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Demographic aging by standard and alternative indicators in selected countries of Europe and their regional differentiation at NUTS2 level
Klapková, Michaela ; Šídlo, Luděk (advisor) ; Kučera, Tomáš (referee)
Demographic aging by standard and alternative indicators in selected countries of Europe and their regional differentiation at NUTS2 level Abstract Demographic aging is often called a phenomenon of the 21st century. However, it is a natural process, which we more or less consciously influence. Population aging is the result of improving the health status of the population and enhancing the quality of human life that has already begun in the 18th century in the context of demographic revolution. The current concern about the sustainability of national social systems in the context of population aging are obviously reasonable, but these concerns are based on the standard characteristics of the age structure, which often use a fixed age of entry into the final stage of life. However, with the lengthening of human life the natural boundaries of old age changes. Alternative indicators on the basis of the concept of prospective age do not use the number of years a person has already lived, but on the number of years that a person will probably live. Paper compares the development of standard and alternative indicators in the Czech Republic, Sweden and Germany in the years 2000-2013 and focuses also on regional differentiation at the NUTS2 level of selected regions in northern, western, eastern and southern...
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Alternative measures of GDP
Alizada, Tamerlan ; Chytilová, Helena (advisor) ; Slaný, Martin (referee)
The findings of the research reveal that GDP has a number of important flaws and shortcomings, and thus fails to serve effectively for the purpose of measuring the economic growth of countries and welfare of their population as of today. Based on the evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of macroeconomic measures alternative to GDP such as the United Nations Human Development Index, the Social Progress Index, the Environmental Performance Index, the Happy Planet Index, the Legatum Prosperity Index, the OECD Better Life Index, the World Happiness Index, etc., the author comes to a conclusion that despite the growing use of alternative measures, as of today, they are not able to replace GDP, but might complement it quite effectively.
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Demographic aging by standard and alternative indicators in selected countries of Europe and their regional differentiation at NUTS2 level
Klapková, Michaela ; Šídlo, Luděk (advisor) ; Kučera, Tomáš (referee)
Demographic aging by standard and alternative indicators in selected countries of Europe and their regional differentiation at NUTS2 level Abstract Demographic aging is often called a phenomenon of the 21st century. However, it is a natural process, which we more or less consciously influence. Population aging is the result of improving the health status of the population and enhancing the quality of human life that has already begun in the 18th century in the context of demographic revolution. The current concern about the sustainability of national social systems in the context of population aging are obviously reasonable, but these concerns are based on the standard characteristics of the age structure, which often use a fixed age of entry into the final stage of life. However, with the lengthening of human life the natural boundaries of old age changes. Alternative indicators on the basis of the concept of prospective age do not use the number of years a person has already lived, but on the number of years that a person will probably live. Paper compares the development of standard and alternative indicators in the Czech Republic, Sweden and Germany in the years 2000-2013 and focuses also on regional differentiation at the NUTS2 level of selected regions in northern, western, eastern and southern...
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Životná úroveň českých a slovenských spotrebitel'ov
Kubovčíková, Anna
The Bachelor thesis is focused on standards of life and factors affecting the living standards of Czech and Slovak consumers. In the theoretical section are explained the concepts related to living standards, a consumer, and his behavior. The practi-cal part is divided into two parts. The first part examines the standard of living objectively determined by indicators such as GDP, household income, unemployment, inflation and alternative indicators. The main source comes from secondary data published on the websites of the Eurostat and the Czech and Slovak Statistical Office. In addition to these indicators, it is necessary to include other factors affecting the standard of living, in particular the subjective opinion of inhabitants. The second part of the thesis is aimed at subjective views of consumers of the Czech and Slovak Republics, whose data are collected through a questionnaire survey. Finally, both parts are compared and acquired results are used to understand the reasons for such development and recommendations are designed.
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Klasické a alternativní metody měření životní úrovně aplikované na Thajsko
Birčiak, Michal
The Bachelor Thesis focuses on Standard of living in Thailand in a period of 2005 -- 2012. In the the literature review, all factors and concepts which can have an influence on standard of living in a country are explained, accompanied by different ways of measurement of the standard of living. The own work deals with the measurement of standard of living in Thailand in comparison with the East Asia and Pacific region by measures such as the GDP per capita, the Human Development Index, the Happy Planet Index and other alternative indicators are. Furthermore, the influence of each of the dimensions of the Human Development Index on poverty in Thailand is examined. Connections among selected variables are sought through regression and cluster analyses while the relationship between happiness and the GDP per capita in East Asia and Pacific and Europe is examined.
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Životní úroveň francouzských spotřebitelů
Večeřa, Rudolf
Večeřa, R., The French consumer`s standard of living. Bachelor thesis. Brno: Men-del University in Brno, 2014. The Bachelor thesis refers the most important factors that have impact on the French consumer`s standard of living and is bringing confrontation with material well-being indicators, especially GDP per capita as a most world wide used indica-tor for this purpose. Then are mentioned alternative`s indicators including other influences to standard of living. For the analysis of material well-being and alterna-tive`s indicators were used secondary data sources. The questionnaire survey con-creted and intensified subjective preferring factors that have real impact on stand-ard of living in France.
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Economical aggregates and their usage
MAŇASOVÁ, Helena
The aim of this thesis is a comparison of macroeconomics aggregates calculation methods, especially GDP, and completion of its imperfection by alternative indicators. First of all there are specified inadequacies which are contained in GDP. The history and distribution of alternative indicators are shown and three chosen alternative indicators are analysed thereafter. Those indicators are subsequently compared between each other in the practical part to find the most effective of them, which could supplement imperfection of GDP.
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Alternative perspectives on economic indicator Gross Domestic Product
Salaj, Petr ; Brůna, Karel (advisor) ; Kučera, Lukáš (referee)
The main goal of this dissertation is to explore alternative economic indicators to GDP. The paper also analyses whether GDP is able to capture the development of a society's welfare, and whether different indicators can show other results about the development of national economy. After an introductory description of GDP, the paper outlines the core limits of this indicator. Following this is a discussion of happiness economics and Easterlin's paradox. The paper then goes on to explore the subject of alternative indicators in more detail. In the final chapter, five selected alternative indicators are analyzed, and compared with GDP using the USA's economy as an example. In conclusion, the paper evaluates the usefulness of these alternative indicators and finds that alternative indicators give a different perspective on national economy than GDP.
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