Researchers

Alena Bičáková is a Researcher at the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences since October 2007. She has served as Deputy Director for Graduate Studies of CERGE, Charles University, and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences since May 2018. She was also an Assistant Professor at CERGE-EI (under US permanent charter) and at CERGE, Charles University (2007-2016). Earned her master´s degree in Economics (1998) from the Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University; M. Phil. degree in Economics (2000) from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; M.A. degree in Economics (2001) from CERGE-EI, New York, USA; Ph.D. in Economics (2005) from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. From November 2005 - September 2007 she worked as a Research Fellow at the Finance and Consumption Programme, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. She is a holder of the Eugenio and Patricia Castillo Award (Johns Hopkins University 2003).

Research Orientation:

Labor economics, consumer credit, household portfolios, applied microeconomics