Policy briefs

Below you can find links to selected policy briefs and policy papers by CenEA researchers:

2025

Myck, M. 2025. The Polish Presidential Elections 2025: Can the Democratic Coalition Complete Their 2023 Victory? FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Król, A., Oczkowska, M. 2025. Three Years On – Ukrainians in Poland after Russia’s 2022 Invasion. FREE Policy Brief Series.

2024

Campa, P., Myck, M., Oczkowska, M. Perrotta Berlin, M., Roine, J. 2024. Closing the Gender Data Gap. FROGEE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M. 2024. Christmas Time in Poland Through the Lens of Gender Equality. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Król, A., Oczkowska, M. 2024. Widowhood in Poland: Reforming the Financial Support System. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Król, A., Oczkowska, M. 2024. Reforming Financial Support in Widowhood: The Current System in Poland and Potential Reforms. FREE Policy Paper Series.

Oczkowska, M., Myck, M. 2024. “Active parent”: Addressing Labor Market Disadvantages of Mothers in Poland. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Oczkowska, M. 2024. Gender Gap in Life Expectancy in Poland. FROGEE Policy Brief Series.

2023

Kulati, E. 2023. Lessons From the FROGEE Conference “The Playing Field in Academia: Why Are Women Still Underrepresented?”. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Król, A., Oczkowska, M., Trzciński, K. 2023. Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023: Social Transfers and the Voters the Government is Counting On Policy Brief. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M., Garten, C., Krol, A., Brandt, M. 2023. What Can We Learn from Regional Patterns of Mortality During the Covid-19 Pandemic? FREE Policy Brief Series.

Perrotta Berlin, M., Campa, P. Anisimova, H., Myck, M., Oczkowska, M., Shapoval, N., Markuts, Y. Bosnic, M. 2023. Rebuilding Ukraine: The Gender Dimension of the Reconstruction Process. FROGEE Policy Brief Series.

2022

Garten, C., Myck, M., Oczkowska, M. 2022. Homeownership and Material Security in Later Life. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M., Perrotta Berlin, M., Roine, J., Trzciński, K. 2022. Understanding the Economic and Social Context of Gender-based and Domestic Violence in Central and Eastern Europe – Preliminary Survey Evidence. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Trzciński, K., Król, A., 2022. Social norms, conspiracy theories and vaccine scepticism: a snapshot from the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. FREE Policy Brief Series.

2021

Myck, M., Król, A., Oczkowska, M. 2021. The double burden of paid and unpaid work on women in Poland. FROGEE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M., Trzciński, K. 2021. Why are there fewer women than men in politics? FROGEE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M., Trzciński, K., Król, A. 2021. Five Years in Operation: the Polish Universal Child Benefit. FREE Policy Brief Series.

2020

Myck, M., Brzezinski, M., Najsztub, M. 2020. Income Inequality in Transition. New Results for Poland Combining Survey and Tax Return Data. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M. 2020. Inequalities between men and women in Poland 30 years after the transition. FROGEE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M., Brandt, M., Garten, C., Schmitz, A. 2020. Ahead of Future Waves of Covid-19: A Regional Perspective on Health Risks and Healthcare Resources in Germany and Poland. FREE Policy Paper Series.

Myck M., Oczkowska M., Trzciński, K. 2020. Safety of older people during the Covid-19 pandemic: Co-residence of people aged 65+ in Poland compared to other European countries. FREE Policy Paper Series.

Myck M., Oczkowska M., Trzciński K. 2020. School lockdown: distance learning environment during the COVID-19 outbreak. FREE Policy Paper Series.

Myck M., Oczkowska M., Trzciński K. 2020. Household Exposure to Financial Risks: The First Wave of Impact From COVID-19 on the Economy. FREE Policy Paper Series.

2019

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M., Wowczko, I. 2019. Family policies in Poland – addressing one of the lowest fertility rates in Europe. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Trzciński, K. 2019. From Partial to Full Universality: The Family 500+ Programme in Poland and Its Labour Supply Implications. FREE Policy Brief Series.

2018

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M. 2018. Unemployment in Transition and Its Long-term Consequences. FREE Policy Brief Series.

2017

Morawski, L., Myck, M., Oczkowska, M. 2017. Paid Work after Retirement – Does Quality of Your Main Job in the Past Matter? FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Najsztub, M. 2017. Socio-Economic Policy in Poland: A Year of Major Changes in Benefits, Taxes, and Pensions. FREE Policy Brief Series.

2016

Coupe, T., Myck, M., Najsztub, M. 2016. And the Lights Went Out – Measuring the Economic Situation in Eastern Ukraine. FREE Policy Brief Series.

2015

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M. 2015. Distribution of the VAT burden in Poland by income group and demographic characteristics. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M. 2015. Examining Social Exclusion among the 50+ in Europe – Evidence from the Fifth Wave of the SHARE Survey. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M. 2015. Taxes and Benefits in the Polish Parliamentary Election Campaigns. FREE Policy Brief Series.

2014

Myck, M., Kurowska, A., Kundera, M. 2014. Financial Support for Families with Children and Its Trade-Offs: Balancing Redistribution and Parental Work Incentives. FREE Policy Brief Series.

2013

Adena, M., Myck, M. 2013. Old-Age Poverty and Health – How Much Does Income Matter? FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M., Oczkowska, M. 2013. Increasing Resources for Families with Children Through the Tax System: Recent Reform Proposals from Poland. FREE Policy Brief Series.

2011

Myck, M. 2011. Polish Pre-Election Polls Seem Unmoved by Electoral Giveaways. FREE Policy Brief Series.

Myck, M. 2011. Incomes of Polish Households in the Context of 2005-2011 Tax and Benefit Reforms: A Pre-Election Analysis. FREE Policy Brief Series.