The influx of economic immigrants to Poland in recent years is a phenomenon which has no precedent in the modern history of Poland, and which could be a signal of important changes taking place in the other countries of Central...
The coronavirus shock in the first phase of the crisis caused various types of imbalances in the markets of goods, services, property and labor. Unravelling these imbalances requires time to adjust but some countries don’t have...
It is becoming increasingly clear that in the H2’20 there will be a significant shortage of agricultural products on the world market due to broken supply chains. Prices are expected to rise in the summer or autumn, but also...
Before the outbreak of the pandemic the unemployment in the Western Balkans dropped significantly, but it is still unclear how the pandemic will affect the labor market in the region. There is some hope due to the idea of...
According to studies, if Poland wants to keep its Ukrainian workers, it has to change the approach and instead of relying on the short-term employment of seasonal workers it should promote assimilation and permanent residence of...
The growth rate of the European economies slowed down in 2019, but mechanisms adopted by the European Union after the recent financial crisis do not indicate a build-up of macroeconomic imbalances. The situation in 13 EU member...
“We still know too little about the scale of income and wealth inequality in Poland. Not enough Polish academics are interested in or research the subject,” argues Michał Brzeziński, PhD, an economist from the Warsaw...
The European migration crisis of 2015-2016 is now a thing of the past. But Europe needs immigration policies. “We need to take into consideration the values and beliefs of the EU nations,” says Michael C. Burda, an economist...
By the end of December 2019, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Prime Minister Ana Brnabić presented the Serbia 2025 program, which contains a plan of investment projects for the development of the country over the next...
Ukraine is preparing for a radical overhaul of the labor code. According to experts, the changes will cause a new wave of emigration, and Ukraine is already suffering from labor shortages and will not be able to cope without...