This paper presents the results of an attempt to use the combined results of the dedicated survey performed by CASE in 2007 and Polish LFS data in order to: (a) analyze the development of the shadow employment in Poland in years 2003-2008 and, (b) analyze the transition probabilities in and out...

This study constitutes part of the "Support for Economic Reforms in Bulgaria" project conducted by the Center for Economic and Social Research (CASE Research Foundation), Warsaw and financed by the Open Society Institute, Budapest. The aim of the project is to assist co-operation with Bulgarian...

This study constitutes part of the "Support for Economic Reforms in Bulgaria" project conducted by the Center for Economic and Social Research (CASE Research Foundation), Warsaw and financed by the Open Society Institute, Budapest. The aim of the project is to assist co-operation with Bulgarian...

The research is devoted to the general developmental direction of social transformations in Central and Eastern Europe – the “rationalisation” of transitional societies. If rationalisation is such an important stream of Western history it should also be an obvious and basic feature of East...

There is a large body of literature on the relationship between innovations and employment at the firm level, with most of the results indicating positive effects. Thus far, this kind of analysis has not been performed for Poland and it seems to be an important and interesting field for...

Polen wird am 1. Mai 2004 der Europäischen Union (EU) beitreten. An die Mitgliedschaft in der EU knüpft sich die Erwartung, dass dadurch das Wachstum und somit eine Konvergenz im Lebensstandard gefördert werden. Mit einer Zuwachsrate des realen Bruttoinlandsprodukts von 3,7 % im Jahre 2003...

There is a large body of literature on the relationship between innovations and employment at the firm level, with most of the results indicating positive effects. Thus far, this kind of analysis has not been performed for Poland and it seems to be an important and interesting field for...