Browsing Lodz Economics Working Papers by Title
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Tale of two cities. A comparative study of relationship between education and economic prosperity
(Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, 2016-07)Over the last century, the social function and the role of the universities and other higher education institutions (HEI) changed significantly. What the contemporary students expect to gain due to their university education ... -
The European Union and Within-Country Income Inequalities. The Case of the New Member States
(2021-06)Although addressing income inequalities is one of the main challenges in the European Union (EU) Member States, whether the EU has influenced income distributions, even possibly causing a rise in inequalities, is still ... -
The foreign currency mortgage loans in the Polish banking sector and its possible macroeconomic and political consequences
(Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, 2016-08)According to the Polish Banking Supervision (KNF) statistics , banking mortgage loans total 22.4% of the overall assets of the Polish banking credit portfolio as of January 2015 data. Around 15% of those loans might have ... -
The Heterogeneity of Convergence in Transition Countries
(Faculty of Economics and Sociology, 2017-04)For two groups of post-communist countries (CEE and CIS) we estimated the parameters of convergence equations on the basis of annual data. We depart from standard econometric theory, which involves panel regression ... -
The impact of the euro adoption on the complexity of goods in Slovenian exports
(Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, 2017-01)The aim of this paper is to verify the impact of the euro adoption on the complexity of goods in Slovenian exports. To the best knowledge of the authors, it is the first study on the consequences the elimination of a ... -
The Net Effect of Wealth on Health for Non-Communicable Diseases
(Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Ekonomiczno-Socjologiczny, 2022-09)The wealth–health relationship is not unambiguous and constant. Indeed, a higher level of wealth affects individual and population health in two opposite ways. Increased risk factors raise the probability of some diseases ... -
The Role of Immigrants in the ‘Take-Offs’ of Eastern European ‘Manchesters.’ A Comparative Case Studies of Three Cities: Lodz, Tampere, and Ivanovo
(2019-12)In this paper, we try to identify the institutional offers for emigrants and evaluate the role of immigrants at the time of the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century history of three cities where the dynamic ... -
The workforce’s age structure and wages—Do age and the type of occupation matter?
(2018-12-12)This study aims to analyse the relationship between a workforce’s age structure and wages. Specifically, we aim to discover whether a relationship exists between the ageing workforce as observed in a majority of European ... -
To freeze or not to freeze? Epidemic prevention and control in the DSGE model with agent-based epidemic component
(2020-11-10)The ongoing epidemic of COVID-19 raises numerous questions concerning the shape and range of state interventions, that are aimed at reduction of the number of infections and deaths. The lockdowns, which became the most ... -
Tracing The Spatial Patterns Of Innovation Determinants In Regional Economic Performance
(2020-03-20)This paper investigates factors of innovation and their role in regional economic performance for a sample of 261 EU NUTS 2 regions over 2009–2012. In our study, we identify regions with spillover as well as drain effects ... -
What drives export performance of firms in Eastern and Western Poland?
(Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, 2017-01)We use a unique firm-level survey dataset that draws from the EFIGE (European Firms In Global Economy) questionnaire, to unveil differences in factors driving export performance in structurally most diverse areas of Poland. ...