This paper addresses the issue of the gender pay gap in the formal and informal labour markets in Poland. The authors verify the hypothesis of the existence of a gender pay gap in informal work and compare this gap with the one observed in the formal (registered) labour market. Various analyses...

This paper addresses the issue of household demand for services in Poland when informal sector is taken into consideration. The aim of the study is threefold: (i) to investigate the factors influencing households expenses for services, (ii) to find the determinants of households' tax strategy...

In the period after the political changes in the year 2000, GDP growth in Serbia was rather rapid and compares favourably with other transition countries in Southeastern Europe. It was driven mainly by the expansion of services, with industrial production and agriculture basically stagnating...

The European Commission is currently finalizing its proposed New Pact on Migration and Asylum to re-start the debate on how to reform the common European asylum system and manage immigration from non-EU countries. One prominent concern is the 'external dimension': jointly managing migration to...

Die Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien haben stark im Berufs- und Alltagsleben Einzug gehalten. Dieser Trend zur fortschreitenden Digitalisierung und Automatisierung wird sich in den nächsten Jahren fortsetzen, und IKT-Kompetenzen werden weiter an Bedeutung gewinnen. Daher gilt es den...

1 Einleitung. 2 Analyse der PIAAC-Daten. 3 Digitalpolitik. 4 Formate von Maßnahmen und Zielgruppen im Überblick. 4.1 Vielfältige Kurs-, Beratungs- bzw. Testformate. 4.2 Einbindung in den beruflichen Kontext. 4.3 Arbeitslose bzw. Arbeitsuchende. 4.4 Mädchen und Frauen. 4.5 Ältere Personen....