Events and Seminars
14:00 | Room 402 | Applied Micro Research Seminar
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Authors: Kobbina Awuah, Urša Krenk and David Yanagizawa-Drott
Abstract: Can generative AI improve hiring? We experimentally embed generative AI (GPT-4) into a teacher-recruitment screening process, comparing three pipelines: (i) human-only, (ii) human with AI assistance, and (iii) fully automated screening. Automation increases downstream hiring success by 11 percentage points (a 73% improvement) over the human-only baseline. In contrast, AI assistance neither improves outcomes nor productivity, as users systematically disregard its recommendations, perceiving it as incapable of distinguishing between signals of teacher quality. Our results provide evidence in favor of fully automated deployment of generative AI for an economically important task, highlighting potential limitations of hybrid approaches involving humans-in-the-loop.
Full Text: Automation with Generative AI? Evidence from a Teacher Hiring Pipeline
17:30 | Room 7 | For Study Applicants
Filip Matějka & Jan Zápal: Fundamental Social Issues from the Point of View of Economics
Optional course for students of Charles University - The lectures are conducted in Czech
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 CERGE-EI, Politických vězňů 7, Prague 1, in room 7.
Nov 10, 2025: Markets, their functions and regulation. Welfare. Government interventions.
Nov 17, 2025: Democracy and how it works.
Nov 24, 2025: Inequality, how to measure it, how it changes, and what to do about it.
Dec 01, 2025: Environmental problems, global warming, economic diagnosis and solutions.
Dec 08, 2025: Information and media, how agents process it, do markets provide it.
Dec 15, 2025: ... surprise
Course code in SIS: JCM039
You can find the course page with current information here.
