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Structure of savings of Czech households with a focus on investments
KUBAL, Vít
The main goal of this diploma thesis is to evaluate the structure of savings of Czech households based on the developed analysis. A secondary goal is the proposal of measures to improve the current situation. The first part of the work mentions various theoretical perspectives on the problem being solved. Subsequently, using own analysis, this work evaluates the rate of savings of Czech households, and especially their structure. The own analysis also includes two foreign studies that serve as a basis for research in the Czech Republic. Last but not least, the work contains a questionnaire survey that deals with the consumption behavior of the respondents as well as their knowledge in the area of investments. On the basis of a questionnaire survey, the hypotheses established by the author of the thesis on the basis of research questions are verified using statistical testing. At the end, the results of the own analysis are clearly summarized. The author concludes the work with his proposal for improving the current situation.
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Effect of minimum wages: do regional data tell a different story?
Májková, Tereza ; Baxa, Jaromír (advisor) ; Pertold-Gebicka, Barbara (referee)
This thesis examines the effects of an increase of minimum wage level on unemployment, employment, disposable income and risk of poverty. We contribute to the existing literature by directly comparing results resulting from two similar datasets, one working with national, one with regional data. We use different sets of explanatory variables to see whether they affect the results of the estimation. On national level, our results confirm positive effect of minimum wages on employment of adults and on disposable income - but these findings were not confirmed on regional level. With respect to the regional perspective, the results are however subject to substantial uncertainty and are prone to substantial sensitivity to empirical specification. We attribute this uncertainty mainly to the quality of the data - small number of observations together with large heterogeneity. JEL Classification E02, E24, J08, J30 Keywords minimum wages, employment effect, disposable income, risk of poverty, panel data, NUTS 2 regions, comparison Author's e-mail majkovat@gmail.com Supervisor's e-mail jaromir.baxa@fsv.cuni.cz
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