1. Zsombor Cseres-Gergely IE HAS - Central European Science Day, 5.12.2006, Bratislava Labour and Educational Economics Departments, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Zsombor Cseres-Gergely Junior research fellow, IE-HAS PhD candidate, CEU zgergely@econ.core.hu

2. Zsombor Cseres-Gergely IE HAS - Central European Science Day, 5.12.2006, Bratislava About the Institute http://econ.core.hu/english/ http://econ.core.hu/english/ Long established, the Institute of Economics attracts young scholars and maintains a network of researchers abroad. Strong focus on policy-relevant, fact-based research, both theoretical and empirical. A new development: the Data Store. Cleaned and organised microdata available to researchers (also visiting).

3. Zsombor Cseres-Gergely IE HAS - Central European Science Day, 5.12.2006, Bratislava Research in Labour and Educational EconomicsLabour Focus: evolution of employment/non-employment, shadow economy, institutions (pension, child care), household strategies, formation and the role of human capital in labour market outcomes. Strong empirical orientation. Widest selection of results in WP series: http://econ.core.hu/english/pub/bwp.html http://econ.core.hu/english/pub/bwp.html Yearbook: http://econ.core.hu/english/pub/mt.htmlhttp://econ.core.hu/english/pub/mt.html

4. Zsombor Cseres-Gergely IE HAS - Central European Science Day, 5.12.2006, Bratislava Project plans Wide variation in activity rates across Europe (10% point). Why? Institutions? Shadow economy? Skills? Building on previous results in cross-country and individual based research of activity and subjective well-being. A plan of international cooperation in Framework Programme 7.