Mgr. Barbara Pertold-Gebicka, M.A., Ph.D.

Vzdělání

2011 Ph.D. in Economics
Charles University in Prague, Czech Academy of ScienceCenter for Economic Research and Graduate Education –
Economic Institute (CERGE-EI), Czech Republic
2007 M.A. in Economics
CERGE-EI, Czech Republic
2004 M.Sc. in Management (summa cum laude) Technical University of Lodz, Poland
International Faculty of Engineering
(One semester at the University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland)

Odborná praxe

2010-currently Assistant Professor
Institute of Economic Studies
Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
2011-2013 Post-doctoral affiliate at Aarhus University, Denmark
2008-2011 Junior Researcher
Economic Inctitute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2008-2010 Lecturer
Institute of Economic Studies
Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
2008 Research assistant
CERGE-EI, Czech Republic
2006-2007 Teaching assistant
CERGE-EI, Czech Republic
2004-2005 Market Analyst
COMPER – a consulting company, Poland

Monografie

• LOVASZ, Anna - PERTOLD-GEBICKA, Barbara. College Degree Supply, Productivity Spillovers and Occupational Allocation of Graduates in Central European Countries. 1st ed vyd. Budapest: Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2011. 24 s. ISBN 978-615-5024-51-1.

Kapitoly v monografiích

Články

• PERTOLD-GEBICKA, Barbara. Job Market Polarization and Employment Protection in Europe. Acta VŠFS. 2014, 8(2), 132-148. ISSN 1802-792X.
• PERTOLD-GEBICKA, Barbara - ŠPOLCOVÁ, Dominika. Family Size and Subjective Well-Being in Europe: Do More Children Make Parents (Un)Happy?. Economic and Social Review. 2022, 53(2), 89-136. ISSN 0012-9984. UT-WOS link
• PERTOLD-GEBICKA, Barbara. Medium-run effects of COVID-19 induced distant learning on students' academic performance. Labour Economics. 2024, Neuveden(89), ISSN 0927-5371. UT-WOS link
• PERTOLD-GEBICKA, Barbara. Parental leave length and mothers' careers: what can be inferred from occupational allocation?. Applied Economics. 2020, 52(9), 879-904. ISSN 0003-6846. UT-WOS link
• BARTOŠ, Vojtěch - PERTOLD-GEBICKA, Barbara. Parental leave length, social norms, and female labor market re-entry frictions. International Journal of Manpower. 2018, 39(4), 600-620. ISSN 0143-7720. UT-WOS link
• BLASCO, Sylvie - PERTOLD-GEBICKA, Barbara. Employment policies, hiring practices and firm performance. Labour Economics. 2013, 25(December), 12-24. ISSN 0927-5371. UT-WOS link
• BAUER, Michal - CHYTILOVÁ, Julie - PERTOLD-GEBICKA, Barbara. Parental Background and Other-Regarding Preferences in Children. Experimental Economics. 2014, 17(1), 24-46. ISSN 1386-4157. UT-WOS link

Příspěvky v konferenčních sbornících

2013 Cena prof. Františka Vencovského
2009 Mladý ekonom, ČSE

JEM007 - Applied Microeconometrics
JEB110 - Econometrics II

Bakalářské práce

Students interested in writing an empirical thesis are invited to contact me by e-mail in order to discuss specific topics. Below I present some general inspirations:
(1) Applied topics using econometric analysis
- Impact of railway station/underground station proximity on real estate value
- The effect of lecture/seminar attendance on exam results
- Measuring the local effects of amnesty
- Other topics involving the analysis of crime level/ happiness/ public spendings, etc.
- estimation of demand elasticity
- influence of institutions on country performance
- etc.
(2) Labor economics
- Measuring and explaining the extent of occupation gender segregation
- discrimination in the labor market (gender/racial)
- regional differences in employment structure (are there typically "female" regions? are there typically "uneducated" regions?)
- influence of labor market institutions (e.g. minimum wage settings, employment protection legislation) on unemployment
- etc.
(3) Economics of education
- analyzing cross-country differences in educational attainment
- etc.
(4) Family economics
- Estimation of the optimal length of maternity leave
- female employment across European countries - does institutional setup matter?
- etc.

Diplomové práce

Students interested in writing an empirical thesis are invited to contact me by e-mail in order to discuss specific topics. Below I present some general inspirations:
(1) Applied topics using econometric analysis
- analysis of crime level/ happiness/ public spendings (e.g. measuring the local effects of amnesty) etc.
- estimation of demand elasticity
- influence of institutions on country performance
- etc.
(2) Labor economics
-Measuring and explaining the extent of occupation gender segregation
-Experimental investigation of discrimination of mothers in the labor market
- studies using the European Union Labour Force Survey microdata or the Structure of Earnings and Living Conditions microdata (analyzing unemployment duration, occupational sorting, marriage patterns, fertility, happiness, political preferences etc.)
- discrimination in the labor market (gender/racial)
- regional differences in employment structure (are there typically "female" regions? are there typically "uneducated" regions?)
- influence of labor market institutions (e.g. minimum wage settings, employment protection legislation) on unemployment
- etc.
(4) Economics of education
- modeling educational choices of Czech youth
- analyzing cross-country differences in educational attainment
- etc.
(3) Family economics
- Estimation of the optimal length of maternity leave
- Experimental investigation of discrimination of mothers in the labor market
- female employment across European countries - does institutional setup matter?
- division of work within families
- etc.

2017–19 Junior Grant, Czech Science Foundation, Principal Investigator

2014–16 Post-doctoral Grant, Czech Science Foundation, Principal Investigator

2009–10 Global Development Network IX Regional Research Competition Grant, Principal Investigator

Ekonomie trhu práce, aplikovaná mikroekonometrie