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  Jakub Growiec
 University address:
Instytut Ekonometrii SGH
Al. Niepodległości 162
02-554 Warszawa
Poland
e-mail:  jakub.growiec [at] sgh.waw.pl
Dossier
   
Position
  • Warsaw School of Economics, Institute of Econometrics, Department of Decision Analysis and Support, Warsaw, Poland [Szkoła Główna Handlowa, Instytut Ekonometrii, Zakład Wspomagania i Analizy Decyzji, Warszawa]

    assistant professor [adiunkt]

  • National Bank of Poland, Economic Institute, Bureau of Corporations, Households, and Markets, Warsaw, Poland [Narodowy Bank Polski, Instytut Ekonomiczny, Biuro Przedsiębiorstw, Gospodarstw Domowych i Rynków, Warszawa]

    economist [starszy ekonomista]

  • Institute for Structural Research [Instytut Badań Strukturalnych] => visit the official website!

    I cooperate with IBS as an economist
   
Education
  • CORE, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (09/2005 - 10/2007)
    Ph.D. in Economics ("Docteur"), supervisor: Professor Raouf Boucekkine
    Thesis title: "Essays on Technological Progress and Economic Growth"
    Public defence of the thesis: October 24th, 2007
  • Warsaw School of Economics, Poland (09/2000 - 06/2004)
    M.A. in Economics,
    thesis "Współczesne dynamiczne modele wzrostu gospodarczego w równowadze ogólnej" [Dynamic General Equilibrium Growth Models at Present] (2004) - in Polish,
    supervisor: Professor Marek Góra,
    an Excellent grade and a Distinction diploma; average grade: 5,11 / 5,5
  • Warsaw University, Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, Poland (10/2002 - 06/2005),
    B.A. in Mathematics,
    thesis: "Optymalne subsydium warunkowane instalacją technologii przyjaznych środowisku" [An Optimal Subsidy for Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Technologies] (2006)
    - in Polish, a Very Good grade
  • Warsaw School of Economics, Poland (09/2004 - 11/2007)
    Ph.D. thesis in Economics, supervisor: Professor Tomasz Szapiro
    thesis title: "Decyzje dotyczące edukacji, dzietności i działalności badawczo-rozwojowej jako współzależne czynniki kształtujące wzrost gospodarczy i rozkład dochodów" [Education, Fertility, and R&D Decisions as Interdependent Factors Shaping Economic Growth and the Distribution of Income] - in Polish
  • CORE, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (09/2005 - 07/2006)
    EDNET / Marie Curie research fellow.
   
Awards
  • Foundation for Polish Science scholarship "START" for outstanding young researchers (2007, 2008)
  • "Best Young Economist" contest (12/2004), first place
    in an edition entitled "Polish Economy in United Europe"
  • Top Ten certificate of the Warsaw School of Economics (03/2003)
    for excellent learning performance
   
Research interests
  • Economic growth theory
  • Mathematical economics: dynamic systems and the dynamic modeling of distributions
  • Production functions (aggregate and disaggregate)
  • Empirical measurement of productivity; growth and development accounting
  • Macroeconomics of R&D, education, fertility, and natural resources
  • Economics of social capital
   
Publications
in English
  • "Fertility Choice and Semi-Endogenous Growth: Where Becker Meets Jones" (2006), Topics in Macroeconomics 6(2), Article 10; former CORE Discussion Paper 2006/23; corrected version of the published text available here
  • "Beyond the Linearity Critique: The Knife-Edge Assumption of Steady-State Growth" (2007), Economic Theory 31(3), pp. 489-499; pdf available
  • "The Growth of Business Firms: Facts and Theory" (2007), with S.V. Buldyrev, F. Pammolli, M. Riccaboni, H.E. Stanley, Journal of the European Economic Association 5(2-3), pp. 574-584; pdf available
  • "On the Size Distribution of Business Firms" (2008), with F. Pammolli, M. Riccaboni, H.E. Stanley, Economics Letters 98(2), pp. 207-212; pdf available
  • "A New Class of Production Functions and an Argument Against Purely Labor-Augmenting Technical Change" (2008), International Journal of Economic Theory 4(4), pp. 483-502; pdf available. This article is also available online at Blackwell Synergy (www.blackwell-synergy.com).
  • "Production Functions and Distributions of Unit Factor Productivities: Uncovering the Link" (2008), Economics Letters 101(1), pp. 87-90; pdf available
  • "On Technical Change in the Elasticities of Resource Inputs" (2008), with I. Schumacher, Resources Policy 33(4), pp. 210-221; pdf available
  • "Social Capital, Well-Being, and Earnings: Theory and Evidence from Poland" (2009), with Katarzyna Growiec, European Societies, forthcoming; pdf available
  • "Human Capital, Aggregation, and Growth" (2010), Macroeconomic Dynamics 14(2), forthcoming; pdf available
   
Publikacje
po polsku
  • "O modelowaniu endogenicznego wzrostu z uwzględnieniem krótkookresowych zjawisk cyklicznych" [Modeling Endogenous Growth Controlling for Short-Run Cyclical Phenomena] (2005), Ekonomista [Economist], nr 3, pp. 321-343.
  • "Dynamika konwergencji Polski względem Unii Europejskiej" [Dynamics of Convergence between Poland and the European Union] (2005), Gospodarka Narodowa [National Economy], nr 5/6, pp. 101-118. Reprinted in English (2006), in: The National Economy, Special Issue 2006, pp. 101-118.
  • "Wybór między edukacją prywatną i publiczną a dynamika rozkładu dochodów" [Private vs. Public Education Choice and Income Distribution Dynamics] (2006), [w:] Metody ilościowe w naukach ekonomicznych [Quantitative Methods in Economic Sciences], ed. A. Welfe, Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, pp. 25-46.
  • "Warunki zrównoważonego wzrostu gospodarczego" [The Conditions of Balanced Growth] (2007), Gospodarka Narodowa [National Economy], nr 11/12, pp. 1-16, pdf available
  • "Wzrost gospodarczy i postęp technologiczny" [Economic Growth and Technological Change] (2009), [w:] Szkice z dynamiki i stabilizacji gospodarki [Essays on Economic Dynamics and Stabilization], ed. W. Pacho, Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, pp. 43-85.
  • "Produktywność czynników w krajach OECD" [Factor Productivities in OECD Countries] (2009), with Łukasz Marć, Gospodarka Narodowa [National Economy], nr 9, pp. 23-47, pdf available
  • "Relacja płac do wydajności pracy w Polsce: ujęcie sektorowe" [The Labor Income Share of GDP in Poland: A Sectoral Approach] (2009), Bank i Kredyt [Bank and Credit] 40(5), pp. 61-88, pdf available
   
Talks at conferences
International
  • SURED 2006 (Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics), Ascona, Switzerland, June 4-9, 2006
    "On Technical Change in the Elasticities of Resource Inputs" (joint work with Ingmar Schumacher)
  • Schumpeter 2006 conference on innovation and growth, Nice, France, June 21-24, 2006
    "A New Class of Production Functions and an Argument Against Purely Labor-Augmenting Technical Change"
  • European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) 2008 Conference, London, UK, June 19-21, 2008
    "Social Capital, Well-Being, and Earnings: Theory and Evidence from Poland" (joint work with Katarzyna Growiec)
  • European Economic Association & Econometric Society, Congress (EEA/ESEM 2008), Milan, Italy, August 27-31, 2008
    "Intergenerational Interactions in Human Capital Accumulation" (joint work with Łukasz Woźny)
  • European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) 2009 Conference, Warsaw, Poland, June 4-7, 2009
    "Decomposing Productivity Growth in OECD Countries: Domestic R&D Vs. International Technology Diffusion" (joint work with Dorota Pelle and Łukasz Marć)
  • European Economic Association & Econometric Society, Congress (EEA/ESEM 2009), Barcelona, Spain, August 23-27, 2009
    "Knife-Edge Conditions in the Modeling of Long-Run Growth Regularities"
   
Talks at conferences
Held in Poland,
or workshops
  • Doctoral Workshop in Economics, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, January 26-27, 2006
    "On Technical Change in the Elasticities of Resource Inputs" (joint work with Ingmar Schumacher)
  • Doctoral Workshop in Economics, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, May 18-19, 2006
    "The >>Amoeba<< Theory of R&D and Its Growth Implications" (joint work with Ingmar Schumacher)
  • Macromodels 2006, Zakopane, Poland, November 28 - December 2, 2006
    "Technological Opportunity, Human Capital, and Balanced Growth" (joint work with Ingmar Schumacher)
  • Doctoral Workshop in Economics, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, May 24-25, 2007
    "Human Capital, Aggregation, and Growth"
  • Warsaw International Economics Meeting 2007, Warsaw, Poland, July 6-8, 2007
    "Human Capital, Aggregation, and Growth"
  • Macromodels 2007, Raszyn, Poland, December 5-8, 2007
    "Production Functions and Distributions of Unit Factor Productivities: Uncovering the Link"
  • Warsaw International Economics Meeting 2008, Warsaw, Poland, July 4-6, 2008
    "Knife-Edge Conditions in the Modeling of Long-Run Growth Regularities"
  • Warsaw International Economics Meeting 2009, Warsaw, Poland, July 3-5, 2009
    "Decomposing Productivity Growth in OECD Countries: Domestic R&D Vs. International Technology Diffusion" (joint work with Dorota Pelle and Łukasz Marć)
  • Global Development Network (GDN) August Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, August 9-10, 2009
    "Trusting Only Whom You Know, Knowing Only Whom You Trust: The Joint Impact of Social Capital and Trust on Individuals' Economic Performance in CEE Countries" (joint work with Katarzyna Growiec)
  • 5th MICRO-DYN Workshop, Madrid, Spain, September 17-18, 2009
    "Firm-Level Determinants of the Labor Share: Evidence from Poland"
   
Academic visits
  • IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy, July 27 - August 3, 2006; September 18 - 22, 2007
    Invited by Fabio Pammolli and Massimo Riccaboni
  • NBER Summer Institute, Cambridge MA, USA, July 10-11, 2009
    Attendance in sessions: "Economic Growth Small Group Workshop", "Economic Fluctuations and Growth"
   
Cooperation
in grants
  • Global Development Network: Regional Research Competition 2009, grant for the project: The Impact of Social Capital on Central and Eastern European Countries’ Economic Performance: Similarities and Differences. Project co-authored with Katarzyna Growiec, encompassing the year 2009.
  • Subsidy "Mistrz" from the Foundation for Polish Science, awarded to Prof. Tomasz Szapiro (2006-08). My share was to author one article ("Human Capital, Aggregation, and Growth") and co-author two further ones ("Social Capital, Well-Being, and Earnings: Theory and Evidence from Poland" with Katarzyna Growiec and "Intergenerational Interactions in Human Capital Accumulation" with Łukasz Woźny).
  • Supervisor’s research grant No. 1 H02 C012 30 from the Polish Ministry for Science and Higher Education, for the Ph.D. thesis Decyzje dotyczące edukacji, dzietności oraz działalności badawczo-rozwojowej jako współzależne czynniki kształtujące wzrost gospodarczy i rozkład dochodów, written under the supervision of Prof. Tomasz Szapiro (2006-07).
   
Raporty IBS
których jestem współautorem
  • "Wpływ wejścia Polski do strefy euro na bezrobocie i zatrudnienie" [The impact of Euro adoption in Poland on unemployment and employment] (2008), information on IBS website
  • "Strategia Lizbońska Unii Europejskiej i wyzwania konwergencji nowych krajów członkowskich – perspektywa Polska" [The Lisbon Strategy of the European Union and the challenges of New Member States' convergence - the Polish perspective] (2008), information on IBS website
  • "Dlaczego Europejczycy wytwarzają mniej od Amerykanów? Źródła dystansu gospodarczego między Unią Europejską a USA" [Why do Europeans produce less than Americans? Sources of economic distance between European Union and USA] (2008), information on IBS website
  • "Ocena korzyści uzyskiwanych przez Państwa UE-15 w wyniku realizacji polityki spójności UE w Polsce" [Evaluation of benefits derived by UE-15 Member States as a result of realization of the EU Cohesion Policy in Poland] (2009), pdf available
   
Working papers
  • "Technological Opportunity, Long-Run Growth, and Convergence" (2007-08), joint work with Ingmar Schumacher, submitted, pdf (CORE DP 2007/57) available
  • "Knife-Edge Conditions in the Modeling of Long-Run Growth Regularities" (2008-09), submitted, pdf available (RePEc)
  • "Intergenerational Interactions in Human Capital Accumulation" (2008-09), joint work with Łukasz Woźny, submitted, pdf available (RePEc)
  • "Determinants of the Labor Share: Evidence from a Panel of Firms" (2009), submitted
  • "Productivity Differences Across OECD Countries and US States, 1970-2000: The World Technology Frontier Revisited" (2008-09), submitted, pdf available
  • "Decomposing Productivity Growth in OECD Countries: Domestic R&D Vs. International Technology Diffusion" (2009), joint work with Dorota Pelle and Łukasz Marć, work in progress, latest version: May 2009
  • "Trusting Only Whom You Know, Knowing Only Whom You Trust: The Joint Impact of Social Capital and Trust on Individuals' Economic Performance in CEE Countries" (2009), joint work with Katarzyna Growiec, work in progress, latest version: July 2009
  • "Social Capital, Trust, and Multiple Equilibria in Economic Performance" (2009), joint work with Katarzyna Growiec, work in progress, latest version: September 2009
  • "A Note on the Measurement of Technological Progress Across Countries" (2009), work in progress, latest version: November 2009
  • "Proportional Growth and Corporate Dynamics", joint work with Fabio Pammolli and Massimo Riccaboni, work in regress
  • "A Simple R&D-Based Model of Stagnation, Growth, and Take-Off" (2007), working paper
  • ...and I've got some other stuff in pre-pre-pre-preliminary form...
   
Teaching experience
  • Warsaw School of Economics:
    Undergraduate Courses: Econometrics - since 2003, Mathematics for Business Students - since 2004;
    Graduate Courses: Calculus - since 2004, Advanced Calculus - since 2006
    Income Inequality - since 2008; Dynamic Optimization - since 2009
   
B.A. theses supervision
at Warsaw School of Economics
  • Topics: economic growth and convergence, R&D, human capital, growth and development accounting, income inequality, income distributions, and related
    Graduates of 2008/09: Ewa Cukrowska, Karim Diakité, Anna Jaworska, Adrian Kożuchowski, Łukasz Łatka, Jakub Mućk, Jacek Pytlak, Arkadiusz Sobótka, Adam Szpilewicz, Jan Szubski, Natasza Szymula, Przemysław Wojtas.
 
Miscellany
  • Refereed for: American Economic Review; Journal of Economic Theory; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control; Berkeley Electronic Journals in Macroeconomics (4 times); Journal of Regional Science (2 times); Economic Modelling; Global Development Network RRC X (2 times); NBP Working Papers
  • Member of: European Economic Association (since Feb. 2008)
 
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