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Štěpán Jurajda: Women in Science – What do we know?
Let us invite you to a public lecture by Štěpán Jurajda, a CERGE-EI researcher, which will take place during the Week of the Czech Academy on November 4, at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry.
| 10.00 | Prof. Ing. Štěpán Jurajda, Ph.D., DSc. | |
| Women in Science – What do we know? | ||
| Why are there so few women in science? We will start with general lessons (from labor economics) on what drives the labor-market participation of educated women. Next, we will discuss the evolution of the participation of women in science, and nature vs. institutions/social norms as driving factors. Finally, we will review causal (as opposed to descriptive) evidence on policies that increase the participation of women in science, esp. in STEM fields. | ||
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14:00 | Room 402 | Applied Micro Research Seminar
Bocconi University, Italy
Join online: https://cerge-ei.webex.com/cerge-ei/j.php?MTID=ma3dbb253c5044302be7e01e44fa004c1
Meeting number: 2743 659 7574
Meeting password: 6495
Authors: Luca Braghieri and Sarah Eichmeyer
Abstract: Can teaching the history of authoritarian regimes built on extreme ideology lastingly reduce support for those ideologies? We examine this question by leveraging a natural experiment in a large German state where the senior high school history curriculum exogenously alternated covering, across cohorts, the communist German Democratic Republic and fascist Nazi Germany. Survey data collected around twelve years post-graduation from over 2,000 former students reveals that studying the GDR rather than the Nazi regime increases knowledge about the GDR (by 0.19 sd units) and reduces support for extreme left-wing ideology (by 0.10 sd units). Such treatment does not increase support for extreme right-wing ideology, except in more right-leaning regions.
Full Text: Learning from the Past: How History Education Shapes Support for Extreme Ideology
17:30 | Room 300, Faculty of Arts, nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, Prague 1 | For Study Applicants
Filip Matějka & Jan Zápal: Fundamental Social Issues from the point of view of Economics
Optional subject for students of Charles University - The lectures are conducted Czech language
In the lecture series "Fundamental Social Issues from the point of view of Economics" Filip Matějka and Jan Zápal, professors at CERGE-EI, address current global problems and demonstrate how economics views these issues.
The course is intended for students of all disciplines and academic years who wish to seek answers to questions (or understand why it is difficult to answer) such as: What can governments do, and what can markets do? What about social inequality, the future of work, global warming, threats to democracy, media, and (dis)information? The aim of this course is to familiarize students with the fundamental concepts and ways of thinking of modern economics using real-world social problems.
A total of 6 lessons will take place every Monday from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the Faculty of Arts, nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, Prague 1, in room 300.
Nov 04, 2024: Markets, their functions and regulation. Welfare. Government interventions.
Nov 11, 2024: Global warming. Possible solutions and their issues.
Nov 18, 2024: The future of work and automation. The functioning of the labor market. The impact of education.
Nov 25, 2024: Social, economic, and gender inequality. Its origins and tools for mitigation.
Dec 02, 2024: The functioning of political markets. Current threats to democracy.
Dec 09, 2024: The functioning of media and information markets.
Course code in SIS: JCM039
You can find the course page with current information here.
