| Department | TMTS, Applied Macroeconomic Research Division, Economics Department | ![]() |
| Address | Totorių g. 4, 01121 Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| tl.bl@siksleibk | ||
| Personal website | https://www.linkedin.com/in/karolis-bielskis-8a042647/ |
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Research interests
Household Finance, Microeconometrics, Applied Econometrics, Policy Evaluation
Recent publications
Bielskis, K., & Lastauskas, P. (2024). The role of housing market and credit on household consumption dynamics: Evidence from the OECD countries. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 228, 106741.
Bielskis, K. (2024). Homeownership status and its effect for housing wealth-consumption channel in Europe. Journal of Economics and Finance, 48(3), 668-684.
Bielskis, K. (2023). The Importance of Portfolio Composition and Home Ownership in Wealth Distribution in Europe. Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, 14(3), 562-582.
Working/Discussion/Occasional Papers:
Bielskis, K., Brenna, F., Garcia-Louzao, J., Girstmair, S., & Mulay, A. (2025). An Ex-Ante Assessment of the Proposal to Reform the Second Pillar of the Lithuanian Pension System. Occasional Paper No 57/2025
Bielskis, K. (2025). Distributional Inflation Effect on Household Balance Sheet. Discussion Paper No 42/2025
Bielskis, K. and Lastauskas, P. (2024). Household Spending Dynamics: The Impact of House Price-Rent Spread and Credit Constraints. Working Paper No 122/2024
Bielskis, K. (2023). Household Wealth and Finances in Lithuania. Discussion Paper No 33/2023
Bielskis, K. (2023). Determinants of House Price Expectations in Europe. Working Paper No 112/2023
Bielskis, K. (2022). Housing Value and Consumption in Europe: Micro-Findings from Post-Financial Crisis Data. Working Paper No 106/2022
Bielskis, K. and Čiginas, A. (2020). Household Wealth and Finances: Results for Households in Lithuania for 2017. Discussion Paper No 19/2020.
Short biography
| 2016–present | Bank of Lithuania, Senior Economist at TMTS |
| 2016–2024 | PhD in Economics, Vilnius University |
| 2015–2016 | Tilburg University (Tilburg, Netherlands), Master in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics |
| 2013 | University of Northern Colorado (Colorado, United States), Bachelor Studies |
| 2011–2015 | ISM University of Management and Economics (Vilnius, Lithuania), Bachelor in Economics and Politics |
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