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Marek Kapička, CERGE-EI's Associate Professor with Tenure, has received the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) grant for his project. His research will provide an analytical framework for studying the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CERGE-EI celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Gérard Roland, Professor at the University of California and a member of the Executive and Supervisory Committee (ESC) of CERGE-EI, does not doubt that the next thirty years he will see the institution making even more progress. Orley Ashenfelter, Professor at Princeton University and a former member of the ESC, is proud of his association with CERGE-EI.

How much does the Czech Republic invest in family policy compared to other OECD countries? Are the new government's plans heading in the right direction? In IDEA Talks (in Czech), David Klimeš and Filip Pertold talk about these topics.

The prices on the rise, the interest rates, and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic remained the most frequent of the various topics commented on by our experts for Czech media. Our colleagues from the IDEA think tank also focused on the financial support for students in higher education.

"How have banks survived the pandemics? And what are the trends in the banking industry?" In the Talking Economics Podcast,  Katarína Stehlíková asks Richard Podpiera, CERGE-EI's Ph.D. Alumnus and ČSOB's Executive Director.