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

Paper outlines economic connections of labor market discrimination. It is intended on discrimination based upon gender, because this type of discrimination is on the point of our social background. In the introductory part are defined discrimination and delineated the various types of...

Kontrakcia svetovej ekonomiky bude mať výrazne negatívny vplyv na všetky oblasti života spoločnosti. Sú hospodárske krízy predikovateľné? Ex post štúdie nasvedčujú, že skôr nie. Je možné odhadnúť riziko a pravdepodobnosť vzniku krízy, avšak nie čas ich skutočnej...

The paper is concerned with the famous study "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" (1904/1905) by Max Weber. It analyzes both main content and context of this work. It is shown that the main idea of the "Protestant Ethic" is not originally one of Weber, but it was taken over from...

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...

Czech Abstract: Cílem příspěvku je představení vybraného modelu, který vysvětluje mzdové rozdíly mezi muži a ženami. Model (Oaxaca-Blinderův rozklad) bude využit v dalším zkoumání tzv. genderové mzdové mezery (GPG) v České republice. V tomto slova smyslu je předkládaný...

Czech Abstract: Studie zkoumá výši genderové mzdové mezery (GPG) ve vybraném podniku s cílem zjistit, zda jsou ženy v daném podniku mzdově diskriminovány. K identifikaci nevysvětlené části genderové mzdové mezery jsou užity dvě metody: Oaxaca-Blinderův rozklad a metodu...

This article deals with the issues of different theoretical approaches to education. Education is seen as a tool, how to distinct different marginal productivities of employees. We start from the fact of an information asymmetry on the labour markets, asymmetry between employers and potential...