The mutual agreement about priorities in the social area among representatives of customers (towns, municipal corporations), providers (organisations providing social services) and users (handicapped people) is an essential output of the process of social service community planning. This...

V polovinì prosince 2001 se pod tímto názvem uskuteènil již tøiatøicátý semináø Èeské spoleènosti ekonomické v øadì semináøù ?Ekonomické teorie a èeská ekonomika?. V úvodním vystoupení Štìpán Jurajda (CERGE-EI) vymezil základní pojmy, sumarizoval pøíèiny...

This paper deals with the situation on the European labour market and especially on the Czech labour market. It shows the impact of long-term unemployment - a crucial problem in contemporary European countries - on the economy and on the society and its integrity. Great attention is paid to the...

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...