• Inequality and Students’ PISA 2018 Performance: a Cross-Country Study 

  Mazurek, Jiri; Fernández García, Carlos; Pérez Rico, Cristina (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-09-21)

  The aim of this paper was to investigate the relationship between countries’ PISA study results from 2018 and a set of indices related to socio-economic inequality, such as the Gini index, human development index, or gender ...

• A Comparative Analysis of Dynamic Interactions between European and Indonesian Cocoa Markets during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the 2011 European Debt Crisis 

  Mukhlis, Mukhlis; Majid, M. Shabri Abd.; Syahnur, Sofyan; Musrizal, Musrizal; Nova, Nova (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-09-21)

  This study empirically explores the dynamic interactions between the European and Indonesian cocoa markets during the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) and the 2011 European debt crisis (EDC) using a battery of time series ...

• Analyzing and Strategizing the Development of Entrepreneurial Activity Based on the Principles of Increasing Productivity (Illustrated by the Example of Developed Countries and Ukraine) 

  Burkynskyi, Borys Volodymyrovych; Goryachuk, Valeriy Fedorovych; Laiko, Oleksandr Ivanovych; Lisyuk, Volodymyr Mytrofanovych; Shlafman, Nataliia Leonidivna; Bondarenko, Olena Volodymyrivna (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-09-21)

  The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of productivity in developed countries, including EU countries and Ukraine. Hypotheses about the identity of the deindustrialization factor as the main cause for ...

• Dilemmas of Sheltered Employment in Poland and Greece and the Concept of Supported Employment 

  Kobus-Ostrowska, Dorota; Papakonstantinou, Doxa (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-09-21)

  People with severe disabilities, such as severe mental disabilities and autism spectrum disorders, do not participate in the open, competitive labor market to the same extent as people without disabilities or other forms ...

• Artificial Intelligence in the Context of Global Resource Mobility. What Can Be Expected from It? 

  Piasecki, Ryszard ; Wolnicki, Miron; Betancourt, Erico Wulf (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-09-21)

  The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on business, government, and society is getting more attention. The leading AI sectors have higher productivity but a lower share of GDP than those lagging in digitization and AI. ...

• Ways to Overcome Poverty and Income Inequality in the Context of New Global Challenges: the Most Important Conclusions for Ukraine 

  Ramskyi, Andrii (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-09-21)

  The article examines the risks of deepening poverty and income inequality that arise from global challenges of population aging, job losses due to shrinking sales markets, trade wars, long-term quarantine and compliance ...

• A Review of the Impact of the Digital Transformation on the Global and European Economy 

  Wysokińska, Zofia (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-09-21)

  The paper aims to present digital transformation as a process that has been taking place in the digital economy and the European Union’s economy in recent years and its impact on changes in the economic and social sphere. ...

• Accountability on Sustainability in Central and Eastern Europe: An Empirical Assessment of Sustainability-Related Assurance 

  Pasko, Oleh; Balla, Inna; Levytska, Inna; Semenyshena, Nataliia (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-09-21)

  The paper explores how companies from Central and Eastern Europe adopt assurance practices to provide accountability for sustainability. Drawing on modified coding rules from prior research, a conventional content analysis ...

• Mining, Poverty, and Income Inequality in Central and Eastern European Countries: What Do the Data Tell Us? 

  Tsaurai, Kunofiwa (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-09-21)

  The study investigates the effect of mining on both poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) using econometric estimation methods with panel data spanning from 2009 to 2019. Another ...

• Does Social Trust Influence Charitable Giving for NGOs? 

  Waniak-Michalak, Halina ; Perica, Ivana (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)

  The purpose of the paper is to find a link between the level of NGOs’ revenues and the trust in non‑governmental organisations (NGOs). We investigate if social trust, as measured by the Charities Aid Foundation, influences ...

• Consumer Behaviour in the Accommodation Services Market – a Comparison of Vienna, Bratislava and Prague in 2018 

  Petříček, Martin; Chalupa, Štěpán (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)

  The paper aims to compare three accommodation services markets using empirical data from more than 250 accommodation facilities in specific destinations (Vienna, Bratislava, Prague). The data are available on a daily basis, ...

• The Persistence of Suicides in G20 Countries between 1990 and 2017: an SPSM Approach to Three Generations of Unit Root Tests 

  Anyikwa, Izunna; Hamman, Nicolene; Phiri, Andrew (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)

  Suicides represent an encompassing measure of psychological wellbeing, emotional stability as well as life satisfaction, and they have been recently identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a major global health ...

• The Restructuring of the European Pharmaceutical Industry between 2000 and 2018 

  Nagy, Benedek (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)

  To meet the requirements of global competition, the European Union (EU) places particular emphasis on the development of knowledge‑intensive, innovative industries. The pharmaceutical industry, as a high‑tech manufacturing ...

• A Comparative Analysis of the Trade and Industrial Policies of Ukraine and China in the Context of the Obor Initiative 

  Ostashko, Tamara; Olefir, Volodymyr; Venger, Vitalii; Boiko, Olena (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)

  The world economy is evolving towards multipolar globalization, and China has become a new pole of economic development. Ukraine, like other countries, is looking for ways to cooperate with China in the field of trade and ...

• A Comparative Analysis of the Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure of Interest Rates between the BRICS and G7 Countries 

  Muzindutsi, Paul‑Francois; Mposelwa, Sinethemba (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)

  This paper examines the predictive ability of the expectations hypothesis of the term structure of interest rates in the BRICS and G7 countries by relating each country’s monthly 3‑month Treasury bill rate to 10‑year ...

• Taxation of the Self‑employed in Poland and other EU Countries – a Comparative Analysis 

  Krajewska, Anna; Krajewski, Piotr (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)

  The article aims to compare the taxation of the self‑employed in Poland and other EU countries. We show that, for years, Poland has been at the forefront of EU countries with the highest self‑employment rates. Our analysis ...

• The Causal Link between FDI and Remittances in Kosovo, Switzerland, and Denmark 

  Nakije, Kida (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)

  The pursuit of money and capital is a relentless endeavor of every economy. FDI is considered the engine of economic growth, while are remittances the increasingly the catalyst of the population’s welfare. The purpose of ...

• A Pre Post-COVID–19 Pandemic Review of Regional Connectivity and Socio-Economic Development Reforms: What Can Be Learned by Central and Eastern European Countries from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor 

  Ullah, Atta; Pinglu, Chen; Ullah, Saif; Elahi, Muhammad Ather (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)

  This paper aims to highlight the role of mutual assistance of China and Pakistan’s regional connectivity through the China‑Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and show what lessons can be learned by Central and Eastern ...

• A Comparative Approach to Fiscal Illusions: a Synthesis of the Conclusions from a Polish Study in Relation to New Ideas and Empirical Research in Selected Countries 

  Guziejewska, Beata (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)

  This article examines fiscal illusions in public finance systems where decentralisation involving the introduction of an independent and autonomous component of local government funding brings new problems. It presents a ...

• The Development of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of Overcoming a Welfare State Crisis: a Theoretical and Empirical Analysis 

  Grazhevska, Nadiia; Mostepaniuk, Alla (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-03-30)

  The current social crisis, caused by the negative consequences of globalization, labor migration, and an aging population, requires the state’s role in economic and social spheres to be reconsidered. In order to achieve ...

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