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In the most recent IDEA Talks, David Klimeš and Petr Bouchal discuss public sector employees' numbers and salaries. Approximately one-fifth of the country's workforce – around one million people in Czech, work for the public sector.

Inflation, the state budget, the abolition of super-gross wages, and reductions in social security contributions were among the topics CERGE-EI's and Think-Tank IDEA's experts commented on in January. A significant media interest spurred the information that the newly appointed Czech Government has reached out to members of the CERGE-EI faculty for assistance in defining future public policies.

Who will be most affected by inflation? And what would be the best recommendation for the government? Watch Czech Academy of Sciences' interview with Jan Švejnar.

“It’s a perfect promise,” Klára Kalíšková comments in Idea Talks on the new Czech government’s promise to introduce tax holidays. “It would have a negligible impact on all employees except the most profitable 20 percent.”

We cordially invite you to a public talk on the impact of the current situation in Ukraine on its education system, economy, and society at large. With Tymofiy Mylovanov, President of Kyiv School of Economics, and Konstantin Sonin, visiting professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.