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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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Interrelations between housing supply agents: the metropolitan housing market in Prague

The paper presents the main findings from a detailed analysis of the interrelations between selected agents in the supply side of the housing market in Prague. It discusses the sources of potential market inefficiencies emerging from the nature of interrelations between developers, construction firms, and the producers of building materials in transition economy. The results highlight the barriers which prevent housing supply to react effectively to changes in housing demand.…

Topics: Housing

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Udržitelnost vývoje cen bytů v České republice

The article discusses the housing market theory and the methods and indicators used for the evaluation of long-term sustainability of house price trends. The change in house price trends in 2007 in many countries could be interpreted as the result of the previous house price growth, often labelled as a price bubble. The authors assess the sustainability of house price development in the Czech Republic. The results show that house prices in the CR could be above their “equilibrium” levels at the end of 2007…

Topics: Housing, Economy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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The future of housing systems after the transition: The case of the Czech Republic

The article attempts to answer the question about the future of housing system in the Czech Republic. Using the results from several attitude surveys and unique experiment, the authors tried to find out whether there is any chance of deviating from the path leading towards a housing system unilaterally based on homeownership tenure. The empirical results, however, show that people’s tenure preferences remain strongly skewed in favour of owner-occupation.…

Topics: Housing

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Konzervativní myšlení v postmoderní době

The origin of political attitudes and political behaviour of an individual ofthe post-modern age is analysed in this article. The importance of the traditional dichotomybetween liberal and conservative politics is stressed. The traditional dichotomyhas however taken a new form recently, which is partly described. Primaryattention is paid to conservatism. According to author there is significant support forconservatism in contemporary political behaviour. To illustrate this view the philosophicaltheory of Levy …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Sociální nájemní bydlení v ČR ve světle komparativního srovnání

The article analyses the situation of the Czech housing market paying attentionto the sector of municipal rental housing. The emphasis is placed on the criticalevaluation of the current state. The comparative descrition of differentsocial housing systems in the European Union countries forms the secondpart of the article.…

Topics: Housing, European Union, Social Policy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Changes in consumption of households during 1990-1997

The article provides social statistics concerning the main changes in theconsumption behaviour of Czech households between 1990 and 1997. The descriptionis based on a comparison with the situation and trends in the European Unioncountries. The article analyses changes in the influence of different socialindicators of households on the household budget structure.…

Topics: Housing, European Union, Wages and Incomes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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O spokojenosti českých občanů s užívaným bydlením

The aim of the article was to describe, using multi-dimensional statistical methods and structure modelling, the process that produces housing satisfaction in the Czech Republic and to trace the main factors behind its variability. The article draws on data from the Housing Attitude 2001 survey.…

Topics: Housing

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Vývoj finanční dostupnosti nájemního a vlastnického bydlení v průběhu hospodářské transformace v České republice (1991–2003)

The aim of the article is an analysis of changes affecting the financial affordability of rental and owner-occupies housing over the course of the economic transformation in the Czech Republic. To evaluate housing affordability the authors used housing expenditure-to-income ratios. The authors particularly note the huge differences in affordability ratios between households living in the so-called ´privileged´ and households living in the ´unprivileged´ housing market sectors.…

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Transformation

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Vliv podmínek bydlení na zamýšlenou migraci české populace za prací

The article focuses on the results of analyses of sociological research on how housing conditions affect the intended labour migration in the Czech Republic. The aim of the article is mainly to show the effect of a housing tenure on the internal labour migration in the Czech environment.…

Topics: Housing, Migration and Mobility, Work

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Potenciální finanční nedostupnost nájemního bydlení po deregulaci nájemného – regionální perspektiva

The article deals with an analysis of regional differences in rental housing affordability following rent deregulation in the Czech Republic. The objective is to identify the types of households potentially at risk of being unable to afford housing, to map the development of potential housing (un)affordability since 2000, and to trace the development of regional differences in the percentage of at-risk households in the Czech Republic.…

Topics: Housing, Regions, Social Inequalities, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Vybrané faktory stojící za vysokými cenami bytů v Praze

The aim of the article is the analysis of underlying factors behind low financial affordability of owner-occupied housing in Prague, respectively behind high house prices in Prague. The authors paid attention to the following factors: regional differences in economic performance and high preference for owner-occupied housing.…

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Regions

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Segmentace českých domácností a orientační prognóza počtu domácností ve vybraných právních formách bydlení a typech zástavby do roku 2020

First, the article sets out to determine whether significant differentiation of housing consumption occurred and social stratification became linked to stratification by housing consumption. Second, in relation to these findings on stratification, Czech households were segmented into 12 segments. The article then makes some general prognoses for each household segment regarding the number of households in selected tenures development for 2020.…

Topics: Housing, Social Inequalities, Transformation

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Private rental housing in the Czech Republic: Growth and…?

The goal of this article is to describe the development of private rental housing after 1990 in the Czech Republic and to demonstrate the significance of state regulations on people’s expectations, social norms, and thus the form of housing systems emerging in transition countries. Like in those countries where a more dramatic form of private rental housing liberalisation occurred, in the CR the significance of rental housing quickly shifted to become a temporary and residual form of housing.…

Topics: Housing, Transformation

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Present State of Housing Finance in Countries in Transition

Present State of Housing Finance in Countries in Transition

The chapter describes the main elements of demand and supply of market-based housing finance in transitional countries during 1990 – 2001. The main obstacles to further development of the systems are specified. …

Topics: Housing, Economy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Výdaje na bydlení, sociální bydlení a napětí na trhu s bydlením (mezinárodní komparace a polistopadový vývoj v ČR)

The publication analyses the current situation on housing market in the Czech Republic including the discription of changes in housing expenditures of Czechhouseholds during the transition and main social tensions between households living in regulated rental sector and households living in market rental sector. In the second part the description of housing policies, social housing systems and models of housing allowances in the European Union countries is provided.…

Topics: Housing, European Union, Social Policy, Transformation, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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The Housing Policy Changes and Housing Expenditures in the Czech Republic

The paper provides brief list of changes in rental and ownership housingsector during the transition in the Czech Republic. The complete analysisof housing expenditures of all Czech households as well as analysis of housingexpenditures of different social categories of households is provided.…

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Family, Transformation, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Změny ve spotřebních vzorcích českých domácností 1990-1999

Změny ve spotřebních vzorcích českých domácností 1990-1999

The author describes the development in household consumption in the Czech Republic during the transition. The Family Budget Survey data were used for the analyses. The author applies the anova and the linear regression models to find out the main social factors influencing the changes in consumption patterns. In the final part the main consumption indicators of sustainable development are mentioned.…

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Family, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Finanční dostupnost bydlení v ČR a zemích EU

The study describes the development in financial affordability of housing in the Czech Republic and EU countries. The affordability is analysed for all tenures: rental housing, co-operative housing and home-ownership. Using econometric models it evaluates the consequences of potential rental housing reform on both the housing market and financial affordability of all groups of households.…

Topics: Housing, European Union, Wages and Incomes, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Spokojenost českých občanů s bydlením

The paper analyses the main factors underlying housing satisfaction in the Czech Republic. The data from the Housing Attitudes 2001 survey are used and the author apply linear, ordinal and logistic regression models.…

Topics: Housing, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Housing Policy: an End or a New Beginning

Housing Policy: an End or a New Beginning

Housing is not a simple category that can be viewed from a single perspective. On one hand, housing is one of the basic human needs and the right to adequate housing has been classified as a basic human right. On the other hand, housing constitutes a special type of private property, traded on the market. Studies from six countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Romania, Poland and Slovakia) that make up this volume describe the different patterns of privatisation during the past decade and give an assess…

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Regions, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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'Social' Rental Housing in the Czech Republic Now and Tomorrow

The chapter describes the development of former state rental housing and analyses the possibilities of introduction of social housing system in the Czech Republic. The current social consequences of rent regulation are carefully assessed and potential steps for its reform are outlined.…

Topics: Housing, Social Policy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Housing the Poor in the Czech Republic: Prague, Brno and Ostrava

Housing the Poor in the Czech Republic: Prague, Brno and Ostrava

The chapter identifies the main groups of households endangered by the decrease in financial affordability of housing in the Czech Republic during the transitional period. The current state-of-art of both national and local housing policies aiming to help those target groups are described and analyzed. The description is followed by the recommendation of the reform in the field of rental housing proved by the presented results of extensive policy simulations. …

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Transformation, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Standardy bydlení 2002/03: Finanční dostupnost a postoje občanů

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Standardy bydlení 2003/2004: Bytová politika v ČR - efektivněji a cíleněji

Standardy bydlení 2003/2004: Bytová politika v ČR - efektivněji a cíleněji

The authors aim to propose more effective design of housing subsidies in the Czech Republic. In the first part of the publication was made an attempt to assess housing shortage in the Czech Republic, next follows the comparison of first- and second generation rent control, social housing and housing allowance. The authors tried to propose the best design of second generation rent control, social housing and housing allowance for the CR. Moreover, the equilibrium rent and annual limits for rent deregulation wer…

Topics: Housing, Social Policy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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