Bank of Lithuania
Department TMTS, Applied Macroeconomic Research Division, Economics Department Eglė Jakučionytė, PhD
Address Totorių g. 4, 01121 Vilnius, Lithuania
Email 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 & Organization228, 106741.

Bielskis, K. (2024). Homeownership status and its effect for housing wealth-consumption channel in Europe. Journal of Economics and Finance48(3), 668-684.

Bielskis, K. (2023). The Importance of Portfolio Composition and Home Ownership in Wealth Distribution in Europe. Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies14(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

2016present  Bank of Lithuania, Senior Economist at TMTS
20162024 PhD in Economics, Vilnius University
20152016  Tilburg University (Tilburg, Netherlands), Master in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
2013 University of Northern Colorado (Colorado, United States), Bachelor Studies
20112015 ISM University of Management and Economics (Vilnius, Lithuania), Bachelor in Economics and Politics

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Last update: 23-09-2025