Evolution or Revolution? Disparities in Earnings and Household Income in the Czech Republic 1988-2002

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiri Vecernik
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Household Income ◽  
The Czech Republic

scholarly journals Quantification of factors influencing the difference in household income in the Czech Republic

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 995-1003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolana Kvíčalová ◽  
Jan Široký
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Household Income ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Income Differences ◽  
Transfer Payments ◽  
Income Inequalities ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Election Results ◽  
Preliminary Description

Income inequalities, resulting from different income of economic entities and the level of redistribution (especially the amount and structure of taxes on one hand and transfer payments on the other) and peculiarities of the market economy, have been increasing.Within the context of the economic crisis, the pressure (proved by election results in many countries) to alleviate such differences, or at least to stop their deepening has been strengthening. The analysis of the increased income differentiation gets into attention of the theory of public finance.The paper theoretically deals with the ways of measuring such inequalities and then it focuses on the factors that may be regarded as significant for increasing income differences in particular conditions of the Czech Republic within the years 2006–2011 for the selected types of households. Based on the preliminary description, deduction and induction, the research objective was to determine, using the mathematic and statistical methods, the relevancy and -where appropriate- the level of dependence of the analyzed effects on particular elements of household income.

scholarly journals Assessment of the income situation of households in the Czech Republic

2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (No. 7) ◽  
pp. 322-330
Author(s):  
J. Turčínková ◽  
J. Stávková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Lorenz Curve ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Poverty Threshold ◽  
Average Household Income ◽  
The Lorenz Curve

The paper deals with the assessment of income situation of households in the Czech Republic. The primary source for the analysis were the data of the survey EU-SILC European Union – Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. The basic variable for the analysis is the level of the household income in 2005–2008. In addition to the decile classification, characteristics such as the average income per one household member, poverty threshold, poverty depth coefficient, Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient. were calculated in order to evaluate the income situation. The results show an increase of the average household income. The Lorenz curve followed by the Gini coefficient demonstrate the uniformity of distribution of income values. The results show a decreasing income differentiation. The poverty threshold was defined on the level of 60% of the median value and with this given threshold, the households were assessed, whether they belong to the ones at the risk of poverty. The results reveal a decreasing number of households at the risk of poverty. The poverty depth coefficient has a stronger explanatory power and shows how far below the poverty threshold the households are, or what is an income deficit of these households. Each category of households at the risk of poverty varies with the depth of poverty. The analysis also provides the results of how the households' income situation or poverty is perceived by the households themselves.

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.

scholarly journals Factors for Choosing a Point of Purchase of Meat Products

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 639-646
Author(s):  
Martin Souček ◽  
Jana Turčínková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Demographic Structure ◽  
Contingency Analysis ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Past ◽  
Point Of Purchase ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

This paper is focused on factors influencing consumers when choosing an outlet when shopping for meat products. This issue is very relevant in the Czech Republic as there were a number of problems and affairs in the food industry in the past period. Consumers begin to change their buying habits gradually and focus more on product quality. In the Czech Republic producers specializing in their production of meat products on quality have begun to improve their situation. The research results come from a questionnaire survey conducted in the Czech Republic (n = 1137). The data were processed with Statistica v. 11. Frequency tables, contingency tables and cluster analysis were used for the data analysis. Results show that in the Czech population a strong influence of price as a factor influencing a choice of point of purchase still prevails. Analyses focused on assessment of three hypotheses that were validated through decomposition into sub-hypotheses and application of contingency analysis. Measures of associations were examined in particular in relation to age category of respondents, household income, and level of attained education. In all cases, associations were identified for all three characteristics, the strongest associations were found particularly in the context of respondent’s age. The presented results show that managers of stores selling meat products should pay attention to a demographic structure of their customers and adjust their services and offer to their preferences.

scholarly journals Modelling Household Car Ownership in the Selected Regions of the Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-612
Author(s):  
Martina Čampulová ◽  
Roman Čampula
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Multinomial Logit Model ◽  
Car Ownership ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Household Members ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Company

Car ownership models are essential for forecasting transport demand as well as for addressing the resulting impacts of traffic emissions and appropriate measures. The paper presents the multinomial logit model for the selected regions of the Czech Republic analysing the relationship between household car ownership and household characteristics such as household income, number of household members and number of children. The model was applied to data collected by questionnaire survey conducted in two Czech cities Litoměřice and Písek in the years 2017 and 2019. In total, three car ownership categories were specified: one car, two cars, three and more cars. The results showed that household income and the number of household members owning a driving licence has a positive impact on owning two and more cars. Besides that, it was also found out that the number of cars owned by a household is influenced by the number of retired pensioners and a possibility to use a company car.

scholarly journals Consumer Demand for Wine and Beer in the Czech Republic, and Their Mutual Influences

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 2119-2125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Syrovátka ◽  
Helena Chládková ◽  
Pavel Žufan
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Income Elasticity ◽  
Consumer Demand ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Demand Functions ◽  
Wine Consumption

The paper analyses consumer demand for wine and beer in the Czech Republic in the period of 1991–2013. The objective of this research was to evaluate the elasticity of consumption of wine and beer in reaction to a change of prices and further to a change in the level of a household income. Based on the dynamic models of the gross demand for wine and beer there were determined the coefficients of direct and cross price elasticity, and income elasticity coefficients. In accordance with the identified sizes, respectively, after evaluating their statistical significance, there was carried out the economic analysis of observed demand functions. Analysis of demand functions has shown that the consumptions of wine and beer by the Czech households were not linked on a statistically significant level, in the examined period. Dynamic model of the gross demand for wine showed a statistically insignificant sensitivity of wine consumption to a change of the household income. Wine consumption of Czech households was significantly formed only by its price. Dynamic model of the gross demand for beer has shown that beer consumption by the Czech households responded significantly only to change in household income. Whereas in the case of wine, there was identified an influence of previous consumption on the current one, this was not confirmed in the case of beer.

scholarly journals Development and changes in consumption expenditures of the population

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 167-176
Author(s):  
Zuzana Toufarová ◽  
Klára Ondrášková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Consumption Expenditures ◽  
Primary Data Analysis

The paper deals with development and changes in consumption expenditures of population. It uses secondary data to analyze consumption expenditures of EU-25 and the Czech Republic and concetrates on changes in the expenditure groups over the period of past years. Other part of this paper is devoted to primary data analysis. Primary data were obtained in a questionnaire survey. Primary data analysis is based on statistical methods and it investigates changes in the structure of consumption expenditures of households in relation to changes in household income. By using dependency analysis the paper verifies dependency of surveyed groups of consumption expenditures and groups of households sorted by identification characteristics. Additionally, also based on the primary research, the paper tries to find out the way households allocate money surplus remaining after covering all the adequate expenses.

scholarly journals Changes in the VAT Burden on Expenses of Selected Households in the Czech Republic (2007–2014)

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-202
Author(s):  
Regína Střílková ◽  
Jan Široký
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Household Expenditures ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Household Spending ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Standard Rate ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The Czech Republic is a typical representative EU Member State which has several times changed VAT rates during the analyzed period 2007–2014 in an effort to consolidate the public budget. These changes are reflected in household spending, which were analyzed by means of the consumer basket, the composition of which is also undergoing changes. Another factor that has an impact on household expenditures is the transfer of commodities between the reduced and standard rate of VAT. The final factor used is the differentiation of households according to their income levels. The aim of this paper is to determine how these changes took effect in the Czech Republic in the share of consumption of commodities included in the standard and reduced VAT rates and in exempt transactions according to household income groups in the analyzed period 2007–2014 and to determine the impact of these changes on the tax burden on selected households by value added tax and confirmation of the assumption of VAT regressivity.

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