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The emergence of the labor market and earnings distribution. The case of the Czech republic

The emergence of the labor market and earnings distribution. The case of the Czech republic

This book examines the income distributional experience of fifteen developed economies over the past two decades. It considers the effects on the inequality of household income of the development of individual earnings, unemployment, inflation, public sector transfers and taxes, and demographic changes. Chapters are devoted to the experiences of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, West and former East Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Holland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and …

Topics: Economy, Wages and Incomes, Work, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Parliamentary Bodies: Committees

The topic of this book is analyse of activity of the Czech Parliament in first and second electoral period of the House of Deputies (1993-1996 and 1996-1998) and first electoral period of the Senate (1996-1998). The publication is distributed into parts, four chapters and one attachment.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Občan a tržní ekonomika. Příjmy, nerovnost a politické postoje v české společnosti

Občan a tržní ekonomika. Příjmy, nerovnost a politické postoje v české společnosti

Topics: Economy, Wages and Incomes, Politics and Political Attitudes, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Female Parliamentarians in the Czech Republic

Topics: Gender, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Motivační mechanismy lidských zdrojů

Motivační mechanismy lidských zdrojů

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Work, Education

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Lidské zdroje v České republice

Lidské zdroje v České republice

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Work, Education

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Vzestup, pád a oživení českého středního stavu

Vzestup, pád a oživení českého středního stavu

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Topics: Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Bertelsmann Transformation Index Czech Republic 2006

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Sociological Data, Transformation

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Mzdová a příjmová diferenciace v České republice v transformačním období

Mzdová a příjmová diferenciace v České republice v transformačním období

Wage and income surveys covering the period 1989-1999 are used to display inequality of earnings and main factors of disparities. Increasing differences in the Czech Republic and the decreasing weight of demographic characteristics in wage structure are observed. Introduction of a market economy has led to earnings disparities more similar to those in the West. The "communist" demographic determination of earnings is being replaced to a great extent by "capitalist" market characteristics and ownership disparit…

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Social Inequalities, Transformation

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Občanská společnost

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Ženy v politickém a veřejném životě

Topics: Gender, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Communist and transitory income distribution and social structure in the Czech Republic

Communist and transitory income distribution and social structure in the Czech Republic

Large statistical and sociological evidence is gathered to display changes in social structure of Czech society before and after 1989, with a special focus on economic inequalities.…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Transformation, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Values and Politics

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Structural comparison of inequality and social structures: Czech Republic

Structural comparison of inequality and social structures: Czech Republic

Statistical and sociological evidence is gathered to display changes in social structure of Czech society before and after 1989, with a special focus on economic inequalities.Economic and social reforms are described and ensuing new problems. Social stratification and various mobility flows are observed. Social cohesion is indicated by perceived levels of conflicts. Finally, limited expansion of the middle class is stressed as the main failure of the development after 1989.…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Transformation, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Regionálna identita obyvateľova Liptova

Topics: Value Orientations, Identity, Regions

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Lucie Vidovićová: Stárnutí, věk a diskriminace – nové souvislosti

The article introduces book „Ageing, age and discrimination – new implications“ which was written on the bases of quantitative research of Czech society managed by Lucie Vidovićová from the Masaryk University Brno. The book was published in 2008. It is the first monograph that compactly presents the theme of age and ageism in Czech Republic.…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Age and Aging

Publication Type: Published review

Department: Values and Politics

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Do young people measure happiness by the number of kilometres logged?

This article examines travel as a form of consumption behaviour. It begins by presenting some of the ideas outlined in Gilles Lipovetsky’s Le bonheur paradoxal. Then, using tourism statistics and statements of young people recorded in a qualitative study, it looks at how much Lipovetsky’s ideas can be inspirational for interpreting the attitudes of young Czechs towards travel.…

Topics: Value Orientations, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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Ageismus

The article deals with three basic questions: what is and what is not the ageism, how serious is ageism in Czech Republic based on the research European Social Survey Round 4 and what are the ways of reducing ageism.…

Topics: Trust/Social Cohesion, Intergenerational Relations, Social Inequalities, Age and Aging

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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Data z mezinárodního sociologického projektu SHARE

The article informs about possibilities of using the data from international survey SHARE.…

Topics: Research Methodology, Sociological Data

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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Ekonomická odpovědnost – postoje k placení daní

Based on the Czech quantitative data from European Social Survey Round 2 the author presents a typology of people based on their a) opinion of not paying taxes and b) their own experiences with not paying taxes. The article illustrates that attitudes always do not reflect the real behavior. The text also highlights how one’s position in the paying taxes typology correlates with his other characteristics and attitudes.…

Topics: Value Orientations

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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