This volume is a collection of articles reprinted from top refereed journals and contains the most influential scholarly papers published by CERGE-EI faculty over the past 20 years. An introduction is by Lubomír Lízal, Associate Professor with Tenure at CERGE-EI and member of the Board of the...

This book provides a detailed analysis of the transition experience of Czech workers and students. The first chapter starts with a cross-sectional comparative study of the transition from communist to market wage structures and returns to human capital. The second chapter provides insight into...

This book concentrates on the role of human capital as a growth engine in the process of economic development and its effect on a better explanation of the long-run relationship between growth, inflation and other monetary phenomena. The first part of the book provides a general theory of how...

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.

I study the choice of technology adoption in an environment where human capital is transmitted from the old to the young generation, but the young generation can opt out for a new technology. The adoption and matching decisions are made in a sequential intergenerational bargaining. Since...

We study the impact of an extension of paid family leave from 3 to 4 years on child long- term outcomes. Using a difference-in-differences design and comparing the first-affected with the last-unaffected cohorts of children, we find that an additional year of maternal care at the age of 3, which...