Wojciech Hardy is an economist at the Institute for Structural Research (IBS) and a PhD student at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the Warsaw University. He has previously taken part in research projects conducted by GRAPE (Group for Research in Applied Economics), e.g. on Internet piracy, which he continues to investigate. His work at the Institute for Structural Research is focused on the influence of technological progress on the labour market in Poland and Europe, changes in skills and tasks on labour markets and late retirement.