One of the main types of government intervention aimed at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic were the social distancing measures. This article presents a novel approach to examining the relationship between social distancing and workforce composition. The model used is a SIRD model with dynamically...

To estimate the impact of disagreement about expected inflation on the transmission of monetary policy in the Czech Republic, this article makes three novel contributions to the literature. First, we reconstruct a series of inflation expectations and calculate their disagreement from qualitative...

Czechia has a two-layer water governance, with authorities competent at the national level (Ministries of Environment and Agriculture) and 14 regional authorities. The RBMPs follow the same logic, with RBMPs at RBD scale and sub-plans on sub-basins. All RBMPs make reference to the objectives of...

The Floods Directive (FD) established a framework for flood risk management. It foresees 6-yearly cycles aiming at the reduction of the adverse consequences associated with floods in the European Union (EU). The first cycle covered the period 2010-15. The second cycle covered the period 2016-21....

he Floods Directive (FD) established a framework for flood risk management (FRM). It foresees 6-yearly cycles aiming to reduce the risk of flood damage in the European Union (EU). The first cycle covered the period 2010-15. The second cycle covered the period 2016-21. The third cycle will cover...

We study how demand related to the digital transformation of public institutions affects local suppliers of IT-related services and products in the Czech Republic during 2012-2022, a period of rapid digital transformation of the public sector. Using firm- and tender-level data and...

Czech pupils perform above the EU average in mathematics, science and digital skills, and the share of top performers is relatively high. At the same time, the education system is characterised by large inequalities. Students from lower socio-economic backgrounds have access to fewer resources...