
Balázs Égert is a Senior Economist at the OECD. He previously worked at the Austrian Central Bank (2003-2007). He was Visiting Researcher at the South African Reserve Bank (2007), Bruegel (2006), CESifo (2006), the Czech National Bank (2006), the central bank of Hungary (2005), the Bank of Finland/BOFIT (2004/2005) and the Bank of Estonia (2002). He earned his PhD at the University of Paris X-Nanterre (2002).

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Quantifying the link between educational policies and macroeconomic productivity
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- Education 
- Productivity and Innovation

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The impact of the war on human capital and productivity in Ukraine
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- Education 
- Labour Markets 
- Productivity and Innovation 
- Ukraine Initiative

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Quantifying the macroeconomic impact of COVID-19-related school closures on human capital
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- COVID-19 
- Education

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Structural reforms to help address the cost of living crisis and boost long-run supply potential
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- Poverty and Income Inequality 
- Welfare state and social Europe

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A new aggregate measure of human capital: Linking education policies to productivity through PISA and PIAAC scores
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- Development 
- Education 
- Productivity and Innovation