The paper provides a summary of evidence on the development of poverty in the Czech Republic since 1989. First, the new sources of poverty after 1989 and the new measures introduced to prevent or combat it are described. Second, the relative ease with which it is possible to leave the labour...

This article presents evidence on the development and patterns of self-employment in four Central-Eastern European (CEE) countries, with a special focus on the Czech Republic and in comparison with Austria and Germany. After a brief historical overview, it provides new comparative evidence on...

In this volume we investigate the macroeconomic aspects of labour market behaviour and its microfoundations. In the first part we deal with aggregate labour market trends and issues relevant to macroeconomic policy. The second part analyses in more detail labour flexibility, namely labour market...