Štěpán Jurajda
@sjurajda.bsky.social
Mellon Professor of Economics and former director at CERGE-EI. Former Deputy Minister for Science, Research and Innovation in the Czech government.
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Štěpán Jurajda
@sjurajda.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Přibližují se české mzdy těm německým? Jedno srovnání nabízí mzdy v McDonald´s, kde pracující dělají v obou zemích stejnou práci ve stejných podmínkách. Posledních 20 let se Německu v hodnotě nekvalifikované práce nepřibližujeme. Těžko říct kde bere premiérův optimismus.
Pokud se bojíte, že naše demokracie může být křehká, asi podporujete boj proti dezinformacím, hybridním útokům gangsterských či autoritářských režimů a přemýšlíte čím to, že tolik našich spoluobčanů (nebo třeba tolik voličů v SRN) podporuje extremistické strany. Bojíte se podobně státního dluhu?
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pokud se bojíte, že naše demokracie může být křehká, asi podporujete boj proti dezinformacím, hybridním útokům gangsterských či autoritářských režimů a přemýšlíte čím to, že tolik našich spoluobčanů (nebo třeba tolik voličů v SRN) podporuje extremistické strany. Bojíte se podobně státního dluhu?
AI may compress the variance of output (observable skills), and so make it harder to recognize talent (P. Kedrosky), and it will make it hard for recent college grads to get trained on the job to reach the level of skills, where they can supervise AI as opposed to competing with it (L. Garicano).
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
AI may compress the variance of output (observable skills), and so make it harder to recognize talent (P. Kedrosky), and it will make it hard for recent college grads to get trained on the job to reach the level of skills, where they can supervise AI as opposed to competing with it (L. Garicano).
Dnes na panelu k představení prvního komplexního a výbornými daty podloženého návrhu daňové reformy u nás. Bizarně nevznikl na základě veřejné podpory jako třeba britský Mirrlees report. chytrejsidane.cz
Chytřejší daně
Česko může prosperovat, potřebuje ale chytřejší daně. Máme propracovaný plán. Vyzkoušejte si na webu vlastní kombinaci reforem
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September 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Dnes na panelu k představení prvního komplexního a výbornými daty podloženého návrhu daňové reformy u nás. Bizarně nevznikl na základě veřejné podpory jako třeba britský Mirrlees report. chytrejsidane.cz
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Can making divorce easier reshape who stays married—and shift the balance between love, law, and education? Geghetsik Afunts and @sjurajda.bsky.social , @bundesbank.de , @cerge-ei.bsky.social , @charlesuni.cuni.cz , @czechacademy.bsky.social , discusses: faculti.net/how-divorce-...
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August 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Can making divorce easier reshape who stays married—and shift the balance between love, law, and education? Geghetsik Afunts and @sjurajda.bsky.social , @bundesbank.de , @cerge-ei.bsky.social , @charlesuni.cuni.cz , @czechacademy.bsky.social , discusses: faculti.net/how-divorce-...
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Can making divorce easier reshape who stays married—and shift the balance between love, law, and education? Geghetsik Afunts and @sjurajda.bsky.social , @bundesbank.de , @cerge-ei.bsky.social , @charlesuni.cuni.cz , @czechacademy.bsky.social , discusses: faculti.net/how-divorce-...
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August 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Can making divorce easier reshape who stays married—and shift the balance between love, law, and education? Geghetsik Afunts and @sjurajda.bsky.social , @bundesbank.de , @cerge-ei.bsky.social , @charlesuni.cuni.cz , @czechacademy.bsky.social , discusses: faculti.net/how-divorce-...
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Trump's US approval is roughly where it was at this point in his 1st term (The Economist), and the share who think the country is headed in the right direction is roughly as high as it was at this point of the Biden administration (YouGov). Anybody tracking the mood of the swing (marginal) voters?
June 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Trump's US approval is roughly where it was at this point in his 1st term (The Economist), and the share who think the country is headed in the right direction is roughly as high as it was at this point of the Biden administration (YouGov). Anybody tracking the mood of the swing (marginal) voters?
You may not have heard this in your history class: Europe is rich (and the third world is poor) because of the colonial extraction until 1914. A new study by Piketty and Nievas finds that (1) Between 1800 and 1914, Europe imported half of the world's commodity production (largely from its colonies)
June 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
You may not have heard this in your history class: Europe is rich (and the third world is poor) because of the colonial extraction until 1914. A new study by Piketty and Nievas finds that (1) Between 1800 and 1914, Europe imported half of the world's commodity production (largely from its colonies)
Timothy Snyder has a theory of Sado Populism: The more politicians hurt a certain population that's already hurting to begin with, the more it votes for such leaders. Here's an example of this mechanism: Republican Support and Economic Hardship by Arteaga and Barone (www.nber.org/papers/w33904).
Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic
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June 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Timothy Snyder has a theory of Sado Populism: The more politicians hurt a certain population that's already hurting to begin with, the more it votes for such leaders. Here's an example of this mechanism: Republican Support and Economic Hardship by Arteaga and Barone (www.nber.org/papers/w33904).
If your page is to appear in Google searches, you have to allow its AI to use all of your content for free. Google AI Search summarises the content of pages that I no longer click through to, so they don't get ad revenue, and have no incentive to produce original content. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Is Google about to destroy the web?
Google says adding more AI to its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. One thing is clear: this era of online history is closing.
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June 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If your page is to appear in Google searches, you have to allow its AI to use all of your content for free. Google AI Search summarises the content of pages that I no longer click through to, so they don't get ad revenue, and have no incentive to produce original content. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Sen o návratu zpracovatelského průmyslu (pracovních míst v něm) do bohatých zemí nedává smysl: (1) dobrá pracovní místa jsou už pryč, nové provozy jsou plně automatizované a nízkokvalifikovaní stejně dostávají lepší mzdy ve stavebnictví, (2) průmysl není pro hospodářský růst nezbytný (viz Indie),
June 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Sen o návratu zpracovatelského průmyslu (pracovních míst v něm) do bohatých zemí nedává smysl: (1) dobrá pracovní místa jsou už pryč, nové provozy jsou plně automatizované a nízkokvalifikovaní stejně dostávají lepší mzdy ve stavebnictví, (2) průmysl není pro hospodářský růst nezbytný (viz Indie),
Last Ezra Klein show on Israel raises a question that's been on my mind: Only 1/3 of the Israeli society still believes in a two state solution; Klein pushes the notion that the Ben-Gvir/Smotrich expulsion/messianic solution (in the possible Bennett disguise) is therefore the de-facto only solution
June 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Last Ezra Klein show on Israel raises a question that's been on my mind: Only 1/3 of the Israeli society still believes in a two state solution; Klein pushes the notion that the Ben-Gvir/Smotrich expulsion/messianic solution (in the possible Bennett disguise) is therefore the de-facto only solution
Včera vzácná příležitost diskutovat v rámci kulatého stolu podporu vědy s panem prezidentem, který byl informovaným diskutujícím s výbornými postřehy. V rámci diskuse jsem se ptal, jaká země (demokracie) dá cca dvě miliardy ročně na rezortní výzkum pícnin, peckovin nebo tkalcovských strojů,
June 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Včera vzácná příležitost diskutovat v rámci kulatého stolu podporu vědy s panem prezidentem, který byl informovaným diskutujícím s výbornými postřehy. V rámci diskuse jsem se ptal, jaká země (demokracie) dá cca dvě miliardy ročně na rezortní výzkum pícnin, peckovin nebo tkalcovských strojů,
The world may have just changed: (1) the 2024 world’s total fertility rate was likely below the replacement rate (Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Uni of Pennsylvania). (2) The bias in favour of boys is shrinking in developing countries as a preference for girls emerges in the rich world (The Economist).
June 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The world may have just changed: (1) the 2024 world’s total fertility rate was likely below the replacement rate (Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Uni of Pennsylvania). (2) The bias in favour of boys is shrinking in developing countries as a preference for girls emerges in the rich world (The Economist).
Who needs The Onion.
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Who needs The Onion.
Economics is called the dismal science for having been part of the abolition movement. Who knew? www.forbes.com/sites/artcar...
Why Is Economics Called the “Dismal Science”?
No, no, and no—economics is a lot of fun, and while we do sometimes make depressing predictions and are constantly saying “on the other hand,” neither of these are how economics became the dismal scie...
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June 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Economics is called the dismal science for having been part of the abolition movement. Who knew? www.forbes.com/sites/artcar...
Před pěti lety jsem doufal v přijetí zákona o správě veřejných dat. Tehdy nebyl napsaný. Dnes už je a už moc nedoufám.
May 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Před pěti lety jsem doufal v přijetí zákona o správě veřejných dat. Tehdy nebyl napsaný. Dnes už je a už moc nedoufám.
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Dva mé články (akceptované v Electoral Studies a Political Science Quarterly) ukazují, že v ČR voliči netrestají politiky za obzvlášť vysoké místní počty exekucí či za vysokou úmrtnost na Covid (dokonce ani za umírání mezi blízkými) a volí stále stejně. Odkazy v cv home.cerge-ei.cz/jurajda/JURA...
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March 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Dva mé články (akceptované v Electoral Studies a Political Science Quarterly) ukazují, že v ČR voliči netrestají politiky za obzvlášť vysoké místní počty exekucí či za vysokou úmrtnost na Covid (dokonce ani za umírání mezi blízkými) a volí stále stejně. Odkazy v cv home.cerge-ei.cz/jurajda/JURA...
GP quality predicts mortality in Norwegian data on patients aged over 55 who had their GP randomly reassigned. Good GPs reduce the likelihood of dying from diseases that are treatable if detected early. Patients who can choose do not select high-quality GPs.
docs.iza.org/dp17726.pdf
docs.iza.org/dp17726.pdf
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March 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
GP quality predicts mortality in Norwegian data on patients aged over 55 who had their GP randomly reassigned. Good GPs reduce the likelihood of dying from diseases that are treatable if detected early. Patients who can choose do not select high-quality GPs.
docs.iza.org/dp17726.pdf
docs.iza.org/dp17726.pdf
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Our next Online Open Day is held on March 31 and applications are due on April 30!
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On the skewness of US firm/stock performance (by Hendrik Bessembinder): Net global stock market wealth creation of $US 76 trillion between 1990 and 2020 is all due to only 2% of (best-performing) stocks. The flip side of the coin is that less than half of U.S. stocks outperformed Treasury bills.
January 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
On the skewness of US firm/stock performance (by Hendrik Bessembinder): Net global stock market wealth creation of $US 76 trillion between 1990 and 2020 is all due to only 2% of (best-performing) stocks. The flip side of the coin is that less than half of U.S. stocks outperformed Treasury bills.
Patrinos et al. find that pandemic school closures led to a global decline in student achievements of 0.1 standard deviations (SD), with longer closures linked to more severe losses. The effects on low performers, girls, and linguistic minorities are up to 0.2 SD. docs.iza.org/dp17550.p
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January 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Patrinos et al. find that pandemic school closures led to a global decline in student achievements of 0.1 standard deviations (SD), with longer closures linked to more severe losses. The effects on low performers, girls, and linguistic minorities are up to 0.2 SD. docs.iza.org/dp17550.p
Jak závažné dopady může mít nedostatek zdravotnického personálu? Po Brexitu z Británie odešlo 5 tisíc sestřiček z EU zemí. V nemocnicích, které před Brexitem více spoléhaly na zahraniční personál, se po odchodu sestřiček víc umíralo. Celkem o šest tisíc úmrtí ročně. www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
Skilled Labour Migration and Firm Performance: Evidence from English Hospitals and Brexit
How do skilled migrant workers affect firms’ performance and output? I estimate the causal effect of EU nurse withdrawal after the Brexit referendum on the performance of English hospitals. Exploiting...
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December 12, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Jak závažné dopady může mít nedostatek zdravotnického personálu? Po Brexitu z Británie odešlo 5 tisíc sestřiček z EU zemí. V nemocnicích, které před Brexitem více spoléhaly na zahraniční personál, se po odchodu sestřiček víc umíralo. Celkem o šest tisíc úmrtí ročně. www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
Two studies use quasi-experiments to ask how a community is affected by social media/mobile apps. Braghieri et al. (2022, AER) rely on the staggered introduction of FB across US colleges to generate treatment/control comparisons. They find that mental health suffers when social media use increases.
December 9, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Two studies use quasi-experiments to ask how a community is affected by social media/mobile apps. Braghieri et al. (2022, AER) rely on the staggered introduction of FB across US colleges to generate treatment/control comparisons. They find that mental health suffers when social media use increases.