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Liwiński, Jacek - 2021

Purpose: This paper tries to identify the wage gap between informal and formal workers and tests for the two-tier structure of the informal labour market in Poland. Design/methodology/approach: I employ the propensity score matching (PSM) technique and use data from the Polish Labour Force...

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Does it pay to study abroad? : evidence from Poland

Liwiński, Jacek - 2017

Purpose: This paper tries to identify the impact of international student mobility on the first wages of tertiary … international student mobility the author includes a set of variables representing abilities and skills, characteristics of studies … perform their first job in Poland do not obtain any wage premium from international student mobility. Originality/value: The …

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Are school-provided skills useful at work? : results of the Wiles test

Liwiński, Jacek; Pastore, Francesco - 2017

We test for the signalling hypothesis versus human capital theory using the Wiles test (1974) in a country which has experienced a dramatic increase in the supply of skills. For this purpose, we construct a job match index based on the usefulness of the school-provided skills and the relevance...

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The wage premium from foreign language skills

Liwiński, Jacek - 2018

The globalization of labour markets makes language skills one of the key competences required by employers nowadays. Our purpose is to estimate the wage premium from foreign language skills (FLS) earned by the Poles. We also want to find out whether this premium is affected by the fact of...

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The impact of compulsory schooling on earnings : evidence from the 1999 education reform in Poland

Liwiński, Jacek - 2018

In 1999, a reform of education was implemented in Poland, which added one year to the shortest available educational path, leading to the acquisition of basic vocational education. In the new system, students choosing this path acquire one more year of general education, which, according to the...

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The impact of compulsory education on employment and earnings in a transition economy

Liwiński, Jacek - 2018

In 1966 the minimum school-leaving age was increased from 14 to 15 years in Poland. This was a result of extending the primary school education from 7 to 8 years. At the same time, the reform did not affect the education system at post-primary levels, that is the system of secondary and higher...

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