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Smart specialization (RIS3): From academic concept to European policy and Czech practice

 Seminar and a panel discussion „Smart specialization: From academic concept to European policy and Czech practice

The seminar was co-organized by the Swiss embassy in Prague and think tank IDEA at CERGE-EI. A video from the seminar is now available in this article.

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Comparison of the Quality of Academic Publication Output

This study aims at comparing the research output of Czech institutions on an international level. The authors (Štěpán Jurajda, Stanislav Kozubek, Daniel Münich and Samuel Škoda) have compared the publication output of entire scientific fields in the Czech Republic to the same fields in other countries, basing the comparison on artcles published in the years 2010-2014 and included in the Web of Science (WoS) database.

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Daniel Münich in Radio Prague about unemployment

Daniel Münich spoke about the current level of unemployment in the interview for the English speaking section of the Czech public radio RADIO PRAGUE

Working Beyond Pensionable Age

A new study of IDEA written by Jiri Satava. What is the right retirement age? And what institutional incentives do we have for elderly people who are able and willing to work after they reach their retirement age? The new study "Working Beyond Pensionable Age: Institutional Incentives in  the Czech Republic" offers overall analysis of the current situation in the Czech Republic.

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Billionaires versus People

15.7.2015 The Guardian, Autor: Jan Svejnar

My research found that the myth of billionaires boosting the economy is untrue – particularly when they amassed their wealth from political connection.

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