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Over the years, digitalization has led to the axing of many lower-skilled jobs, thereby polarizing the employment market. But AI could enhance some of the simpler jobs and reduce inequality.
Over the years, digitalization has led to the axing of many lower-skilled jobs, thereby polarizing the employment market. But AI could enhance some of the simpler jobs and reduce inequality.
In 2018, outstanding young talent Urša Krenk was selected from several hundred applicants to the Zurich Graduate School of Economics as an UBS Center Scholarship holder. Now, she successfully defended her PhD thesis Essays at the Intersection of Labor and Development Economics. Congratulations, Dr. Krenk – Way to go!
Urša's thesis explores three topics: how organizations manage parental leave absences, how to recruit the best candidates for a teaching job in Western Africa, and how workers use and adjust to new technologies at work.
Urša will pursue a Postdoctoral position at the UZH Department of Economics. We wish her all the best in this new role.
New research sheds light on how inequality aversion influences public support for redistribution policies. The study, co-authored by Prof. Ernst Fehr, challenges traditional economic assumptions that individuals only care about their own income. Instead, it reveals that aversion to inequality plays a crucial role in shaping people's political preferences. “Our findings support the theory of inequality aversion which suggests that many people dislike inequality per se, and that this dislike has important economic and political consequences – both at the societal and the personal level,” Ernst Fehr explains.
Prof. Dina Pomeranz, assistant professor of applied economics, has a strong passion for global fairness and development. Her research addresses critical issues such as taxation, public policy, and poverty alleviation in developing countries and emphasizes the importance of recognizing global progress. The interview took place at the restaurant Kantorei in Zurich.
Prof. Dina Pomeranz, assistant professor of applied economics, has a strong passion for global fairness and development. Her research addresses critical issues such as taxation, public policy, and poverty alleviation in developing countries and emphasizes the importance of recognizing global progress. The interview took place at the restaurant Kantorei in Zurich.
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