How did the Bologna reform reshape higher education and the job market in Russia? This episode looks at the effects of Europe’s biggest education reform, showing how shortening university degrees influenced students' work and study decisions, with different outcomes for men and women.

This episode is based on the paper "Balancing Study and Work: Heterogeneous Impact of the Bologna Reform on the Labour Market" by Stanislav Avdeev published in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.

The podcast has been created by Stanislav Avdeev using NotebookLM.