Poland is one of the few European countries that achieved strong improvement of student performance over the last decade. According to the OECD PISA results Poland moved from below to above the OECD average and now is close to top-performing countries. The score improvements are a consequence of...

We provide a comparative cross-country analysis of individual age-wage proles for different health statuses. Using semi-parametric regressions run on EU-SILC data we aim at answering the question on the relationship b etween individual health and pro ductivity and its changes in the life cycle,...

Development and maintaining skills in a life course through various lifelong learning activities is crucial to sustain employability, particularly in the context of longer working lives and more competitive economic environment. In the paper we investigate the determinants and obstacles in...