{"id":4208,"date":"2023-03-02T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2023-03-02T12:01:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T11:01:21","slug":"stepan-jurajda-social-isolation-is-costly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cerge-ei.cz\/?p=4208","title":{"rendered":"\u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Jurajda: Social Isolation is Costly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do humans cooperate with one another when facing extremely low survival chances? Social linkages in extreme circumstances are discussed with \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Jurajda in a recent episode of\u00a0Talking Economics<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSocial linkages that existed prior to deportation, prior to WWII, as well as linkages and social ties that were formed during Nazi-camp imprisonment, both helped survival, and both for men and women,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>says \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n.\u00a0\u201cEven in the most extreme harsh situations (\u2026) it is helpful to remain open to forming social bonds and, friendships. This is something that is well known from the literature on health consequences of stress, but providing this evidence from the extreme environment of a Nazi concentration camp is novel, we believe.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Jurajda<\/a> is the Mellon Endowment Professor with Tenure at CERGE-EI, a Full Professor at CERGE, Charles University, and a Senior Researcher at the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He also serves as Deputy Minister for Science, Research, and Innovation of the Czech Republic. His paper\u00a0Social Networks and Surviving the Holocaust<\/a>\u00a0brings new evidence for historical research.<\/p>\n

Listen to the Podcast\u00a0on:\u00a0Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0Google Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do humans cooperate with one another when facing extremely low survival chances? Social linkages in extreme circumstances are discussed with \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Jurajda in a recent episode of\u00a0Talking Economics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,1,226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty","category-uncategorized","category-talking-economics-podcast"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t