scholarly journals Perceptions of Income Inequality and Preferences Regarding Income Distribution in the Czech Republic

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 550-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Petrúšek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
The Czech Republic

scholarly journals Income inequality and poverty - protecting implementations in the czech republic

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Vavrejnová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
The State ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Social ◽  
Transformation Period

Deep changes in the population's income structure and in income distribution during the transformation period reflect the main changes in the social structure of society. From the totalitarian model of one owner - the state - and its employees there has been a transition to the society of private owners and their employees, and of self-employed members of society.

Divergent Paths of Inequality in Poland and the Czech Republic

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekrem Karakoç
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Two Factors

Employing most similar design and process-tracing methodology, this chapter focuses on Poland and the Czech Republic in the postcommunist region. It discusses the divergent paths these two countries have taken since their transitions. After discussing the similarities and dissimilarities of these two cases, it turns to the welfare policies shared by both countries with some differences under their former communist rule. It also traces voter turnout and linkage between political party and citizens, and explores how these two factors have affected social policies in each country. The last section offers a comparison of Polish and Czech social policies regarding the level and nature of their targeted spending and its effect on income inequality.

scholarly journals The relation and development of expenditure inequality and income inequality of Czech households

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (192) ◽  
pp. 55-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdeňka Malá ◽  
Gabriela Cervená
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Mutual Relationship ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Main Determinant ◽  
Methodological Tool ◽  
Relationship Of

The paper focuses on an analysis of income inequality and expenditure inequality of households in the Czech Republic for the period 2001 - 2009, based on data from the Statistics of Family Accounts. The basic methodological tool is the Gini coefficient and its decomposition according to individual categories of consumer expenditure. The conducted research reaches the conclusion that income inequality is higher than inequality in consumer expenditure, and income inequality for the analyzed period is growing at a higher rate than expenditure inequality. Tax-transfer tools effectively eliminate income inequality, but nevertheless inequality of disposable income exceeds the inequality of net monetary expenditure. As regards the mutual relationship of income inequality and expenditure inequality, expenditure inequality within a period of economic growth and boom copied the course of income inequality, while within a period of economic decline and recession both inequalities showed a completely different development. The main determinant affecting income inequality may be considered to be non-consumer expenditure, particularly expenditure for the acquisition of real estate.

scholarly journals Per Capita Income Inequality in Czech Households Before, During and After the Economic and Financial Crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 885-899
Author(s):  
Markéta Hnízdilová ◽  
Václav Adamec
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Capita Income ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Per Capita Income ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Economic And Financial Crisis

The study tackles the issue of distribution inequality in equalized per capita income in households defined by multiple grouping criteria in the Czech Republic before, during and after the economic and financial crisis. The factors were economic status of the household head, number of children, education and the NUTS 3 administrative regions. Interval grouped per capita income data assembled within the EU-SILC framework via quota sampling were received from czso.cz for 2008, 2012 and 2016. Indicators of income level, variation, quantiles, medial and Gini index were calculated for the respective household groups. Income concentration in the Czech Republic is considerably low among OECD states and still decreasing due to government social and economic policy and favourable phase of the economic cycle. The largest income inequality was detected in the self-employed, jobless and qualified employees, households with 3 or more children, single-parent families with dependants, households with one or both tertiary educated parents or households residing in Prague or Středočeský region. The threat of poverty is imminent in the jobless, economically inactive pensioners, unqualified labourers and households with 3 or more children. Geographically, the poverty affects households mostly in Moravskoslezský or Ústecký regions. Government measures evidently helped reduce income inequality, poverty and social exclusion in Ústecký region in 2008. The least affected regions by poverty were Prague and Středočeský region. Significant differences in income level or concentration of income distributions by regional and other household grouping criteria were revealed.

scholarly journals Income differentiation of agricultural households in regions of Czech Republic

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-292
Author(s):  
Zuzana Procházková ◽  
Aleš Peprný ◽  
Radmila Presová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Average Income ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Households ◽  
Household Members

The Czech Republic has recently experienced phases of economic growth and periods of economic crisis. This fact affects the standard of living and household behaviour and affects the formation of life-style. This paper deals with the income situation of households. The main source of data is EU SILC survey from the years 2005 to 2008. The result of the enquiry and processing of primary data is information about the average income per household member, the poverty level and the number of households at risk of poverty. For the formulation of income differentiation is used Gini coefficient. Attention is paid to factors that affect income inequality (the number of household members, social group, and age). The analysis and subsequent problem solving of income inequality may be contributed with further analysis of empirical data of this type. Household income is one of the decisive factors determining the style of family life, their priorities, meeting their needs, and ensure-time activities. Differences between regions determine preferences and identify opportunities.

Income Dynamics and Stability in the Transition Process

2002 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-442
Author(s):  
Jens Hölscher ◽  
Ray Bachan
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Transition Countries ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Lorenz Curves ◽  
Partial Analysis

Income distribution is a widely neglected subject in applied macroeconomics. This paper looks at the current state of art, which can be summarised as the “Transatlantic Consensus”explaining inequality through a partial analysis approach with changes on the labour market at its core. The potential interrelationship between inequality and growth is particularly important for transition countries, because according to common knowledge in this case the change of regime went along with rising inequality and declining income in the initial phase. The Czech case - the Czech Republic being the most egalitarian country among the former socialist economies - is even more interesting, because here income distribution remained relatively stable before and throughout the transition period. This result is illustrated by Lorenz curves. The analysis of so-far unpublished empirical data indicates that there is no need for active distribution policy in the Czech Republic. This result might not hold for other transition countries, which find themselves at the initial part of the Kuznets curve, but on a lower level of income.

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