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Czech finance is dominated by women

The Czech financial sector is dominated by women and increasingly so by the ones who are young and educated. Nonetheless, the new IDEA Policy Study by Klára Kalíšková indicates that the share of women is in fact decreasing over the last 20 years. See below for a short summary.

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Education and Economic Growth

IDEA Policy Study 10/2013 by Daniel Münich and Tomáš Protivínský on “The Impact of Education on Economic Growth: Implications from the Latest Results of PISA 2012” quantifies the impacts of hypothetical educational reform scenarios on the gross domestic product of the Czech Republic over the coming 80 years.
 
 
 
 

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Tax on High Incomes

IDEA Policy Study 9/2013 by Libor Dušek and Jiří Šatava on “Tax on High Incomes: Reforming the Reform” examines recent changes of the effective tax rate on high-earning taxpayers.

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Do e-auctions help to cut costs?

A joint study of IDEA and Oživení o.s. brings new evidence on the use of e-auctions in public procurement in the Czech Republic over 2007–2012.

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