Tomáš Jagelka

I am an applied microeconometrician in the fields of labor economics and health economics with interests in structural estimation, experimental, and behavioral methods.  I was awarded a €1.5 Million ERC Starting Grant for my project "FELICITAS" to study essential preferences, skills, and other personal attributes which matter for a good life. My aim is to provide knowledge which enables policymakers to design effective policies for equalizing opportunities. My research on these topics has been published in:

• Journal of Political Economy

• Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics

• The Handbook of Personality

Peer Recognition:

• Best PhD in economics in France (French Economic Association, 2019)

• Best paper presented by a PhD student (International Association for Applied Econometrics, 2019)

• Best paper authored by economist up to 35 years of age (Slovak Economic Association, 2020)

• Elected Fellow of the Slovak Economic Association (2023)

Current Affiliations:

• University of Bonn: Institute for Applied Microeconomics and ECONtribute Cluster of Excellence

• Department of Economics at Dartmouth College (recurrent Visiting Scholar)

• CREST (Affiliate)

• IZA (Research Affiliate)

Past Affiliations:

• Center for the Economics of Human Development at the University of Chicago upon invitation of Jim Heckman: helped set up an experimental collaboration with the Laboratory Schools aimed studying preferences and skills