Tuesday, 23 September, 2014 | 10:00 | Public Lecture

Prof. Andrew Oswald “Does Home Ownership Drive Unemployment? Empirical Evidence and Policy Consequences"

Prof. Oswald will present a study in which he shows that U.S. regions with the greatest growth of private home ownership registered the greatest increase in unemployment. Filip Pertold, researcher at CERGE-EI's think tank IDEA, will contribute with a discussion of whether such a scenario could arise in the Czech Republic.

Venue: CERGE-EI, Politickych veznu 7, 111 21 Prague 1
Date: September 23rd, 2014
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

The event will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation to Czech. The event will be followed by a reception.

Capacity is limited so please reserve your seat by Friday, September 19th, 2014.