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Socio-economic Analysis of the Informal Economy in San Diego County
Kubánková, Marie Alice ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Hornát, Jan (referee)
In the academic field the informal economy is vaguely represented and most of the research is focused on developing countries with many socio-economic issues. The informal economy in the developed world, mainly the European Union and the United States of America, has a minor share in the world's informal economy, as such it is not commonly discussed among academics. Some countries around the world are actively trying to battle this sector to minimalize it and thus minimalize its impact on the state economy and on the individual communities. To implement more effective policies it is important to know which factors are most conducive to the prevalence of the informal economy. Finding those factors became the aim of this paper. Owing to the fact that there is a lack of research conducted in the developed countries about the informal economy the main focus of the thesis is the geographical area of San Diego County, predominantly for its diverse demographics. The factors are identified and analyzed in detail in chapter 4. In "Discussion" the factors are evaluated to reveal the most conducive ones. It has been determined that the most conducive factors are "burdensome regulation" and "individual preferences". Additionally factors that influence the informal economy in San Diego County are "low...
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The Impact of Economic and Political Development on People's Diet on the Example of the USA and the Czech Republic
Jedličková, Šárka ; Loužek, Marek (advisor) ; Bartůsková, Lucia (referee)
In these days, pop-economics has become popular. Economics of food has its place in this area. The aim is to confirm the hypothesis that the economic, political, and social development influence people's diet and changes the food culture. The research method is quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data and scientific articles about the Czech Republic and the USA. The thesis describes the current state of knowledge in economic development. Then it describes historical milestones in this area and the current situation. It focuses on events that have had the biggest impact on the quality and quantity of food consumed by individuals. It describes the development from the beginning of the 20th century to the present days with the main focus on the last 50 years. The hypothesis is confirmed and it is demonstrated that the described changes have an impact on the diet and food culture.
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Development of the unemployment and the employability of graduates of the czech public universities within the various study programmes
Jiruška, Tomáš ; Brázdilová, Michaela (advisor) ; Vltavská, Kristýna (referee)
Employability of graduates of public universities in the labour market plays an important role in assessment of individual public universities which is connected with financing of the public universities. Furthermore, in the future it is planned to even more emphasize on the evaluation of the universities in this perspective. This bachelor thesis aims to evaluate the unemployment of graduates of public universities within the various study programmes in the frame of the economic development of the Czech Republic. The first part deals with the basic segmentation of the labour market and shows particular approaches to measuring unemployment. The second part deals with the classification of study programmes. The third part briefly describes economic development of the Czech Republic in recent years and the last part relates to a specific analysis of unemployment with an emphasis on comment on the results in individual study programmes including an outline of possible causes.
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Comparison of the Development of Selected Components of Economic Freedom for Slovakia and Romania between 2000 - 2013
Kožený, Aleš ; Ševčíková, Michaela (advisor) ; Procházka, Pavel (referee)
The aim of this Bachelor thesis is the evaluation of the evolution of economic freedom of Slovakia and Romania at the time of their accession to the EU. The theoretical part deals with the theory of economic freedom and with the methodology of its measurement. It also focuses on the process of expanding the EU and the issues related to accession negotiations. The practical part of this work analyses the evolution of economic freedom in Slovakia and Romania using the regression analysis. This work analysis political and economic measures of these countries and their effect on the final rating of economic freedom as well. Said rating is then compared with the evolution of GDP. Using the example of Slovakia and Romania, this work verifies the validity of given hypothesis that the growth speed of economic freedom and liberalization of individual countries slows down after their accession to the European Union.
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Economic development of Czechoslovakia in the period of normalization
Vanišová, Martina ; Šlajs, Jan (advisor) ; Szobi, Pavel (referee)
This paper is primarily concerned with the economic development of Czechoslovakia in the period of normalization, in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century, when it ended attempts at reform and have been set stricter standards of the Communist supervision. It aims to show the malfunction of a centrally planned economy on the example of Czechoslovakia in the selected period. The thesis analyzes the economic and social development of the country during the various five-year plans and their impact on the country's economic growth. The thesis compares the economic development of selected countries in the former Eastern Bloc and analyzing the resulting differences in the same economic mechanism. To complement the context of the work also appears to comparison with the capitalist countries. Finally, the thesis analyzes the effects of a centrally planned economy to a further development of the country during the 90 years of the 20th century.
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The development of the Swiss economy between 2007 and 2012 in the context of world economic crisis
Buřič, Vojtěch ; Karpová, Eva (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
The objective of this diploma thesis is to analyse the Swiss economy at the beginning of the third millennium, while the main emphasis is put on period since 2007, when the world economic crisis started on the finacial markets of United States of America and then spread to other parts of the globalized world. The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter describes the fundamental geographic, demographic, political, historical and economic facts about Switzerland. The second chapter explores the Swiss economy on the basis of main macroeconomical indicators as gross domestic product, inflation rate and rate of unemployment. There is also analyse of the balance of payments, the foreign trade and the international investment position of the country. The third chapter concludes the thesis with detailed description of the crisis and its effects on the Swiss economy and with futures prospects.
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Japan's Economic Stagnation and Its Potential Solutions
Buchalcevová, Zuzana ; Jiránková, Martina (advisor) ; Žamberský, Pavel (referee)
This thesis is devoted to long-term stagnation of the Japanese economy and potential solutions addressing such issue. The aim of this thesis is to propose a suitable solution to Japan's long-term stagnation. Firstly, the theoretical as well as practical basis of current Japan's stagnation is described. Economic theory and basic economic principles are explained within the theoretical background in order to apply such knowledge to the real economy correctly. Then, Japan's economic development from the second half of the 20th century till present is outlined within the practical background with an emphasis on "Lost decade" and persisting stagnation to better understand the way the Japanese economy functions. Secondly, the causes of Japan's "Lost decade" and persisting stagnation are presented. The theoretical basis of the causes of long-term stagnation is outlined with an emphasis on economic policy as a key instrument that affects the real economy. Then, the causes of Japan's long-term stagnation are deeply analyzed including a confrontation of selected causes by the author. Lastly, potential solutions addressing the issue of long-term economic stagnation are discussed. Existing solutions that aim to end Japan's stagnation are described and assessed. The main contribution of the author lies in proposing a solution to Japan's long-term economic stagnation from the author's perspective including specific measures to restore economic growth.
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