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Study to analyse national sick leave policies and their impactson workers’ health and productivity to identify best practices for workers and businesses
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Agnieszka Kulesa
Lead Social Sciences Researcher
Dr Agnieszka Kulesa is the Lead Social Sciences Researcher at CASE. She supports business development and oversees and contributes to research and analytical projects. Having joined CASE in 2018 as an economist, she served as Vice-President of the Management Board from 2021 to 2024. Agnieszka has authored or co-authored numerous publications, including peer-reviewed articles and reports for European institutions such as the European Commission (EC), the European Parliament (EP), the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
Projects from this author:
- Drivers of involuntary part-time employment in the EU
- Study on “Countering local state capture: Best practices in protecting local governance systems from systemic corruption”
- Study on ‘The local and regional dimension of the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans’
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Aleksandra Kolasa
Senior Economist
Dr Aleksandra Kolasa is a Senior Economist at the CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, where she is responsible for econometric analysis and economic research, primarily in the area of taxation. Her academic interests revolve around monetary poverty, inequality, and household welfare. She has extensive experience working with micro-level data and life-cycle models with heterogeneous agents. Before joining CASE, Aleksandra led an NCN research grant at the University of Warsaw on the impact of non-income related benefits. From 2010 to 2017, she served as a Senior Economist at the National Bank of Poland, specializing in household sector topics. Her professional experience also includes consulting for the World Bank and working as a data scientist in tech companies. Aleksandra holds a PhD in Economics (with distinction) from the University of Warsaw and an MA in Mathematics from the same institution.
Projects from this author:
- Study to Quantify the Excise Gap
- Drivers of involuntary part-time employment in the EU
- Study on Foster Care in Poland
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Agnieszka Sowa-Kofta
Member of the CASE Supervisory Council
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Izabela Marcinkowska
Labour market and social policy Director
Izabela Marcinkowska is labour market and social policy Director, she is responsible for managing all research and projects in the areas of demography, labor, and social policy.
Projects from this author:
- Drivers of involuntary part-time employment in the EU
- Study on “Countering local state capture: Best practices in protecting local governance systems from systemic corruption”
- In-depth analysis on ‘Just transition in the world of work’
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Magdalena Wiśniewska
Head of Business Development Team
Magdalena Wiśniewska is responsible for managing research projects at CASE. She holds MA in International Relations from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and MA in Finance & Accounting from Warsaw School of Economics. During her career she gathered an extensive experience both in the public and private sector. She worked among others for Office … <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/study-to-analyse-national-sickleave-policies-and-their-impactson-workers-health-and-productivity-to-identify-best-practices-for-workers-and-businesses/">Continued</a>
Projects from this author:
- Upgrade of the ESPON’s Territorial Impact Assessment methodology – towards new innovative approaches
- The Role of the WTO in EU Trade
- Study on Foster Care in Poland