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Anti-alcohol Campaign in the Soviet Union in the Years 1985-1988
Jasenčáková, Miroslava ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Kolenovská, Daniela (referee)
The thesis "Anti-alcohol Campaigh in the Soviet Union in the years 1985 - 1988" analyzes the various aspects of development and measures used to combat alcoholism , which were adopted in May 1985. This included, for example, significant reduction of the production and sale of alcoholic beverages and a variety of promotional tools. Chronologically, the main emphasis is on the period when the campaign took place. To clarify the context of the issue is also included a brief excursion to the roots of Russian alcoholism, which dates back to the Middle Ages. The situation after the introduction of the campaign is tracked within the Soviet Union, emphasis is placed on development of the policy within the nation's center. Concerning the severe economic impact of the measures adopted and the high level of public discontent alcohol program was eventually canceled. For these reasons, it is often interpreted as a failure. The main goal of the thesis is to assess the possibility of some successes and campaign evaluation, provided that the leaders of the Soviet Union, who prepared it, might have been aware of the contradiction between the stated objectives and actual results subsequent campaigns.
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Family environment and adolescent alcohol consumption
Rendlová, Barbora ; Soukup, Petr (advisor) ; Tuček, Milan (referee)
This diploma thesis Family environment and adolescent alcohol consumpiton deals with a relationship between four dimensions of family environment and alcohol consumption of sixteen years old adolescents. These four dimensions are leisure time, family structure, parenting style and socioeconomic status. In the theoretical part family influence on child's development is described and then socialization process through which family influence child's development is delimited. Further, the relationship between family environment and alcohol consumption is discussed and then four dimensions of family environment are characterized in context of alcohol consumption. Relationship between family environment and alcohol consumption was studied using mixed research design. In the main quantitative part of the thesis general relationships between chosen dimensions of family environment and alcohol consumption indicators were examined using data from European School Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) from the year 2007. Then a typology of adolescent alcohol consumers was made. Results of this part continued in the qualitative part. There ten semistrctured interviews were made to examine deeper connections and direction of relationships discovered in the quantitative data analysis. This part was primarily...
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Nutritional recommendations for clients with alcoholic liver disease
Köhlerová, Martina ; Čablová, Lenka (advisor) ; Šťastná, Lenka (referee)
Work is in its theoretical part focuses on the description of the traditional role of alcohol in the Czech population and its consumption. Czech Republic has long been the largest consumers of beer in the world, as well as the total consumption of pure alcohol per person to hold among the highest in the world. With high levels of alcohol consumption is related of course the risk of addiction. Although alcohol affects the whole body, from somatic damage is focused mainly on the liver. Due consumption may develop a wide range of illnesses, from mild forms such as hepatic steatosis to serious, life-threatening liver cirrhosis. Therapeutic procedures in alcohol liver disease are outlined at the end of the theoretical part. The cornerstone of treatment is abstinence, followed by other recommendations, which include stop smoking, or sufficient nutrition support. The practical part is focused on diet recommendations, which are designed for clients with alcohol liver disease. Specific recommendations are based on analysis of articles that were retrieved based on the specified criteria. It has been found that antioxidants have no significant impact on the treatment of these diseases. Lipid intake should ideally be around 30% of total daily energy intake. Results of carbohydrate intake were not homogeneous, it can be...
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Is the Amount of Alcohol Consumption Influenced by Unemployment?
Trubák, Marek ; Chytilová, Helena (advisor) ; Brožová, Dagmar (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyzes the relationship between alcohol consumption and unemployment in the Czech Republic. Author estimates 2 econometric models based on time series from the period 1991 - 2012. Models except above mentioned variables also include the impact of GDP, inflation, real wages, state social expenditures and delayed variable of alcohol consumption testing its addictiveness. Primary hypotheses, defined as positive impact of unemployment on alcohol consumption was confirmed and the analysis shows that 1% increase in unemployment rate leads to 1,05 % increase in alcohol consumption. Secondary hypotheses, defined on the contrary as positive impact of alcohol consumption on unemployment was also confirmed and the results show that 1% increase in alcohol consumption leads to unemployment increase by 0,22 %, which affirms the endogenity assumption of these variables as well. No less important is resulting coefficient of GDP which seems to be counter-cyclical in relation to alcohol consumption.
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An analysis of the determinants of alcohol consumption in selected OECD countries
Bárta, Ondřej ; Chytil, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Babin, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyzes impact of selected factors on alcohol consumption among 30 OECD countries. I estimate four econometric models based on data from the period 2000 -- 2010. Main determinants of dependent variable are price, GDP per capita, GDP growth, unemployment rate, long-term unemployment rate, number of hours spent working and share of social expenditures on GDP. I also take the financial crisis under consideration. Two stated hypotheses are: 1. Alcohol consumption is positively correlated with GDP per capita, 2. Alcohol consumption is positively correlated with unemployment rate. Hypothesis no. 1 is confirmed. Hypothesis no. 2 is disproved, therefor alcohol consumption is negatively correlated with unemyployment rate. On the contrary alcohol consumption is positively correlated with long-term uneymployment rate. Other significant factors are share of social expenditures on GDP and lagged alcohol consumption.
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Alconomics
Čihák, Jakub ; Běláčková, Vendula (advisor) ; Hřebík, Tomáš (referee)
This diploma thesis investigates the relationship between the business cycle and the alcohol consumption by using aggregate data for Czech Republic and constituent regions of Czech Republic in the period 1994-2011. The key question of this study is whether alcohol consumption is pro-cyclical or counter-cyclical. This question was asked in many works (Ruhm, Black, 2002). Unlike American studies, in which alcohol consumption is pro-cyclical, my study shows that the decrease of economic conditions has resulted in increased alcohol consumption in society and therefore indicates to me counter-cyclical. I also found that the divorce has a positive effect on alcohol consumption, while the real price has a negative effect.
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Impact of alcohol consumption on academic performance of university students
Tyburcová, Iva ; Stroukal, Dominik (advisor) ; Babin, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis examines the impact of alcohol consumption on academic performance of university students. This impact was examined on students studying economics at University of Economics, Prague. Dataset was obtained from students by questionnaire survey and was subsequently supplemented by official data from the university's database. Based on the theoretical model an econometric model which examines the relationship was build. The results showed that intensity of consumption of alcohol has at the 5% significance level effect on the academic results. From the research can be concluded, that the negative effects of alcohol consumption like nausea, fatigue, and headache slightly dominate. However, it is apparent that more visits to restaurant for consumption of alcohol can lower this negative effect.
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To what extent does excise tax lower alcohol consumption?
Fischerová, Veronika ; Lahvička, Jiří (advisor) ; Babin, Jan (referee)
This work considers the influence of excise tax on alcohol and the consumption of various kinds of alcoholic beverages. The focus is an area of the European Union between the years 1990-2009. The analysis uses fixed effects and first differencing. The results show that the growth in tax on spirits of 36 euros from the minimum (3 euros) to the maximum rate (39 euros) leads to a decrease in consumption of spirits by 24% and consumption of ethyl alcohol by 10%. If the intermediate products tax of 5 euros grows from the minimum rate (0 euro) to the maximum rate (5 euros), the consumption of ethyl alcohol will decrease by 12% and consumption of spirits by 21%. The growth in tax on wine of 5 euros from a minimum rate (0 euro) to the maximum rate (5 euros) leads to a decline in consumption of wine by 8.4%. The growth in tax on beer of 3 euros from a minimum rate (0 euro) to the maximum rate (3 euros) leads to an increase in consumption of spirits by 6.8% and consumption of wine by 86%, which means that spirits and beer and wine and beer are substitutes. The growth in real GDP per capita of 4100 euros leads to increased consumption of different types of alcoholic beverages by 3,7-9%.
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Increase in excise duty on ethyl alcohol in the Czech Republic and it's impact
Kozák, Jan ; Rod, Aleš (advisor) ; Ševčíková, Michaela (referee)
Abstract The thesis analyses effects of excise duty increase, effective from 1st January 2010. The thesis concentrates on spirits, beer and wine market. Based on the Czech Statistical Bureau study of spirits market, all the significant declines of consumption took place whenever Czech government raised rates of excise duty. In comparison with selected European countries, the Czech nominal rate of excise duty of spirits is rather average. Our excise duty of beer is one of the lowest rates in Europe. When correlating GDP, unemployment rate and alcohol consumption in Czech Republic, the thesis does not prove declines in GDP cause higher alcohol consumption nor rising unemployment results in higher alcohol consumption. However, results of correlation analysis are distorted by a short period on which data are available for the Czech Republic. Data available from both Board of Customs and Ministry of Finance proved that expectation of higher national tax revenue after rise of excise duty rate has been incorrect. The national tax revenue in 2010 was by almost 1 billion CZK lower than the government expected.
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