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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Descriptive Economics of the Czech Republic

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 156-0500/02
Abbreviation DEECR
Course title Descriptive Economics of the Czech Republic
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Applied Economics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Economic systems: Comparison of the centrally planned economy and free market economies – case of the Czech Republic (CR);
2. Introduction to economic demography: Population structure, basic demographic characteristics and process (fertility, natality, mortality, morbidity, migration) and their trends in the CR and the EU;
3. Population projections: Future situation in the CR and the EU, problem of demographic aging and economic consequences – social system etc.;
4. Human capital and labor force: Employment and unemployment in the CR and the EU, causes and impact of unemployment, unemployment rate and economic growth;
5. Quality of life: Education and health care, environment in the CR;
6. Living standards: Household Budget Survey – expenditures and consumption of Czech households, comparison of living standards in the past and today;
7. Macroeconomic level of the Czech economy: GDP, inflation rate, business cycle, international comparison and forecasts;
8. Public sector in the CR: Taxes, state budget, government revenue and expenditure, public debt – connection with economic growth, unemployment, social system and demographic trend;
9. International trade and balance of payments: Export and import structure of the Czech trade, tourism trade etc.;
10. Industry structure of the CR (Classification of Economic Activities CZ-NACE): Agriculture and natural resources, transport and energy – resources and new trends;
11. Industry and construction, housing, road-traffic infrastructure – connection with population trends, economic growth, unemployment etc.;
12. Services in the CR: retail trade, financial services, information and communication services etc.
13. International comparison of the Czech Republic.

Literature

Czech Statistical Office. Statistical yearbook of the Czech Republic 2013. Praha: Czech Statistical Office, 2014. ISBN 978-80-250-2105-7.
Czech Statistical Office. Czech Republic in international comparison 2013. Praha: Czech Statistical Office, 2014. ISBN 978-80-250-2042-5 .
Czech Statistical Office. Indicators of social and economic development of the Czech Republic. Praha: Czech Statistical Office, 2010, 2011.

Advised literature

CSU. Demographic Yearbook of the Czech Republic (česko-anglická verze). Praha : Český statistický úřad, 2011.
CSU. Household income and living conditions 2010. Praha : Český statistický úřad, 2011.