Alpaslan Akay: Non-Cognitive Skills and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants (Seminář z cyklu MUES)

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This paper investigates how non-cognitive skills, e.g., memory, empathy, attention, imagination, and social skills – measured by personality characteristics – relate to the relative labour market performance...

Arslan Austin: Willingness To COVID-19 Vaccination: Empirical Evidence From EU (Seminář z cyklu MUES)

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The unforgettable COVID-19 shock can only be reversed by a viable vaccination strategy. In this paper, we investigate the willingness to be vaccinated (WTV) against COVID-19. We provide first-of-its-kind...

Luigi Gifuni: Real Oil Price Forecasting: Gains and Weaknesses of Text Data (Seminář z cyklu MUES)

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Maksym Bryukhanov: Biology, religion and socioeconomic behavior: connecting our past findings to human health (Seminář z cyklu MUES)

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Is in utero exposure to testosterone correlated with health and healthy lifestyle? Does religiosity have a non-linear effect on illness? We will discuss these research questions in close connection to...

Davit Adunts: Paternal Circular Migration and Development of Socio-Emotional Skills of Children Left Behind (Seminář z cyklu MUES)

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The study of how paternal absence due to circular migration affects the socio-emotional skills of children left behind is complicated by the potentially offsetting effects of fathers’ absences and remittances....

Bohdana Kurylo: The Impact of Same-Race Teachers on Student Non-Test Academic Outcomes (Seminář z cyklu MUES)

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It is well established that students taught by same-race teachers improve their performance on exams. However, little is known about whether the positive impact extends beyond test scores to student non-test...

Martin Stojanovikj: Macroeconomic effects of inflation targeting in emerging market economies (Seminář z cyklu MUES)

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This paper examines the macroeconomic effects of inflation targeting in 44 emerging market economies (EMEs) during 1970–2017. We estimate a dynamic panel data model, taking into account the endogeneity...

Jan Kabátek: Longer Careers: A barrier to hiring and coworker advancement? (Seminář z cyklu MUES)

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In response to the increasing fiscal burden imposed by public-pension systems, many countries have successfully encouraged older workers to delay retirement. These career extensions may significantly affect...