I am an applied microeconomist, mainly interested in the intersection of social safety net programs with labor markets and their implications for inequalities. A key strand of my research investigates the design of retirement policies and their influence on firm responses, worker employment decisions, workplace interactions, and broader market outcomes. I also work on the effects of job loss on workers, intergenerational mobility, and gender. 

I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the CERGE-EI and a part-time research associate at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). During my PhD years, I made research visits to the University of Chicago (invited by D.  Black) and the IAB (M.Moritz). I also did a PhD internship at the Dutch National Bank.

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E-mail: sona.badalyan@cerge-ei.cz ; sona.badalyan2@iab.de