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How to Cope with Labour Market Policy Tools in Economic Downturn: Finnish Evidence

Räisänen, Heikki - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2003

This paper discusses the Finnish experiences of Active Labour Market Policy (ALMP) across the economic cycle, especially in economic downturn. Cuts in unemployment spell duration have been the main factors to contribute in decreasing the unemployment in the recent years. Subsidised employment...

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Women Labor Market: Gender Pay Gap and Its Determinants / Trh práce žen: Gender pay gap a jeho determinanty [available in Czech only]

Mysíková, Martina - Institut ekonomických studií, Univerzita Karlova v Praze - 2007

female wage-equations but also to uncover the gender pay gap structure. The decision of many women not to participate in the …This study is concerned with decomposing the gender pay gap in the Czech Republic. It aims not only to compare male and … labor market can be influenced by potentially low wages. Their entry into the labor market could increase the gender pay gap …

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Analysis of the Indicator NAIRU on the Sector Level

Kadeřábková, Božena; Jašová, Emilie - In: Politická ekonomie 2011 (2011) 4, pp. 508-525

The economic development points out the importance of the development study of sectors and branches of economics, because they can deepen or moderate volatility of the economic cycle. The article aims at mapping the rate of unemployment in the primary, secondary and tertiary sector in the Czech...

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Growth, Stability and Convergence of the Czech Economy in the Years 2001-2008

Spěváček, Vojtěch; Vintrová, Růžena - In: Politická ekonomie 2010 (2010) 1, pp. 20-50

Economic growth of the Czech Republic strongly accelerated in the years 2005-2007. Substantial decline of economic activity took place at the end of 2008 and in the year 2009. On the supply side the main contributing factors were labour and total factor productivity. On the demand side the...

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Minimum Wage and Labour Market

Lajtkepová, Eva - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2010 (2010) 1, pp. 3-20

The minimum wage has been a controversial issue since 1912, when Massachusetts (USA) passed the first state minimum wage act. The Czech Republic has had a statutory national minimum wage since 1990 (Act no. 65/1965 Coll., or the Labour Code; the specific minimum wage levels and the conditions for...

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Macroeconomic development of the Czech republic in the years 1996-2004

Spěváček, Vojtěch; Vintrová, Růžena; Hájek, Mojmír - In: Politická ekonomie 2006 (2006) 2, pp. 147-169

Economic growth of the Czech Republic differed strongly in two periods: 1996-1999 and 2000-2004. While in the first period the economy was hit by the recession and the average annual rate of growth of GDP reached only 0,9 %, in the second period the growth accelerated to 3,2 %. The economic...

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The czech economy after its entry into European Union

Spěváček, Vojtěch; Vintrová, Růžena; … - In: Politická ekonomie 2008 (2008) 3, pp. 291-317

Economic growth of the Czech Republic differed strongly in two periods: 2001-2003 and 2004-2006. While in the first period the average annual rate of growth of GDP reached only 2,7 %, in the second period the growth accelerated to 5,7 %. The economic growth measured by the indicators of real...

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Determinantes económicos de la decisión de emigrar

Arocha González, Manuel - In: Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar (2007) 4, pp. 71-78

The purchasing power's difference between currencies appears to trigger a person to make the decision of emigrating, but it does not look to be the only one. European Union enlargement, immigration policies, as well as different personal and/or psychological reasons, have modified migrations...

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The Impact of International Trade on Economic Growth: TANZANIA

Sýkorová, Soňa - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008 (2008) 5, pp. 74-83

The article focuses on one of the least developed countries: Tanzania. It shortly describes the country, its political … millennium. Special attention is given to the international trade, its commodity and territorial structure, Tanzania's trade …

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