Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 290
Cover Image
Changing Composition of Human Capital : The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland
Jeong, Byeongju; Kejak, Michal; Vinogradov, Viatcheslav - 2005
We show that the business education/occupations have expanded and that the technical education/occupations have contracted in the Czech Republic and Poland since 1990. We interpret these changes as an adjustment necessary for their transition to a market economy. We do not find the same pattern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066669
Cover Image
The effects of education-job (mis)match on the earnings of graduates in the Czech Republic
Sedláček, Jan; Zelenka, Martin - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 21 (2021) 2, pp. 105-150
This paper deals with the effects of education-job (mis)match on the earnings of higher education graduates in the … to contribute to knowledge about the effects of education-job (mis)match on earnings in two ways. First, it concentrates … usually has significant negative effects on earnings. Horizontal match effects are contradictory. The education-job (mis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012598807
Cover Image
Income self-sufficiency and profitability of professional theatres in the Czech Republic
Bečica, Jiří - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 18 (2018) 3, pp. 285-299
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011918711
Cover Image
The Czech labour market : documenting structural change and remaining challenges
Araújo, Sónia; Maleček, Petr - 2015
The Czech labour market has undergone significant changes as a consequence of economic restructuring. This paper analyses these changes, highlighting both the impact of the recent economic crisis and some of the longer-run determinants of the Czech labour market. The higher share of tertiary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399349
Cover Image
Career breaks after childbirth : the impact of family leave reforms in the Czech Republic
Bičáková, Alena; Kalíčková, Klára - 2016
The Czech Republic is a country with a strong attachment of women to the labor market, but with one of the longest paid family leaves, which is often followed by a spell of unemployment. Using a difference-in-differences methodology, we study the impact of two reforms of the duration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526725
Cover Image
Career Breaks after Childbirth : The Impact of Family Leave Reforms in the Czech Republic
Bicakova, Alena - 2016
The Czech Republic is a country with a strong attachment of women to the labor market, but with one of the longest paid family leaves, which is often followed by a spell of unemployment. Using a difference-in-differences methodology, we study the impact of two reforms of the duration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984840
Cover Image
Career Breaks after Childbirth : The Impact of Family Leave Reforms in the Czech Republic
Bicakova, Alena - 2016
The Czech Republic is a country with a strong attachment of women to the labor market, but with one of the longest paid family leaves, which is often followed by a spell of unemployment. Using a difference–in–differences methodology, we study the impact of two reforms of the duration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983464
Cover Image
Intangible capital and wages : an analysis of wage gaps across occupations and genders in Czech Republic, Finland and Norway
Asplund, Rita; Napari, Sami - 2011
This paper compares the effects of intangible capital on wage formation among white-collar manufacturing workers using comparative data from three European countries: the Czech Republic, Finland and Norway. The analysis is undertaken in two steps. First, we explore the wage differentials and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008938616
Cover Image
Wage polarization in the context of the Czech Republic
Náplava, Radek - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 22 (2022) 2, pp. 97-115
Existing studies have provided evidence of job polarization in many developed countries. The issue of wage polarization is less obvious: many articles do not address it at all, and some even confuse it with job polarization. At the same time, the significance of the phenomenon of polarization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013270460
Cover Image
Enhancing Income Convergence in Central Europe after EU Accession
Lenain, Patrick - 2004
After nearly fifteen years of transition, the countries of Central Europe have entered the European Union on 1 May 2004. For the four countries that are members of the OECD (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovak Republic), accession follows multiyear efforts of economic stabilisation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446298