Maciej Albinowski

economist

Maciej holds PhD in economics (Warsaw School of Economics). Maciej’s current research investigates factors that foster inclusivity in the labour market. In a project funded by the National Science Centre (2022-2023), he analyses the origins of minimum hours constraints and their impact on the labour market participation of older workers.

Before joining the IBS, Maciej worked at Poland’s Ministry of Finance, conducting econometric analyses using administrative data.

When he’s not working, Maciej enjoys reading historical fiction (favourite author: Conn Iggulden), playing strategy games, and raising future astronauts.

interests

labour supply of older workers, economics of education, minimum wage, tax policies

News

“Skill Changes and the Value of Skills” – Untangled project workshop in Warsaw

workshop

2023-06-20

The one-day UNTANGLED workshop brought together labour market economists from European universities and research institutes to discuss and reflect on ten papers on the evolution of skills and the value of skills.

IBS researchers present their findings in the framework of UNTANGLED project at the TASKS VI Conference

conference

2022-09-26

Piotr Lewandowski and Maciej Albinowski presented the results of two studies at the “TASKS VI” conference hosted by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg

Presentation of IBS findings at Untangled workshops

workshop

2022-04-01

On the 25 of March 2022, a workshop summarizing the first year of the UNTANGLED project took place in Vienna. We presented the results of three studies on the impact of technology on the labour market and income inequality in Europe

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Publications

2023-07-24 Is there room for improvement in wage setting in Poland’s public administration?

Authors:

Maciej Albinowski

Iga Magda

policy paper

There are several areas for improvement in wage setting in the public administration sector in Poland. Public administration pays a lower premium for tertiary education and offers lower wages for young employees than the business sector. Instead, public administration provides large returns to job tenure, ...

2023-01-27 The Employment Effects of the Disability Education Gap in Europe

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We investigate the role of education in creating employment opportunities for persons with disabilities across the European Union. We use the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) for 2011-2019. We find that educational attainment is a major factor determining the probability of ...

2022-09-12 The Impact of ICT and Robots on Labour Market Outcomes of Demographic Groups in Europe

Authors:

Piotr Lewandowski

Maciej Albinowski

working paper

We study the age- and gender-specific labour market effects of two key modern technologies – Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and robots – in 14 European countries between 2010-2018. To identify the causal effects of technology adoption, we utilize the variation of technology adoption between ...

2020-06-03 The heterogenous regional effects of minimum wages in Poland

Authors:

Piotr Lewandowski

Maciej Albinowski

working paper

Since 2008, Poland has been among the EU countries that have increased their minimum wage levels the most, following period in the mid-2000s during which the country’s minimum wage was barely raised. We evaluate the impact of these minimum wage hikes on employment and wage ...

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Projects

WeLaR – Welfare systems and labour market policies for economic and social resilience in Europe

The project aims to present proposals for creating social welfare and labour market policies that will respond to the changes taking place under the influence of megatrends - digitisation, globalisation, climate change and demographic change - in labour markets and welfare state systems in Europe.

Minimum hours constraints and labour supply of older workers

The aim of the project is to understand the main reasons why firms require employees to work full-time and to quantify impact of this constraint on the total labour supply of older workers.

Employment and wages in the public sector in Poland

The aim of the project is to review recent developments in public wage bill in Poland and to identify factors that may influence its changes in the future.