Differences in regional unemployment in post-communist economies are large and persistent. We show that inherited variation in human-capital endowment across the regions of four such economies explains the bulk of regional unemployment variation there and we explore potential explanations for...

We study a natural experiment in the Czech Republic where the maximum regulated rent appreciation has depended explicitly on the price of real estate since 2007. We track the tenure choice of households from consumption surveys for subsequent years. Rent deregulation makes households in...

Edited by František Turnovec, a 52-page booklet containing a wealth of general information and economic facts and forecasts by a team of CERGE and EI economists.

The annual CERGE-EI economic survey of the Czech Republic provides an overview of the country's recent economic and political developments, as well as its major institutions, business environment, taxes, and other public policies. It also contains a host of data on the Czech Republic and other...

Edited by František Turnovec, the Director of CERGE, and including contributions from several CERGE and EI economists, this 64-page booklet continues the tradition of the 1996 publication (see below). Its chapters cover various areas of the Czech economy (macroeconomy, microeconomy, foreign...

After the turbulent post-election political development in the second half of 2006, the new government set out to implement a series of reforms. The annual CERGE-EI economic survey of the Czech Republic, edited by Dr. Peter Katuscak and Dr. Petr Zemcik, provides a detailed description of the...

This year, the annual CERGE-EI economic survey of the Czech Republic focuses on the proposed fiscal reform and the imminent EU entry. The survey, edited by Dr.Stepan Jurajda and Dr. Libor Dusek and authored by a number of CERGE-EI faculty and junior researchers, covers all aspects of recent...

Published in early 1999, this 92-page booklet is one in a series of successful annual summaries of the situation in the Czech Republic. Edited by CERGE Director František Turnovec and written by a team of CERGE-EI economists, the 1998 book features expanded coverage of the Czech Republic's...