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Gender Wage Gap in the Czech Republic and Central European Countries

Gender Wage Gap in the Czech Republic and Central European Countries

This paper aims to quantify the basic structure of gender wage gaps in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, using the EU-SILC 2008 dataset. The structure of the gender wage gap is analyzed based on the Heckman selection model and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. The fi ndings are to a great extent similar for the Czech and Slovak Republics. The observed gender wage gap is relatively high in these two countries, compared to Hungary and Poland. A relatively small but positive part of the observed gend…

Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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The Gender Wage Gap and its Determinants

The Gender Wage Gap and its Determinants

The project The Adjustment of the Czech Labour Force: Changing Job Structures, Wage Disparities and Work Orientations aimed to use various data sources to describe changes in the field in the last decade. Studies on various topics are collected to provide a multidimensional picture of the changing Czech labour force and its "state of mind", together with identification of some key problems.…

Topics: Economy, Gender

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

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Bilanz der tschechischen Innenpolitik im Jahre 1993

Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die innenpolitische Situation der Tschechischen Republik nach Teilung der Föderation. Das Jahr 1993 war von der Suche nach nationaler Identität im neuen selbständigen Staat gekennzeichnet. Die Verhandlungen über die gegenseitigen Beziehungen zwischen der Tschechischen Republik und der Slowakei wurden in Form eines Abkommens festgelegt. Die Währung wurde getrennt und eine Zollunion gebildet. Das Parteiensystem zeigt nach den Wählerpräferenzen von 1993 d…

Topics: Identity, Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Department: Values and Politics

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Female Supported Households in Sub-Saharan Africa: A life course perspective

Single motherhood in sub-Saharan Africa has received surprisingly little attention, although it is widespread and has critical implications for children’s well-being. Using survival analysis techniques, we estimate the probability of becoming a single mother over women’s life course and investigate the relationship between single motherhood and child mortality in 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Although a mere 5 % of women in Ethiopia have a premarital birth, one in three women in Liberia will become m…

Topics: Parenting

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Public Opinion to EU Membership in the Czech Republic and the Role of Political Elites

Topics: Elites, European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Values and Politics

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The Pluralistic System of Interests Representation in Czech Society

The Pluralistic System of Interests Representation in Czech Society

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

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The First Parliament of the Czech Republic as Seen by Its Members

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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EU-Enlargement and Labour Relations: New Trends in Poland, Czech and Slowak Republic

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Work

Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Values and Politics

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Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Existuje u nás střední vrstva?

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Trh vytváří bohatství, ale také chudobu

Topics: Economy, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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