Štěpán Mikula

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @MikulaStepan and Mariola Pytliková study how improvements in air quality affect migration behavior. rfberlin.com/network-paper/…

The research behind yesterday's Opinion Piece: 'The Long-Term Impact of Church Activity on Social Capital: Lessons from Post-War Czechoslovakia' by @MikulaStepan @MasarykUni, @tommasoreggiani @cardiffbusiness and @FabbioSabatini @SapienzaRoma full text: docs.iza.org/dp17981.pdf

In a new IZA paper, @MikulaStepan, @tommasoreggiani, and I took advantage of a unique historical experiment — the ethnic cleansing, the repopulation of the Sudetenland, and the repression of civil society by the Communist regime — to study the long-term drivers of social capital. 2/4

Nurturing a community’s social capital under an authoritarian regime, in extremely adverse conditions, is a topic that feels more relevant than ever. #EconTwitter @IZAWorldofLabor, @EliasPapaioann2, @pereztruglia 1/4

🧵In this IZA Discussion Paper, @MikulaStepan, @tommasoreggiani, and I exploit a unique historical experiment that unfolded in post–World War II Czechoslovakia to study the long-term drivers of the accumulation of social capital - @veda_econmuni. 1/11

Pleased to announce I'll be working @MasarykUni from January '26,in Brno🇨🇿,hometown of K. Gödel & where G. Mendel did his ground-breaking genetic experiments. I'll join @veda_econmuni in a project on geographical peripheries,which seems ideal to continue my work from Papua. 1/

🔹Stárnutí populace a jeho důsledky 🔹Periferie a regionální nerovnosti 🔹Vměšování zahraničních mocností do ekonomiky Tři nelehká témata a tři velké projekty, v nichž hraje @veda_econmuni významnou roli. Gratuluji @JakubHlavka, @MikulaStepan, @LucieCoufa163 a jejich týmům!

Cenu MŠMT včera v Praze převzali i dva lidé z naší univerzity. 👏 🔹 Ocenění pro vynikající studenty a za mimořádné činy studentů získala Annalisa Moraschi z @muni_arts. 🔹 Cenu za vynikající vzdělávací činnost na vysoké škole obdržel Michal Kvasnička z @veda_econmuni.

Interested researchers can reach out to me at stepan.mikula@econ.muni.cz

We seek researchers to join projects focused on population ageing and social/geographical peripheries. Together, we’ll explore issues such as health care and public services inequalities, the drivers and consequences of social and human capital accumulation, and more!

We’re hiring multiple postdoctoral researchers in empirical #labour and #health #economics at Masaryk University @veda_econmuni ! Labour Economics: is.muni.cz/go/labour Health Economics I: is.muni.cz/go/health1 Health Economics II: is.muni.cz/go/health2 #Postdoc

On Wednesday, I’ll start my half of the data analysis course at @veda_econmuni with an introduction to tidyr. There will be a weekly home assignment. To participants: any code snippets you copy-paste from the web that use the reshape package might actually be older than you!

@OSpetik Gratulace! @veda_econmuni

Mám velkou radost, že jsem mohl vést práci Michaely Kypusové, která za ni obdržela cenu předsedy Úřadu pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže.

Vadim Delaunay, Vladimir Dremlyuga, Victor Fainberg, Larisa Bogoraz, Konstantin Babitsky, Pavel Litvinov, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Ahoo Daryaei.

@AlinejadMasih There is one historical case I keep thinking about: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Red_… It is absolutely vital to know her name. It could be her only hope.

Breaking: The authorities in Iran are now claiming that a young woman, who courageously removed her clothes in protest against harassment by the morality, police at her university, suffers from psychological illness and has been admitted to a mental health hospital. This accusation of mental instability is a familiar tactic by the Islamic Republic. In 2014, when I launched the My Stealthy Freedom campaign against compulsory hijab, the regime used similar lies against me, claiming I had a mental breakdown, undressed myself on the London subway and was raped by three men. This is how they attempt to undermine those who resist their oppression. I believe her life is now in serious danger. I urge international media, human rights organizations, and the international community to see through these lies and support her before is too late. Stand up for Iranian women who have had enough of this regime’s gender apartheid. This woman has been forcibly hospitalized under psychiatric supervision—marking the start of torture and, soon after, the cycle of forced confessions. One student who witnessed the entire incident says: “On Saturday, November 2, we saw the university’s security and Basij forces trying to forcibly drag a female student into the security room, under the pretext of her not wearing a proper hijab. She resisted, and in the struggle, her hoodie was pulled off, leaving her with only her undergarments underneath. Shocked, the security officers let her go, after which, in a moment of rage, she removed her pants and threw them at the officers.” This eyewitness account directly contradicts the regime’s narrative and shows the extent of brutality Iranian women face for the most basic acts of defiance. Let’s be her voice.

@Poky2911 92 %, CI +/-6 a p = 0,03? Sorry jako, ale příště si raději řežu slepák podle YouTube.

americkou politiku dlouhodobě sleduji, z politologie jsem měl jedničku a nyní se shoduje můj vlastní model s předpovědmi renomovaných politologů, takže se podělím: s pravděpodobností 92% (CI +-6, p=0,03, při B>A/4) postoupí do druhého kola Trump a Kamala a v něm je to otevřené

!!! Postdoc Positions at Masaryk University !!! * Post-doctoral Researcher in LABOUR Economics muni.cz/en/about-us/ca… * Post-doctoral Researcher in HEALTH Economics muni.cz/en/about-us/ca… #Czechia ;-)

Evaluace podobných opatření je často složitá věc a nelze ji provést pouhým pohledem na počty nehod. Bezpečnější silnice můžou přilákat více cyklistů a ve výsledku se počty nehod nemusí změnit.

@veda_econmuni Coufalová & Mikula (2023): doi.org/10.1007/s11127…

Umístění na volebním lístku může obecně ovlivnit výsledek voleb (viz třeba Mikula & Coufalová 2023 @veda_econmuni 👇). To ale neplatí pro známé kandidáty, které si voliči na lístku najdou bez ohledu na jejich umístění.