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Czech labour market for foreigners and the situation of Vietnamese employees
Nguyen, Anh Dung ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
Most of the European countries are now facing the common challenge from aging population. This affects the labour market and consecutively the economic engine. As a matter of course the Czech Republic has to welcome workers from outside sources to supplement its labour shortage. I've found that the majority of the migrant workers going to the Czech Republic are low skill ones and they concentrate in the lower tier of the labour market. The efforts of the Government to attract high skill workers have not been much successful in bringing more qualified foreigners to the country. The Vietnamese is the third largest migrant community in the Czech Republic with 60.301 registered people. For those who came here in the 70s and 80s, they have been legally and pretty successfully residing in the society. But for the new workers who were sent to work in Czech factories since 2006, the global crisis turned their lives into hardship. They lost jobs but they couldn't or didn't want to go home. They must hold on in this land with a hope to change their lives.
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The EU structural funds in the 10 new member states: How they were implemented in the 2004-06 period
Vašáková, Jana ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Jirsová, Pavlína (referee)
The aim of this paper is to analyze the key characteristics of Structural Funds implementation in the 10 New Member States during the 2004-2006 period. The paper introduce the basic information about the Structural Funds, explore the Structural Funds implementation in the individual countries, and at the end it compares and summarizes findings. The main goal of this paper is to introduce Structural Funds and explore how the New Member States utilized them. What were their priority areas for the observed period? How much money individual countries were allocated? How much money they were able to absorb? The Structural Funds are important for the regional development. They fund investments, innovations, and support policies and measurements which should help countries to develop. And because the 10 New Member States were, at the time of accession, less developed than the other Member States, I decided to take a look what opportunities the NMS had in order to improve their situation.
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Ureasy coexistence of the state and the Catholic Church in CR
Mocová, Markéta ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Prudký, Libor (referee)
This thesis called "Uneasy coexistence of the state and the Catholic Church in Czech Republic" analyzes the relation between the state and the church in our country and resolves different interpretations of the category "public interest". On the basis of this fact it follows the question - in which way does the Catholic Church contribute to enforcement and realization of public interests in our country. Based on hindsight the thesis analyzes church policy after 1989 and it examines problematic areas Following areas are among the problematic ones: property ratification and funding of churches and religious societies; amendment on freedom of religion and position of churches and religious societies; treaty between the Czech Republic and the Holly See and contracts between churches and religious societies and the Czech Republic. Different actions and resolutions could give rise to better and more effective enforcement and realization of public interests in the Czech Republic provided cooperation between the state and the church is effective. Mainly political malevolence and impossibility to find acceptable compromise solution within the changing political spectrum and churches and religious societies are reasons that inhibit to the solution of problematic areas after 1989 concerning the relation between the...
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Labour Market Policies of the Czech Republic and Kyrgyzstan : A Comparative Analysis
Itibaev, Kairat ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Nekola, Martin (referee)
This thesis conducts a comparative analysis of the labour market policies of the Czech Republic and Kyrgyzstan. Through the comparative analysis advantages and shortcomings of labour market polices are revealed. It further examines the role and effectiveness of various instruments or institutional patterns used by the government, such as employment services, action plans and finance of employment policies over the years. The research findings show that in most regards, the Czech Republic has more effective labour policies. However, shortcomings remain in both Czech Republic and Kyrgyzstan. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Work-Family Balance: Solving Dilemma
Duškov, Ivan ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Kotíková, Jaromíra (referee)
This MA theses primary focuses on cause consequence analysis of work-family balance. The next point of this paper is comparative analysis of key figures regarding this conflict in the course of Czech Republic and selected country of European Union. Main method used in the thesis is secondary data analysis, analysis of the relevant laws and other. Next method used in this paper is comparative analysis of family policies in the context of member states of Europe Union. MA thesis goes out from Welfare State theory, equality theory and the concept of human potential. In this MA thesis is analyzed basic determinants of the work-family conflict, its consequences and last but not least reforms of social policy that is feasible for the Czech Republic.
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Investing in Children - Sustainable fertility from the perspectives of generational accounting, social welfare, human capital creation and the free-rider problem, with policy recommendations for the Czech Republic
Zborník, Peter ; Háva, Petr (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
This paper seeks to clarify the causes and effects of low fertility in Europe with a special emphasis on the Czech Republic. Instruments to measure fertility and the efficiency of investments in children and human capital are defined. Generational accounting is used to show that low fertility has severe effects on the long-term sustainability of the Czech fiscal system. Social Welfare Stock (SWS) is developed as an alternative to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). SWS-growth is forecasted to be weak unless fertility increases. The main cause of low fertility, are high opportunity costs of children due to Familism and gender regimes. The PAYG pension system is claimed to have abolished the old-age insurance motive for having children. Children bring economic dissatisfaction: "on the basis of a purely economic approach, the optimal number of children for a rational agent is zero" (Stanca 2009). A further cause of low fertility is an inefficient public administration due to corruption, lack of political incentives and budgetary constraints. Proposed policies to increase fertility are: increased share of GDP on child benefits from 2,2% to 2,95, with a higher share of the benefits for young children; child-related pensions; more quality child care for children aged 0-3; parenting training and interventions for...
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Influence of the welfare state type on the pension system
Zika, Martin ; Čabanová, Bohumila (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
Diploma thesis "Influence of the welfare state type on the pension system" deals with the way in which certain type of the welfare state influences settings of the individual parts of the social system, concretely pension system. The theoretical section deals with the classical theory of Gösta Esping-Andersen, who distinguished three basic types of welfare state: liberal, conservative and social-democratic, further reflection of his attitude and also new social risks. As representives of individual types of the welfare states were chosen Great Britain, Sweden and Germany. Author deals with analysis of pension systems of these countries and compares them on the basis of chosen criteria: demographic prospects, types of the pension systems, way of financing and public expenditures on the pension system. He tries to find out how the concrete type of the welfare state reflects in the specific settings of the pension systems in these countries. On the basic of this analysis, scholarly literature and the analysis of current situation in the Czech Republic (carried out among other things through the interviews with important actors) he tries to specify few recomendations for the Czech Republic, which prepares itself for a pension reform.
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Conflict-of-interests in municipal representatives' delicts
Petráková, Lenka ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
The study is aiming to identify the problematical areas in municipal representatives' decision-making together with the identification of their conflict of interests. Ethics, legislation and public control (or municipal community in broader terms) are defined as constituents of municipal representatives' conduct. Municipal representatives as actors of decision-making process follow different values and interests, their ethical competences might vary, and other group interests and their moral obligations influence them too. Their behavior and conduct take place within conflict of these values, interests and obligations. The current legislation, nor other institutional arrangements reflect ethical standards and do not protect the public interest sufficiently. The public control fails too; the right to participate in the public life is not understood as a civic duty. The seriousness of the situation is exemplified in the analysis of Czech municipal representatives' delicts referring to their public duties. In majority of cases, the failure of morals applies supported by nepotism and clientelism that limit public control. It can be stated that the municipality size structure affects the public control; a smaller municipality shows lower citizens' effectiveness. The conclusion of the study offers recommendation...
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Establishing Old Age Pension Retirement Age Limits
Svoboda, Radovan ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Hedbávný, Petr (referee)
Establishing retirement age is a key issue for each and every pension system. How this issue is resolved is palpable for every citizen and also has a major political dimension. The main reasons for increasing the retirement age - which is occurring in all European countries - are demographic development and economic factors, such as higher life expectancy, increasing the proportion of pensioners to the number of economically active people, and the growing costs for the pension system. This thesis describes the current reform steps in Europe and provides a thorough analysis of factors which are relevant for dealing with retirement age issues. The analysis is based on official statistical data, which are scrutinized even in mutual correlations. The need for an interdisciplinary approach which eliminates unilateral vistas and biased application of data lifted out of context and long-term trends is emphasized. Special attention is paid to the genesis and current solutions regarding the retirement age in the Czech Republic. This thesis offers reasoning which supports setting 65 years of age as the statutory retirement age, including the mechanism for increasing it depending on how the life expectancy factor develops. How the retirement age issues are dealt with is based on the fundamental ethical...
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