Research background: There is no doubt that innovation is an important source of economic
growth. In the assessment of the innovative activity of Polish industrial processing …

Abstract The Polish Panel Survey POLPAN provides data infrastructure to analyze the
dynamics of social inequality from a life-course perspective. Historical events shape the …

In the social sciences, comparative surveys are a powerful tool to study how individuallevel
conditions for action link to contextual factors, such as levels of democracy, economic …

Singulation of components determining the innovative activity of enterprises is a complex
issue as it depends on both microeconomic and macroeconomic factors. The purpose of this …

A gender gap in the religiosity of men and women is one of the classical topic of sociology
and psychology of religion. Until recently, however, most of the researcher were conducted …

Uncover the surprising story of Poland's post-communist transformation. Using unique
longitudinal data from the Polish Panel Survey spanning 30 years, the authors examine the …

This chapter analyzes employment precarity among young adults (age 21–35) in
contemporary Poland, using polpan 2008–2018 data on occupational careers following the …

Researchers portray poverty in socialist Poland as being transient, although it was largely
hidden from view by party ideology. After 1989, macroeconomic data suggest that poverty …

This chapter presents the issue of parenthood as a subject of sociological inquiry in the
context of broader social and cultural changes. I demonstrate why parenthood should be …

The article traces-from life course perspective-relationships between material hardship in
middle or late adulthood and early life experiences of people who were children during …