This thesis employs an international comparative perspective to empirically analyse the Czech energy transition between 1830 and 2010. It addresses the utilization of energy in shaping modern economic growth through structural and technological change and the implications of those changes on...

The present dissertation aims to describe three essays related to labor market institutions, growth and gender inequality. Essay 1 addresses the impact of labor market institutions on economic growth. Using a quantitative study and considering the time and country-specific characteristics, I...

Global Economic Stratification and the Evolving Role of China in the Developing World This thesis examines global inequality through the lens of global economic stratification and explores how China's upward mobility has affected both the world-economic hierarchical structure and other...