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Decision about family size
Melcerová, Eva ; Mlčoch, Lubomír (advisor) ; Votápková, Jana (referee)
The aging population of the Czech Republic is a very acute problem. While the increase in life expectancy and the related need for reform of overshadow. In the theoretical part of my bachelor theses I am concerned with issues that affect fertility. More specifically, I focus on the perceived size of the family and its changes over time, the cost of children, parenthood postponement to a later age, and especially the combination of work and family. I also concern with the functions of family policy of the Czech Republic and major social benefits for families with children. In the practical part I define my own model with aspects affecting fertility and trying to point out the unfriendly family policy of the Czech Republic, which focuses more on families with some problems or specifics than on standard families. My model builds on the already well-known model of Gary Becker and enriches him on other important variables. Furthermore, I analyze the tax benefits for families with children, and especially already canceled joint taxation of married couples. Here by simple calculations I point to the fact that although it was canceled because of meaningless after uniform income tax for some of the families could make sense it even at the present level of income tax. Finally, a simple model shows the option...
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Planned versus realized fertility - a questionnaire survey of realized fertility of a small sample of women in Czech republic
Klementová, Lenka ; Miskolczi, Martina (advisor) ; Langhamrová, Jitka (referee)
The objective of the thesis is to compare planned and realized fertility of a small sample of Czech women with finished fertility. A questionnaire was used to determine both planned and actual number of children, their gender, birth order and spacing and the age of woman at her first birth and her marital status. The realization of these events was compared and the reasons for failure were identified. A sample of 47 respondents anonymously completed the two-page questionnaire comprising of four parts -- plan, reality, personal characteristics and additional questions. Additional questions were related to contraception, abortions, religion, etc. The survey showed average number of 2.34 child per woman, whereas planned average number was 2.28. Further, on average 53 % of women fulfilled their plans regarding number of children, gender and order, spacing, age at the first birth and age at the first marriage. Finally, the correlation between observed number of children and planned number of children was analysed based on gathered data. The resulting model showed that the planned number of children one corresponds with realized number of children 1.47.
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