http://hdl.handle.net/11089/20856 2026-04-03T19:27:18Z 2026-04-03T19:27:18Z Vilerts, Karlis Krasnopjorovs, Olegs Brekis, Edgars http://hdl.handle.net/11089/20865 2019-03-12T08:55:16Z 2017-03-09T00:00:00Z

Returns to Education During and After the Economic Crisis: Evidence from Latvia 2006–2012 Vilerts, Karlis; Krasnopjorovs, Olegs; Brekis, Edgars We employ EU-SILC micro data for Latvia to study how returns to education changed during the economic crisis of 2008–2009 and afterwards. We found that returns to education increased significantly during the crisis and decreased slightly during the subsequent economic recovery. The counter-cyclical effect was evident in nearly all population groups. After the crisis, education became more associated than before with a longer working week and a higher employment probability. Furthermore, we show that returns to education in Latvia are generally higher in the capital city and its suburbs than outside the capital city region, as well as for citizens of Latvia than for resident non-citizens and citizens of other countries, but lower for males and young people. Wage differential models reveal a relatively large wage premium for higher education and a rather small one for secondary education. Estimates obtained with instrumental variable (IV) models significantly exceed the OLS estimates.

2017-03-09T00:00:00Z Bywalec, Grzegorz http://hdl.handle.net/11089/20864 2021-06-25T13:56:41Z 2017-03-09T00:00:00Z

The Social Effects of the Economic Transformation in India (An Attempt at Measurement and Evaluation) Bywalec, Grzegorz The empirical analysis of the trends in the said index proves that the rapid economic growth in India after the year 1991 has brought about substantial increases in the life expectancy of the inhabitants of the country and a diminishing of disparities in this regard on a national scale (in different cross-sections: urban-rural, females-males, as well as in the regional perspective). In the mid-2010s India is almost on a par with the countries with a medium development rate in terms of the life expectancy of its inhabitants and in some states (e.g. Kerala). the value of this index is comparable to that in the highly developed countries.

2017-03-09T00:00:00Z Tang, Donny http://hdl.handle.net/11089/20862 2019-03-12T08:54:30Z 2017-03-09T00:00:00Z

The Determinants of European Union (EU) Foreign Direct Investments in the EU Countries from Central and Eastern Europe During 1994–2012 Tang, Donny This study examines whether the CEECs’ financial market development can explain the EU FDI in the CEECs during 1994–2012. The higher bank credit flows had a positive effect on the FDI in 2005–2012. This can be attributed to the major banking sector reforms undertaken before the CEECs’ EU accession. Second, the stock market size had a positive effect in 1997–2004. This is due to the fact that the EU membership announcement facilitated deeper stock market integration. Third, the higher country income, in interaction with a higher bank credit flow, had only a small positive effect in 2005–2012. The higher income CEECs have pursued much deeper bank liberalization through large-scale privatization of state-owned banks. Finally, the higher country income, in interaction with a larger stock market size, had a negative effect in 2005–2012. A possible reason for this is that the EU countries have started to divert their new FDI to the non-EU countries.

2017-03-09T00:00:00Z Wysokińska, Zofia http://hdl.handle.net/11089/20863 2019-03-12T08:54:45Z 2017-03-09T00:00:00Z

Millenium Development Goals/UN and Sustainable Development Goals/UN as Instruments for Realising Sustainable Development Concept in the Global Economy Wysokińska, Zofia This article presents the results of analysis and evaluation of the main effects of the implementation of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals, in force until 2015, and to demonstrate differences between and prospects for implementation of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, covering 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the international community for the next 15 years. The article also presents the contribution of the European Union as a key global donor of development aid for developing countries, especially for the least developed countries (LDCs), as well as plans for Poland’s implementation of the Post-2015 Agenda SDGs.

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