Active aging and gender equality policies: The employment and social inclusion of women and men of late working and early retirement age in the Czech Republic

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Authors: Křížková, Alena
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Doing gender and age: The case of informal elderly care in the Czech Republic

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Authors: Dudová Radka
This article seeks to describe and explain some of the factors behind the prevalence of women in informal care for seniors. It presents a qualitative study of women who are caring for a frail elderly parent in the Czech Re-public. Care is seen as a space where gender and other in...
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Partner preference and age: User’s mating behavior in online dating

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Authors: Šetinová Markéta, Topinková Renáta
Objective: We test whether real online-user mating behavior corresponds with expectations from both the sociobiological and social perspectives and explore the age differentials that individuals opt for when searching for a mate and how this evolves relative to the user’s age and...
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Caring for Elderly Parents: New Commitment of the Third Age

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Authors: Radka Dudová
The article explores the practices of elderly care in the Czech Republic from the life-course perspective, using qualitative research methodology: biographical interviews with women providing everyday care to their parents. The case of elderly care presents an opportunity to crit...
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Cash for Care as Special Money: The Meaning and Uses of the Care Allowance in Close Relationships in the Czech Republic

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Authors: Dudová, Radka
Investigating what happens when money in the form of a cash-for-care benefit enters family relationships, this article examines long-term family care in the Czech Republic where a “care allowance” was introduced in 2007. It compares two qualitative studies: one of adult children...
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Genderové souvislosti reforem důchodového systému v ČR

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Authors: Dudová, Radka
The paper discusses changes that have occurred in the Czech pension system since 1996 in terms of their gender impact. The pension system is considered in a broader socio-economic context. I take into account different working careers of men and women and their unequal share in u...
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Prodlužující se pracovní dráhy, digitalizace, propouštění a gender v peněžnictví

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Authors: Alena Křížková
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Prodlužování pracovního života v České republice: Situace zaměstnanců a zaměstnankyň

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Authors: Křížková, Alena, Radka Dudová, Marie Pospíšilová, Marie Heřmanová
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Gendered impact of caregiving on older nonmedical healthcare workers

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Authors: Pospíšilová, Marie, Křížková, Alena
Background: The paper deals with older workers and the issue of combining informal care for family members with paid employment, which is increasingly important in the light of socio-demographic changes in society - namely demographic ageing and the lengthening of working li...
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Muži a ženy pečující o seniory v rodině

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Authors: Dudová, Radka, Marta Vohlídalová
Current data show that most elderly care in the Czech Republic, as well as worldwide, is provided by family members and in most cases women. Men also provide care, but they are less likely to do so, the intensity of the care they do provide is not as great, and the care activitie...
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Why Women Leave Earlier: What Is Behind the Earlier Labour Market Exit of Women in the Czech Republic

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Authors: Dudová, Radka, Pospíšilová, Kristýna
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Příspěvek na péči jako „zvláštní peníze“: chápání a užívání příspěvku na péči v blízkých vztazích

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Authors: Dudová Radka
The paper presents the comparative results of two qualitative researches on long-term informal family care in the Czech Republic: one researching the life strategies of women caring for their elderly parents and the other researching women caring for a child with a disability. Th...
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„Všichni tím volantem nakonec musí točit stejně“: gender, věk a tělesnost v práci řidičů veřejné dopravy

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Authors: Dudová, Radka
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Muži a ženy pečující o seniory v rodině

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Authors: Radka Dudová, Marta Vohlídalová
Current data show that most elderly care in the Czech Republic, as well as worldwide, is provided by family members and in most cases women. Men also provide care, but they are less likely to do so, the intensity of the care they do provide is not as great, and the care activitie...
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Extension of Working Lives in the Czech Republic: Employee Situation

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Authors: Křížková, Alena, Radka Dudová, Marie Pospíšilová, Marie Heřmanová
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