Klára Kalíšková is a PhD candidate in Economics at CERGE-EI in Prague and a Junior Researcher at the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. She has obtained her Master degree in Economics at Charles University of Prague. During her studies she stayed at University College London as a visiting scholar.

Klára’s research interests include empirical and policy-oriented research in the fields of labor economics and public finance. Within these fields, she currently studies effects of tax-benefit and parental leave policies on female employment and unemployment, and distributional effects of tax and transfer systems.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in November 2014.