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Poziční generátor a měření sociálního kapitálu v egocentrické síti

Šafr, Jiří. 2009. „Position generator and measurement of social capital in an egocentric network.“ Data a výzkum – SDA Info 3 (2): 211-240. The Position Generator (PG) represents one method of measuring egocentric social networks, and key facets of social capital. Respondents are asked if they know a person from a list of jobs that have different social status. The Social Distance Survey (2007) fielded a Czech version of the PG which examined 18 jobs and investigated the strength and duration of tie…

Topics: Social Capital, Sociological Data

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Local and regional studies

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Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Struktura politických postojů pravicově orientovaných voličů v ČR

Topics: Value Orientations, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Social Housing in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia

This article provides a comparative description of the development of the social housing sector in three transitional countries during the 90s. Several features of social housing in the EU countries are mentioned to establish the indicators used as the methodological base for a critical evaluation of the development of social housing in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.…

Topics: Housing, European Union, Social Policy

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Modelování rovnovážné úrovně nájemného a důsledků aplikace vybraných nástrojů bytové politiky

Authors present the results of complex simulation modelling of real equilibrium market rents in the CR and analyse both financial and social consequences of an introduction of better targeting housing policy tools: municipal social housing and housing allowance.…

Topics: Housing, Social Policy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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The Quasi-Normative Approach to Housing Affordability: The Case of the Czech Republic

The article attempts to contribute to the discussion on housing affordability and the use of affordability measures for normative purposes. The approach applied there is based on the estimation of economic quasi-norms on rent levels in rent-controlled (social) housing by looking at public costs at different rent levels. …

Topics: Housing, Economy, Social Policy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Market-Based Housing Finance Efficiency in the Czech Republic

The article aims to analyse housing finance efficiency in the Czech Republic, especially so called intermediation efficiency. The methodology of the research combined quantitative and qualitative surveys among mortgage lenders and housing savings banks in the Czech Republic. …

Topics: Housing

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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The effectiveness of selected housing subsidies in the Czech Republic

The goal of the article is to evaluate the effectiveness of the new housing policy in the Czech Republic as an example of a transitional society after the collapse of communism. The first part provides a brief history of the housing policy dating back to 1918. The second part presents the results of empirical tests of effectiveness (or equity) of selected housing subsidies applied during the transition. The economic subsidy from rent regulation, tax relief and housing allowances are especially assessed. …

Topics: Housing, Transformation, Public Policy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

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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Postoje k životnímu prostředí (ISSP 2000)

Topics: Value Orientations, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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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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Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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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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S Natalií Simonovou o investicích do vzdělání dětí

This online interview in an internet edition of the Respekt journal was run on the theme of an unequal access to education in the Czech Republic, parents´ investments to their children’s education, after-school activities etc.…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Education

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Žen v samosprávě přibývá, i když pozvolna

Sociological research of local government and the electoral results support a conclusion that a number of women in the representative bodies of the municipalities and the regions increases and in a European context it is somewhere in between. The women representation is larger in smaller municipalities and they are elected as a Mayor more frequently than in the larger ones. …

Topics: Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Local and regional studies

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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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Situační zpráva o komunitních studiích

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Local and regional studies

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Češi a životní prostředí (na okraj jednoho výzkumu)

The article deals with the postmodernization theory founded by Ronald Inglehart. The authors tried to testify it on the data coming from an international survey ISSP done in years 1993 and 2000 and focused on attitudes and behaviour to environment. Main question of the article is following: "Are postmaterialists in the Czech Republic (who represent about 10 % of the population) more "friendly" to environment?" The findings show that Czech postmaterialists have higher knowledge of environmental area and they sh…

Topics: Value Orientations, Sociological Data, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Hranice vede Sidonií

Topics: Sociological Data

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Local and regional studies

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Politická kultura - teoretický koncept a výzkum

Politická kultura - teoretický koncept a výzkum

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Local and regional studies

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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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