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stepanmikula.bsky.social
Štěpán Mikula
@stepanmikula.bsky.social
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Labor Economist | Masaryk University (MUEEL, HEPII) | IZA | SYRI

https://sites.google.com/site/stepanmikula/
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stepanmikula.bsky.social
S napětím čekám na to, jak se dotkne analytického útvaru.

www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov...
Z Úřadu vlády propustím 300 lidí, slíbil Babiš. ‚Úspora bude minimální, hrozí přetížení lidí,‘ varují experti
Podle dat, která server iROZHLAS.cz z Úřadu vlády získal, by po takovém propouštění zbyl ve Strakově akademii za posledních deset let nejmenší počet lidí. Úspora bude i tak minimální, říkají experti.
www.irozhlas.cz
November 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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rfberlin.bsky.social
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @stepanmikula.bsky.social and Mariola Pytliková study how improvements in air quality affect migration behavior. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
October 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
Minimálně Piráti a STAN by měli ve vlastním zájmu zavést kvóty na ženy na kandidátkách v krajských a parlamentních volbách.
October 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
Česká Kanada, Česko-saské Švýcarsko, Český Einstein, České Budějovice a Moravská Třebová nám zjevně nestačí. Je potřeba zařadit na další level bizáru: Přerovské Maledivy share.google/WCTTb9UWMOCi...
Přerovské Maledivy se otevřely veřejnosti. Odvážlivci si zaplavali v Bečvě
Jako ve filmu Rozmarné léto si připadali návštěvníci první přerovské pláže na břehu řeky Bečvy, která se v neděli odpoledne poprvé otevřela veřejnosti. O dokreslení pohodové atmosféry se postaraly žid...
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August 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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fabiosabatini.bsky.social
🧵 In a recent IZA Discussion Paper, @stepanmikula.bsky.social, @tommasoreggiani.bsky.social, and I study how civic culture can persist—or even emerge—under authoritarian rule.
In the IZA World of Labor commentary linked below, you can also find a short non-technical summary.

#EconSky

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Seeds of trust: How churches helped sustain civic life behind the “iron curtain”
Safeguarding even small civic spaces can be crucial for strengthening democracy in the long run
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August 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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fabiosabatini.bsky.social
🧵In a recent IZA Discussion Paper, @stepanmikula.bsky.social, @tommasoreggiani.bsky.social, and I exploit a unique historical experiment that unfolded in post–World War II Czechoslovakia to study the long-term drivers of the accumulation of social capital.
🔗 Download: docs.iza.org/dp17981.pdf

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July 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
Without executioners, there would be no executions.

Autocratic regimes rely on the legitimacy of their predecessors and the compliance of public employees at all levels.

Democracy may not die in applause, but it certainly perishes through (seemingly) minor compromises with evil.
June 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
Lena Adamus z @econmuni.bsky.social

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Věří konspiracím a poté propadají pesimismu. Vědkyně popisuje, proč ji překvapily výsledky jejího výzkumu
Lidé, kteří věří konspiračním teoriím, jsou často pesimističtější a propadají pocitům ekonomické nejistoty, říká výzkumnice Magdalena Adamus z Národního institutu SYRI a Masarykovy univerzity v Brně. ...
denikn.cz
May 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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erikbryn.bsky.social
Careful research by @johnlist.bsky.social and colleagues:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
High-frequency location data show that race affects citations and fines for speeding
Prior research on racial profiling has found that in encounters with law enforcement, minorities are punished more severely than white civilians. Less is known about the causes of these encounters and...
www.science.org
April 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
Potřebujeme i lepší grantový systém, ale hlavně potřebujeme do vědy posílat více peněz přes institucionální financování kvalitních institucí.
March 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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khoavuumn.bsky.social
Real photo of an econ seminar during the introduction slide:
March 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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vinpons.bsky.social
We are very happy to publish the "National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946!
www.nationalelectionsdatabase.com
with Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet
Overview
National Elections Database
www.nationalelectionsdatabase.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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econmuni.bsky.social
❔Jaká rizika přináší stárnutí populace? O tom diskutovali
🔹Ondřej Májek z ÚZIS
🔹ředitelka @recetox.bsky.social Jana Klánová
🔹vedoucí HEPII @jakubhlavka.bsky.social
🔹výzkumník trhu práce @stepanmikula.bsky.social
🔹vedoucí výzkumu CzechHTA ČVUT Aleš Tichopád
🔹MUDr. Hana Vaňková z @unikarlova.cuni.cz
February 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
Takhle po dlouhé době otevřu článek na idnesu: "Důležité je, jak podpořit zájem pedagogů studovat PhD., což je pět let života." Fakulta zdravotnických studií Západočeské univerzity v Plzni.

Jedna se o hodnotný příspěvek do diskuse o zřizování a nafukování regionálních vysokých škol.
February 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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paolocrosetto.bsky.social
I was today years old when I found this gem of a web app to explore 2500+ color palettes for R:

r-graph-gallery.com/color-palett...
R Color Palette Finder
The ultimate tool for finding the perfect color palette for data visualization with R and paletteer. Explore over 2000 palettes, see them in action on various charts, simulate color blindness, and exp...
r-graph-gallery.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
Dovolil bych si jedno upřesnění. Navzdory zprávám o aktuálním dění v Brně stále platí to, že MUNI je univerzita, která jako přidruženou aktivitu provozovala kino. Opravdu to není naopak. Alespoň doufám.
December 13, 2024 at 7:59 PM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
What would the night sky look like at the edge of space?
December 8, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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alvarolaparra.bsky.social
I've posted several times about the working paper, but the publication on "AER: Insights" is a good occasion to do it again: immigrants to the US have been less likely to be incarcerated for over 50 years **even without controlling for demographic characteristics.**
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US-Born, 1870–2020† By Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, Elisa Jácome, Santiago Pérez, and Juan David Torres* We provide the first nationally representative long-run series (1870–2020) of incarceration rates for immigrants and the US-born. As a group, immigrants have had lower incarceration rates than the US-born for 150 years. Moreover, relative to the US-born, immigrants’ incarceration rates have declined since 1960: immigrants today are 60 percent less likely to be incarcerated (30 percent relative to US-born Whites). This relative decline occurred among immigrants from all regions and cannot be explained by changes in observable characteristics or immigration policy. Instead, the decline is part of a broader divergence of outcomes between less-educated immigrants and their US-born counterparts. Panels plotting incarceration rates for immigrants and US-born men between 1870 and 2019. Data are restricted to males ages 18–40. Data spanning 1870–1940 are from the full-count decennial censuses. Data spanning 1950–1990 are from the largest available subsamples from the corresponding decennial censuses. Data from 2005 onward are from the annual ACS. Cross markers indicate that fewer than 10,000 immigrants were used to calculate the corresponding incarceration rate. Panel A compares US-born men to all immigrants. Panels B–F compare US-born men to immigrants from a particular country-of-origin group. “Old Europeans” are immigrants from countries in the north and west of Europe. “New Europeans” are immigrants from countries in eastern and southern Europe. The “Rest of the world” category includes immigrants from countries not included in panels B–F. Migrants typically show lower incarceration rates accounting for individual-level characteristics, migrants as a group or by subgroups (old Europeans, new Europeans, Chinese, Mexicans and Central Americans, or Rest of the World) are incarcerated at lower rates
December 1, 2024 at 10:30 PM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
For the following 4 years we will work on projects on health/labour/environmental aspects of population ageing and geographic/social peripheries.

For these projects we are looking for multiple postdocs. Follow me and @econmuni.bsky.social here or check our website: www.econ.muni.cz/en/about-us/...
Explore open positions | Faculty of Economics and Administration, MU
www.econ.muni.cz
December 1, 2024 at 11:22 AM
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sconradi.bsky.social
Roots of parametric polynomials weaving a mesmerizing dance. ✨ #MathArt #Mathematics #Sciart
Made with #python #matplotlib #numpy #sympy"
"A mathematical visualization resembling a glowing, symmetrical diamond shape against a black background. The image is composed of overlapping translucent curves in turquoise, coral pink, and golden yellow, creating a flowing, wavelike pattern. The structure has four-fold rotational symmetry, with each quarter section containing gentle curves that spiral outward, forming bulges at the corners. The curves appear to have a ghostly, luminescent quality, giving the impression of light passing through layers of delicate glass.
November 29, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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dfkogler.bsky.social
We recently launched rknowledge.org - an interactive platform that provides advanced Knowledge Space indicators for over 1,000 regional economies across Europe and North America; intro: youtu.be/C4r2n258O08 and @regionalstudies.bsky.social publication: doi.org/10.1080/0034... (1/5)
https://www.rknowledge.org/
November 30, 2024 at 6:17 AM
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geoffboeing.com
OSMnx 2.0.0 has been released! 🎉 This has been a massive effort over the past year to streamline the package's API, re-think its internal organization, and optimize its code. Today OSMnx is faster, more memory efficient, and fully type-annotated for a better user experience. 🧵
November 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
Received: 23 Sep 2024
Revised: 30 Oct 2024
Accepted: 1 Nov 2024
Published: 15 Nov 2024

To all PhD students at @econmuni.bsky.social This is NOT how decent (econ) journals work.

Maybe there are exceptions but this is not one of them.
November 23, 2024 at 7:03 PM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
It is official. Michal Kvasnička from @econmuni.bsky.social is the best econ teacher in this quadrant.

msmt.gov.cz/vzdelavani/v...
a man in a green shirt is sitting at a table with the word agreed written on his face .
ALT: a man in a green shirt is sitting at a table with the word agreed written on his face .
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November 20, 2024 at 2:22 PM
stepanmikula.bsky.social
Dostupnost primární péče je velké téma ve stárnoucí společnosti, která se navíc potýká s regionálními nerovnostmi.

Náš @econmuni.bsky.social nový policy paper ukazuje dostupnost péče praktiků, pediatrů a zubařů v ČR na úrovni 21k geografických jednotek.

dx.doi.org/10.60791/PR_...
November 18, 2024 at 7:14 AM