This dissertation consists of five distinct empirical papers covering two large areas of research that are rather independent from each other: the economics of ageing and the economics of innovation. The first three chapters cover the impact of intergeneration interaction on the parents of adult...

The social changes in Poland over the last two decades have had an impact on many dimensions of life, including on important elements of human capital, such as health and functional and instrumental daily activities. This article contains an overview of the available data and indicators on...

In the light of fears that the SARS-CoV-2 virus might be transmitted via cash - fears that were stoked by statements in the media and from public authorities - this paper aims to address the following issues: (1) to provide a descriptive account of the change in the circulation of euro banknotes...

Background: Compulsory healthcare insurance in Switzerland entails a deductible system for cost-sharing between insurer and insuree up to a chosen deductible1. No study has so far tested the presence of price sensitivity for healthcare resources consumption after exceeding one's chosen...

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...

Differences in the growth of firms remain a major topic in economics and strategy research. In this paper we investigated the link between innovation performance and employment growth. First we discuss the problem from the theoretical point of view and then we analyze the relationship between...

We analyze the relationship of the distribution of future GDP growth and accumulation of household debt in Finnish macroeconomic data from 1980 to 2019. We find clear evidence that exuberant accumulation of household debt is related to the thickening of the left tail of the future growth...

Der demografische Wandel und die damit einhergehende Alterung der Gesellschaft sowie Reduktion der Erwerbsbevölkerung stellen große gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen dar. Der Bedarf an familiärer Pflege wird infolge der zunehmenden Alterung der Gesellschaft weiter steigen. Die...

In Deutschland fühlt sich etwa jede zehnte Person oft oder sehr oft einsam. Der Großteil von 60 Prozent hat dieses Gefühl nur selten oder nie. Das zeigen Auswertungen aktueller Daten des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels (SOEP) aus dem Jahr 2017. Entgegen der häufigen Annahme, dass die Einsamkeit...

With the population ageing the development of sustainable long-term care institutions is of great importance in many European countries. In Poland, currently dominant, traditional and family based care will become insufficient with increasing cohorts of older people. Presented paper discusses...