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Economics in Practice

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 114-0328/02
Abbreviation EvP
Course title Economics in Practice
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA

Osnova předmětu

The Importance of Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Real Economic Problems (Introduction to STATA, basics of regression analysis)
The Impact of Gender on Labor Market Position (Descriptive analysis, correlations, hypothesis testing)
The Laffer Curve (Linear regression, ordinary least squares, reliability of estimates, model selection criteria)
Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Issues of Market Economies (Model comparisons and the use of dummy variables and interaction terms)
Environmental Migration (Probability models)
Selected Methodological Issues (Analysis of ordinal data, factor analysis, cluster analysis, export of results, etc.)
Macroeconomic Indicators: Inflation, GDP, and Unemployment (Time series and volatility analysis)
The Consumption Function (Pooled OLS vs. panel data estimators)
Determinants of Income Inequality (Panel data: random and fixed effects)
Economics of Crime (Static and dynamic panel data models)
The Mincer Equation and Wage Analysis (Endogeneity, instrumental variables estimation, dealing with selection bias)
Measuring the Effectiveness of Targeted Programs (Experiments, treatment effects, propensity score matching)

E-learning

Povinná literatura

DE VAUS, David. Surveys in social research. 6th ed. London: Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2013. 400 p. ISBN 0415530180 .
DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. 374 s. ISBN: 9788024601397.
JAROŠ, Richard a Pavla PAUKNEROVÁ, ed. Nejen kruhy: vizuální přístupy v zobrazování dat a informací. Praha: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová, 2017. ISBN 978-80-87989-06-7 .

Doporučená literatura

HUŠEK, Roman. Aplikovaná ekonometrie - Teorie a praxe. Praha: VŠE, 2009. 346 s. ISBN 978-80-245-1623-3.
NĚMEC, Daniel. Základy ekonometrie. Brno: Masarykova unverzita, 2009. 264 s.
ŘEZÁNKOVÁ, Hana. Analýza dat z dotazníkových šetření. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2011. 224 s. ISBN 978-80-7431-062-1.