social policy and the impact of the energy market changes on society. During the seminars, experts from Poland and abroad presented the results of…

2017-06-19 Family policy transfers and female labour supply

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The objective of the project was to investigate the potential effects of the government programme “Family 500+” on the labour market, in particular the female participation and employment rates. The project was joint work with the OECD.

2017-02-06 The importance of cultural and creative sectors

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The project aimed at assessing the importance of cultural and creative sectors in Polish economy by calculating the value added and employment in both sectors. The project developed the results of study “Economic Importance of the Cultural Industries” conducted by the Institute for Structural Research (IBS) in 2010 and commissioned by the National Centre of…

2017-01-10 Labour market impact of building energy retrofit in Poland

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The aim of the project was to assess the labour market impact of a broad programme of buildings’ retrofit in Poland. Potential economic benefits of a retrofit policy such as GDP increase or lower overall energy consumption are visible only in the long run. Assessing potential effects on the labour market, already visible in the medium…

2016-12-01 Assessing the social benefits from investment in sports in relation to the costs

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The aim of the project was to assess the benefits of investment in physical activity in relation to the costs. The result of the project was an application, showing the benefits of increased physical activity for health, human capital accumulation and the labour market situation, followed with two reports: methodological and analytical one (summary – load).…

2016-04-30 How my taxes are spent?

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The objective of the project was to strengthen civic control over the public finance sector. As part of the project we collected, organized, shared and analysed statistical data on public finance in Poland over 2004-2016. We have also created an interactive web application showing public spending on various categories. Data gathered within the project and…

2016-04-01 Development of macroeconomic modelling methods: Incorporating ex-post heterogeneity to Dynamic Stochastic Generel Equlibrium Models

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The aim of the project was to develop a novel mathematical method that will facilitate the introduction of heterogeneity of economic agents into otherwise standard macroeconomic general equilibrium models. The method was rather flexible and it was possible to use it to study a wide array of problems, ranging from changes in income inequality in…

2016-04-01 POLIMP – mobilizing and transferring knowledge on post – 2012 climate policy implications

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POLIMP explored for different policy and decision making levels, knowledge gaps about implications of possible directions of international climate policies. Subsequently, it covered these gaps with knowledge packages derived from stakeholder consultation, analysis of climate policy decision at national, EU and UN policy levels, and review of ongoing research. POLIMP was funded by the European…

2016-03-30 DYNAmic policy MIXes for absolute decoupling of environmental impact of EU resource use from economic growth

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DYNAMIX aim was to identify dynamic and robust policy mixes that can lead to decoupling the environmental impact of EU resource use from economic growth. To do so, the project team tackled four main sets of questions: 1. Where do inefficiencies in resource use and resource policies currently occur? What are the underlying drivers? Are…

2016-01-29 Exploiting a business opportunity or escaping unemployment? – The role of labour market career dynamics for entrepreneurial decisions.

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This project combined two strands in the literature: the job search theory and the concept of necessity and opportunity driven entrepreneurs in order to examine the role of labour market career dynamics for decisions to become an entrepreneur. On the micro level it considered both the role of individual resources and opportunity costs in decisions…

2015-09-13 Elaboration of the uniform and reliable methodology to measure gender pay gap. Creating the application estimating pay differences between women and men performing the same job in the same company

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The project aimed at building an application which estimates pay differences between women and men performing the same job and working in the same company. In addition reports describing the measurment methodology of adjusted gender pay gap were prepared. The adjusted gender pay gap is the gender pay gap that controls for differences in characteristics…