Digital technologies, automation and artificial intelligence are reshaping how we learn, work and produce new knowledge. But how profound are these changes, and who is affected most? The Programme Jan Amos Comenius (OP JAK) research project “New Technologies and Transformations of Education, Research and the Labour Market,” led by Prof. Štěpán Jurajda of CERGE-EI, examines how technology is entering education, research and the economy, and how it is changing the skills people will need in the future. One of the project’s key questions is whether digital transformation may deepen existing gender inequalities—or create new ones—in access to technological skills and in the ways those skills are used. Continue reading New Insights into the Impact of Emerging Technologies
Tag Archives: Labor Economics
Migration, Refugees and Work: What Helps Integration?
In a new episode of Talking Economics, CERGE-EI Assistant Professor Achim Ahrens discusses what economic research tells us about migration, refugees and access to work in receiving countries. Speaking with host Katarina Stehlíková Štěpánková, Ahrens explains that the labour market effects of migration are highly context-dependent. While public debate often assumes that migration automatically lowers native wages or employment, empirical research points to a more nuanced picture. Continue reading Migration, Refugees and Work: What Helps Integration?
How Economic Shocks Shape Careers. Talking Economics Emerging Scholars with Margarita Pavlova
In the latest episode of Talking Economics Emerging Scholars, we speak with Margarita Pavlova, a CERGE-EI PhD candidate and an applied microeconomist specializing in labor and gender economics. Margarita studies how macroeconomic conditions, labor market policies, and institutional settings shape labor market outcomes over time. Continue reading How Economic Shocks Shape Careers. Talking Economics Emerging Scholars with Margarita Pavlova
Research, Risk, and Growth: My Time at Yale
As part of the Places You’ll Go series, this interview with Margarita Pavlova follows a CERGE-EI student’s research stay at Yale University — a journey shaped by academic ambition, unexpected confidence, and the search for the right intellectual environment. What began as a strategic step to advance a Job Market Paper became a much broader experience of growth: from engaging with leading scholars in labor economics to discovering that top academic spaces are not only demanding, but also deeply energizing. In this conversation, she reflects on choosing Yale, navigating the road to the US, and what the experience taught her about research, collaboration, and believing in her own ideas. Continue reading Research, Risk, and Growth: My Time at Yale