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Dilemmas of housing-asset-based welfare in the post-socialist context: the case of the Czech Republic.

Dilemmas of housing-asset-based welfare in the post-socialist context: the case of the Czech Republic.

In the Czech Republic, buying housing is regarded as a way of attaining financial security in old age. People are, however, wary about using Housing-Asset-Based Welfare instruments that would allow them to withdraw housing equity. This article explains the contradictions surrounding housing-equity release in the post-socialist context and the barriers and catalyst behind the wider use of two specific instruments – reverse mortgages and reverse schemes. The paper focuses on the generation of Czechs in their f…

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Vlastní bydlení jako finanční bonus k důchodu

Vlastní bydlení jako finanční bonus k důchodu

Kniha se zabývá otázkou, zda samotné vlastnictví bydlení může pomoci vyřešit finanční obtíže ve stáří a představovat doplňkový zdroj příjmu. Autoři a autorky objasňují postoje Čechů k vlastnímu bydlení v souvislosti s finančním zajištěním na stáří, a to na základě statistických dat i speciálně provedených výzkumů.V souvislosti se stárnutím české populace je generace dnešních čtyřicátníků stále silněji nabádána k tomu, aby se sama dostatečně zaji…

Topics: Housing, Economy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Standardy bydlení 2014/2015. Sociální normy a rozhodování na trhu bydlení

Standardy bydlení 2014/2015. Sociální normy a rozhodování na trhu bydlení

Standardní analýzy trhu bydlení vycházejí z neoliberálního ekonomického paradigmatu, podle kterého tržní aktéři jednají individuálně a zároveň ekonomicky racionálně. V předkládané monografii autoři a autorky nabízejí alternativní pohled. Na základě dlouhodobého multimetodického výzkumu preferencí a jednání upírají svůj zájem na sociální normy spojené s bydlením a analyzují jejich vliv na chování aktérů na trhu bydlení. Mapují obecné postoje týkající se n…

Topics: Housing, Economy, Research Methodology

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Příčiny regionálních nerovností ve finanční dostupnosti bydlení v ČR

Příčiny regionálních nerovností ve finanční dostupnosti bydlení v ČR

The aim of the article is to map the trend of one of dimensions of social inequalities in the consumption of housing - the trend of regional inequalities in housing affordability in the Czech Republic in the period 2000 - 2006. Due to the lack of relevant data file(s) on household incomes and housing expenditures, the authors developed a new method of the housing affordability indicators calculation. The method makes it possible to describe the trend of regional inequalities in housing affordability of owner-o…

Topics: Housing

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Ztráta bydlení a možnost reintegrace

The paper focuses on homelessness in the Czech Republic. The aim of the paper is to describe the causes of housing exclusion as well as the factors of successful social reintegration and re-housing.…

Topics: Housing, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Měl by stát intervenovat či nikoliv?

Topics: Housing, Public Policy

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Faktory úspěšné reintegrace bezdomovců a nástroje bytové politiky pro řešení bezdomovství v ČR

The aim of this article is to identify the main factors that lead to the successful reintegration of the homeless into long-term housing in the postsocialist Czech Republic, identify the barriers to successful reintegration, and, in the light of these factors and barriers, assess the effectiveness of existing and potentially new state housing policies. The authors also assess innovative changes that could be made to this assistance in the form of ‘guaranteed housing’.…

Topics: Housing, Public Policy, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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The role of a credit trap on paths to homelessness in the Czech Republic

The paper aims to show the most common paths to homelessness in the Czech Republic. The theoretical approach applied in this paper attempts to move beyond the structure–agency debate by focusing on the characteristics that most homeless people share on their paths to homelessness. The paper reveals that the pervasiveness of consumer credit has often been a critical juncture on the pathway to homelessness, despite the assistance available from a strong welfare state.…

Topics: Housing, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Property Restitution and Private Rental Housing in Transition: The Case of the Czech Republic

The objective of the paper is to explain one phenomenon evident in the transformation of post-socialist states: the restitution of the housing stock. In the paper, the theory of social constructivism, including Kemeny's advanced application of this theory to the field of housing studies, is used to (a) explain the causes for a particular type of property restitution in the Czech Republic and (b) outline its consequences on the role and long-term social meaning of private rental housing.…

Topics: Housing, Transformation

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Regionální disparity ve finanční dostupnosti nájemního bydlení

The paper addresses an analysis of regional disparities in rental housing affordability in the Czech Republic. In the paper, the issue of measuring housing affordability and the lack of relevant data set(s) are discussed. Additionally, the paper shows selected results of analysis of regional disparities in rental housing affordability in the period 2000 – 2006. The aim of the paper is to discover whether the disparities have been growing or shrinking among regions and among different types of households.…

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Regions, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Regional Differences in Rental Housing (Un)affordability following the Rent Deregulation in the Czech Republic

The paper focuses on the development of regional inequalities in rental housing (un)affordability in Czech Republic. The aim of the paper is to identify "model" types of household which are potentially at risk of being unable to afford "adequate" housing in case of no regulation. The development of regional differences in housing "unaffordability" in the period 2000-2007 is analysed.…

Topics: Housing, Regions, Social Inequalities, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Finanční (ne)dostupnost vlastnického bydlení v ČR

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Regionální disparity ve finanční dostupnosti nájemního bydlení v letech 2000 - 2006

The paper focuses on the development of rental housing affordability in regions of the Czech republic in the period 2000-2006. The aim of the paper is to discover whether the disparities have been growing or shrinking among regions and among different types of households.…

Topics: Housing, Regions

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Socio-Economic Research on Housing in the Czech Republic

The article presents a review of the research activities of the Socio-Economics of Housing research team at the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic. Its main research activities relate to both the social and the economic aspects of housing and thus include such diverse topics as housing attitudes, housing policy, housing finance and housing market efficiency. …

Topics: Housing, Public Policy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Analýza opatření bytové politiky směřujících k podpoře flexibility práce v ČR. 1. díl – teoretický úvod

Analýza opatření bytové politiky směřujících k podpoře flexibility práce v ČR. 1. díl – teoretický úvod

The study presents results of selected theoretical and empirical studies of international housing research focused on relationships between labour market (labour oriented migration) and housing market. Additionally the study aims to analyse the total household migration flows and the labour oriented migration flows within the Czech Republic. The migration rates are than compared among selected developed and transition countries.…

Topics: Housing, Migration and Mobility, Work, Transformation

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Analýza opatření bytové politiky směřujících k podpoře flexibility práce v ČR. 2. díl – výsledky empirických šetření

Analýza opatření bytové politiky směřujících k podpoře flexibility práce v ČR. 2. díl – výsledky empirických šetření

The aim of the study is the analysis of the relationship between tenure and expected labour mobility of the Czech households the assessment of the influence of tenure on expected mobility in comparison to influence of other factors, especially culture and psychological factors. Recommendations of housing policy measures that could lead to increase of labour mobility are part of the study.…

Topics: Housing, Migration and Mobility, Work

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Regionální rozdíly ve finanční dostupnosti bydlení jako bariéra pro migraci za prací – analýza a možné nástroje státu

Regionální rozdíly ve finanční dostupnosti bydlení jako bariéra pro migraci za prací – analýza a možné nástroje státu

The study includes comparison of migration levels among selected EU-27 countries, analysis of regional differences in the level of internal migration in the CR, overview of selected theories explaining the relationship between housing conditions and labour migration, results of empirical analysis of the relationships between regional differences in housing affordability and level of internal migration in the CR, and proposal of tools supporting labour migration in the CR.…

Topics: Housing, European Union, Migration and Mobility, Work, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Příčiny regionálních nerovností ve finanční dostupnosti bydlení v ČR

The aim of the article is to map the trend of one of dimensions of social inequalities in the consumption of housing - the trend of regional inequalities in housing affordability in the Czech Republic in the period 2000 - 2006. The paper focuses on the statistical analysis of associations between the trends in regional inequalities in financial affordability of housing and trends in economic performance of regions in the Czech Republic.…

Topics: Housing, Regions, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Mezi-krajské a vnitro-krajské rozdíly v dostupnosti tržního nájemního bydlení

The paper focuses on the analysis of regional differences in the affordability of rent housing in the Czech Republic. The analysis is based on a new measurement methodology, reckoning with the inapplicability of the survey sampling for regional segmentation. The aim was to tell whether the disparities in rental housing affordability among regions, and among various household types, had been decreasing or increasing between 2000 and 2007.…

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Regions

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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