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Ph.D. Candidates Successfully Finishing Their Studies
6 September, 2021
Some of our Ph.D. Candidates are finishing their studies at CERGE-EI in September. We wish them all the best with their defenses!
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Uzbekistan Successes
3 September, 2021
In a July 2021 listing of the most influential economists in Uzbekistan (per IDEAS/RePEc), three were either current or past participants of the CERGE-EI Foundation Teaching Fellows Program.
The only woman on the list, Nargiza Alimukhamedova, is CERGE-EI's PhD alumna.
Teachers' Salaries in 2020 and Beyond: Will the Czech Republic Rest on Its Laurels?
1 September, 2021
The level of teachers' pay is a factor in attracting interest in teaching as a profession. Raising interest is necessary not only in order to recruit sufficient numbers of teachers, but to allow selectivity into the profession, allowing for more emphasis on the quality of teaching, a new study by Daniel Münich and Vladimír Smolka from the think-tank IDEA at CERGE-EI suggests.
Read more: Teachers' Salaries in 2020 and Beyond: Will the Czech Republic Rest on Its Laurels?
Mom or preschool? How an extension to paid parental leave affects children’s future education and employment
27 August, 2021
In their most recent study, Alena Bičáková, Klára Kalíšková and Lucie Zapletalová quantify the impacts of the duration of paid parental leave on the education and future labor market outcomes of affected children when they reach 21-22 years of age.
People of CERGE-EI: Meet Our Alumni
24 August, 2021
Robert Johnson, our MAE graduate from 2017, recently started a new position where he is in charge of growth and retention of a newly launched grocery delivery service. In an interview with Robert, we discussed his career, his motivation to take the MAE program, and what he considers the most useful things he learned at CERGE-EI. Read more in our Blog Interview.
