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Historical development of the profession of Nutritional therapist
Krajíčková, Květa ; Prošková, Eva (advisor) ; Říhová, Milada (referee)
This bachelor's thesis maps the development of professionalization of nutritional therapists and their predecessors. The attention is paid specially to the relation to other medical disciplines (public health protection, nursing care, medical science), and the thesis also outlines the development of nutrition care from the point of view of these professions. Furthermore, it deals with the questions of the titles and content of this profession, its regulation, related education and professional association. The thesis is of theoretical nature and applies in particular the method of historical research. It is grounded especially on sources from previous literature, contemporary professional journals and magazines, interview with witness and information from other sources. With the aim of providing a comparison with relevant historical information, it describes the current position of nutritional therapists, in particular the possibilities for studying the discipline, competencies and professional career.
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Occupational regulation and its influence on the labor market: evidence from reforms in the Czech Republic
Ptáčníková, Marie ; Pertold-Gebicka, Barbara (advisor) ; Gok, Ugur (referee)
This thesis examines the impact of a 2004 reform that increased educational requirements for a regulated profession, namely nurses, on earnings level for both waged and salaried employees, and employment within nurse profession in the Czech Republic. Recently, a reform in the opposite direction regarding educational requirements for general nurses is in the approval process. It makes this analysis relevant. Similar country-based studies contracted by the European Commission regarding occupational regulation show mixed results, what additionally motivates this study. To identify effects of the reform a linear probability model and a difference-in-differences analysis were used. Empirical results suggest a negative effect on nurses' salaries with respect to doctors. In the case of wages, the effect appears to be fluctuating. As for the employment, a decrease in the probability of pursuing a nurse profession was identified for the years following the reform, but mostly insignificant. In general, this thesis shows that the reform had slightly negative short-term effect on nurses' earnings and employment levels. Due to few after-reform yearly observations it is challenging to make long-term conclusions.
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