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Lajtkepová, Eva - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2010 (2010) 1, pp. 3-20

The minimum wage has been a controversial issue since 1912, when Massachusetts (USA) passed the first state minimum wage act. The Czech Republic has had a statutory national minimum wage since 1990 (Act no. 65/1965 Coll., or the Labour Code; the specific minimum wage levels and the conditions for...

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European monetary union and risks for real convergence

Janáček, Kamil; Janáčková, Stanislava - In: Politická ekonomie 2004 (2004) 4, pp. 435-450

New members of the EU will not form an optimum currency area with the present eurozone member states. The article discusses some costs and benefits of an early EMU entry for the Czech Republic (and other Central-European economies). The authors concentrate on the consequences of loss of...

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Supply side of the czech economy - structural characteristics

Rojíček, Marek - In: Politická ekonomie 2007 (2007) 4, pp. 435-457

This article explores development of the industrial structure of the Czech economy in the last ten years from the point of view of the gross value added and employment. It goes from the macroeconomic view at the level of the basic sectors to more detailed view focused on the individual branches....

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Structure of production, intraindustry trade and their relevance for the optimum currency areas theory

Kollár, Miroslav - In: Politická ekonomie 2007 (2007) 5, pp. 603-624

This paper deals with the recent empirical phenomenon of intraindustry trade, i.e. trade in similar goods between similar countries. It treats this phenomenon from the point of view of the theory of structure of production, highlighting the importance of sequential nature of production and...

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Determinantes económicos de la decisión de emigrar

Arocha González, Manuel - In: Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar (2007) 4, pp. 71-78

The purchasing power's difference between currencies appears to trigger a person to make the decision of emigrating, but it does not look to be the only one. European Union enlargement, immigration policies, as well as different personal and/or psychological reasons, have modified migrations...

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Macroeconomic development of the Czech republic in the years 1996-2004

Spěváček, Vojtěch; Vintrová, Růžena; Hájek, Mojmír - In: Politická ekonomie 2006 (2006) 2, pp. 147-169

Economic growth of the Czech Republic differed strongly in two periods: 1996-1999 and 2000-2004. While in the first period the economy was hit by the recession and the average annual rate of growth of GDP reached only 0,9 %, in the second period the growth accelerated to 3,2 %. The economic...

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Growth, Stability and Convergence of the Czech Economy in the Years 2001-2008

Spěváček, Vojtěch; Vintrová, Růžena - In: Politická ekonomie 2010 (2010) 1, pp. 20-50

Economic growth of the Czech Republic strongly accelerated in the years 2005-2007. Substantial decline of economic activity took place at the end of 2008 and in the year 2009. On the supply side the main contributing factors were labour and total factor productivity. On the demand side the...

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Analysis of the Indicator NAIRU on the Sector Level

Kadeřábková, Božena; Jašová, Emilie - In: Politická ekonomie 2011 (2011) 4, pp. 508-525

, because they can deepen or moderate volatility of the economic cycle. The article aims at mapping the rate of unemployment in … comparison of the actual rate of unemployment with the average value NAIRU was used for the specification of the economic cycle …. We compare the rate of unemployment, NAIRU and unemployment gaps in sectors with the average value on the national level …

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The czech economy after its entry into European Union

Spěváček, Vojtěch; Vintrová, Růžena; … - In: Politická ekonomie 2008 (2008) 3, pp. 291-317

Economic growth of the Czech Republic differed strongly in two periods: 2001-2003 and 2004-2006. While in the first period the average annual rate of growth of GDP reached only 2,7 %, in the second period the growth accelerated to 5,7 %. The economic growth measured by the indicators of real...

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The Czech Labour Market and Its Structural Changes in the Period 1990-2006

Kotýnková, Magdalena - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008 (2008) 3, pp. 47-61

-employment, unemployment, and long-term unemployment. The principal findings concern the dominance of the supply side of the labour market …

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