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December 2, 2022
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The Department of Public Policy at Central European University (DPP) hosted the online Academia Europaea-CEU-GLO Labor Symposium in collaboration with Academia Europaea as part of the GLO Global Conference 2022 on December 2, 2022. The Symposium showcased some of the cutting-edge research in the areas of labor and population economics produced by Academia Europaea members as well as invited guests.

November 18, 2022
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DPP Professor and Head Martin Kahanec spoke in the panel on "Young people in the post COVID-19 labour market: scarring effects, learning losses and emerging opportunities (ESDE 22)" at the European Employment & Social Rights Forum 2022 in Brussels on November 17, 2022. The high-level event featured EC President Ursula von der Leyen, Commissioner Nicolas Schmit, former EC PResident Jean-Claude Juncker, and several MEPs, ministers, academics, and practitioners.

July 1, 2021
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SPP professor and acting dean Martin Kahanec publishes a co-authored paper with Lukáš Lafférs and Bernhard Schmidpeter about the effectiveness of mass antigen testing for COVID19 on the pandemic in the Journal of Population Economics. 

Kahanec, M., Lafférs, L. & Schmidpeter, B. The impact of repeated mass antigen testing for COVID-19 on the prevalence of the disease. J Popul Econ (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00856-z

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April 21, 2021
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On April 14, 2021, CEU’s School of Public Policy hosted the global book launch of Europe's Income, Wealth, Consumption, And Inequality (Oxford university Press), co-hosted by The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw).

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