When Austria opened its labour market to workers from the new EU Member States, it was followed by a substantial inflow of workers from Central and Eastern Europe, including Slovakia. Did this mean fewer job opportunities for native Austrians? This is the question explored by Katarína Valková from the Faculty of Economics and Finance in her article Employment Effects of Immigration in Austria, published in the journal Empirica. Using detailed Austrian administrative data, she shows that immigration did not reduce the employment of native workers overall, although its effects varied considerably between men and women, across education groups, and between natives and earlier immigrants.

We spoke with Katarína about who benefited from the new wave of immigration and who faced greater competition, how the impact of immigration on jobs can be measured in the first place, and why this research also has a very personal dimension for her.

Professor Klaus Prettner has been an affiliated researcher at the University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Economics and Finance, for the past two years, contributing to the project “Stagnant Wages in the Face of Rising Labour Productivity: The Role of Automation Technologies.” As the project is now concluding, we spoke with Professor Prettner about his perspective on automation and its impact on the labour market, the key research findings, and the future challenges that merit further investigation. 

“Designing Donor Registries: Behavioral Drivers of Enrollment and Giving” is the title of the latest scientific article published in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. Its authors are Matej Lorko (NHF EU in Bratislava), Maroš Servátka (MQBS Sydney and NHF EU in Bratislava), and Robert Slonim (University of Technology Sydney). The authors examine how nonprofit organizations should approach potential donors and present several surprising findings. And since the students in the experiment were quite generous, its impact can now be seen as far away as Nairobi, Kenya. We spoke with Matej Lorko about the experiment.

What impact do financial advisors have on the terms of mortgage loans, and how does the market respond to tighter rules? These questions were examined by Martin Cesnak and Andrej Cupak (affiliated with the National Bank of Slovakia and NHF), together with co-authors Pirmin Fessler (Austrian National Bank) and Ján Klacso (National Bank of Slovakia), in a study published in the prestigious Journal of Financial Stability.

Martin Kubej (left) and Peter Sojka (rigth) are the first two students from the Faculty of National Economy to complete a double degree with Luxembourg School of Business (LSB). Both are in the second year of their Master’s studies in Finance and Taxation. Martin is currently doing an internship as a depositary trainee and is working on his thesis titled Why Countries Win the Olympics. Peter is completing an internship in a tax department while also working on his thesis focused on the reflection of budgetary theories in Slovakia’s economic policy from 1993 to the present.

Which skills protect you from automation, and which make you more vulnerable? These questions were examined by Tomáš Oleš from the Department of Economic Policy at NHF EUBA in a study published in the Journal for Labour Market Research. In his research, he analyzed nearly 350,000 job postings published on the Slovak job portal Profesia.sk in 2022 and explored how required skills relate to wages and exposure to different types of automation technologies. We spoke with the author about how the research was conducted, what lies ahead in the era of artificial intelligence and robotics in the labor market, and what employees themselves can do to maintain their position.

Does public sector employment attract less honest students? That is one way to frame the central research question of a newly published article produced at the Faculty of National Economy (NHF). The study was authored by researcher Richard Kališ, doctoral student Margaréta Pauchlyová (at the photo), and recent graduate Beáta Beňová. We spoke with the authors about how the idea for the research came about, whether public administration really does attract less honest students, and what can be done to help reduce corruption.

In 2026, the Danube Cup Pitch Competition celebrates its 10th anniversary. What began as a regional initiative has evolved into a well-established international platform connecting universities across the Danube region and beyond. Today, the network brings together 11 partner universities from Austria, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia, offering students a unique opportunity to present validated startup ideas on an international stage.

Francesco Roncone (left) and Kaan Ragip Erdemli (rigth) are new members of the Faculty of Economics and Business, joining us from very different academic and professional backgrounds. Their arrival strengthens the international dimension of our faculty. Francesco teaches Labour Economics, while Kaan lectures Quantitative Methods in Economics at the bachelor’s level and Analysis of Market Structures at the master’s level.

We sat down with both of them to talk about their academic journeys, research motivations, and first impressions of the faculty.

Rada mládeže Slovenska v spolupráci s Katedrou sociálneho rozvoja a práce Vás pozývajú na konferenciu Generácia zmeny, ktorá sa uskutoční dňa 3. marca 2026 v Aule Ekonomickej univerzity v Bratislave v čase od 9.00 h do 12.30 h.

Slovenská komora daňových poradcov (SKDP) vyhlásila víťazov 8. ročníka súťaže TAX ADVISORS AWARD 2025, ktorá oceňuje najlepšie záverečné práce zamerané na oblasť daní a daňovej praxe. Naši študenti opäť potvrdili, že Katedra financií NHF EU v Bratislave pripravuje odborníkov, ktorí vedia svoje poznatky uplatniť aj v praxi.