This paper deals with the situation on the Czech labour market in the period 1990-2006. It shows the status and development of the supply and demand sides of this market. Great attention is paid to the long-term trends in employment, self-employment, unemployment, and long-term unemployment. The...

The paper examines implications of both real and nominal convergence for a fully-funded pension system. The process of convergence implies that higher contribution rates are necessary in the converging economy for replacement ratios to be the same as in a steady-state economy. This effect in the...

Non-contributory periods is one of the key issues in the public discussion on the planned reform of the pension system in the Czech Republic. This article focuses on a detailed analysis of non-contributory periods in the Czech pension system and their impact on pension system balance and micro...

The paper deals with a wide-spread myth that a switch from a PAYG to a funded pension system might solve adverse consequences of the population aging. It is shown, that under additional assumptions the pension debt (which is created during the process of the switch) is exactly equal to the value...

The Czech Republic is going to face ageing of its population. It will affect the economy in many ways. The pension system is one of them. This paper provides a view on possibilities how to insure long-term stability of the pension system in the Czech Republic using a mix of pay-as-you-go and...

This essay focuses on the pension system and highlights some of its key elements. The first part deals with the economic principles connected with the social security system. Eatwell's model is utilized to give some basic intuition of terms and concepts used in the pension reform discussion. The...

In this paper the author deals with the description of the National Program of forced industrial and innovative development of the Republic of Kazakhstan for years 2010-2014 and possibilities of cooperation of Kazakhstan and Slovakia within the realization of the program. In the first part, the...

V úzce propojených ekonomikách Evropské unie a pøidružených zemí musí každá zemì odpovídat na situaci a zmìny v daòové politice svých sousedù. Matematický model monopolního investora a dvou asymetrických zemí v prostøedí transakèních nákladù popsaný v tomto èlánku...

The closely interconnected economies of the European Union and associated countries have to be responsive to changes in each other’s tax policy. A mathematical model based on Haufler & Wooton (1999) assumes a monopolistic firm that considers a fixed capital investment in one of two asymmetric...

The article deals with the phenomenon of globalization and in particular its influence on production chains of multinational firms. The on-going process of globalization has set off new trends and possibilities of production (e.g. outsourcing) which resulted in changes of firms´ behaviour. This...