The paper is concerned with the microeconomic foundations of fertility, analyzing three approaches: the Chicago approach, the Pennsylvanian approach and Julian Simon´s approach. The paper highlights the Chicago tradition that perceives children as either consumer goods or capital goods. The...

The paper is concerned with macroeconomic aspects of fertility. Second section starts by outlining the role of population in the history of economic thought, and continues by examining the theory of demographic transition. The fourth section explores the relation between population and economic...

The current record wave of immigration is a problem and does not conform to the interests of most people in Europe. Immigration is ineffective as a global development policy. The article argues in favor of an immigration that is balanced and that is in the interests of citizens in Europe rather...

The dramatically growing disproportion between the value of corporate assets and market valuation has resulted in a well-researched schism between strategic management and financial theory. Options theory provides a potent tool to resolve this issue. We propose a model which is consistent with...

This article deals with data evaluation of a part of survey in the Czech firms (N = 252). The main aims were flexibility of employment and forms of flexibility, employment of foreigners and ability of Czech employee's to compete at the European employment market. The next aim was organizational...

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 paper analyzes the tax penalty on volatile personal income under progressive tax rates. The phenomenon may have an effect on long-term entrepreneurial decisions as well as risky occupational choice. An options-based model is used to estimate the expected effective rate due from tax-payers...