Jiří Večerník
Biographic Data
| ID | 117326 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jiří Večerník |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jiří |
| FAMILY NAME | Večerník |
| SIGNATURE | VEČERNÍK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0535-3118 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Equivalence Scale and Income Poverty: Two Approaches to Estimate Country-specific Scale for the Czech Republic
The at-risk-of-poverty rate, the relative income poverty indicator applied in the EU, can be highly sensitive to the equivalence scale used to transform household income to an equivalent for individuals. This study applies two well-established approaches to estimate the equivalence scale: an ‘objective’ one, based on consumption expenditures available in the national Household Budget Survey, and a ‘subjective’ one, based on the Minimum Income Que…
Setting Social Status in Couples and Partners' Budgetary Discretion in Central European Countries
The conventional optics of social stratification research—in which the social position of the family unit is seen as being determined by the status of the male head of the household—have been challenged since the early 1970s. Similarly, economic research which views the household as a single unit has been questioned. Changing family circumstances and the increased share of couples in which the woman has higher earnings, education, and socioeconom…
Subjective Perceptions of Poverty and Objective Economic Conditions: Czechia and Slovakia a Quarter Century After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
Studies into the relation between subjective perceptions of individuals and objective economic conditions have usually resulted in ambiguous empirical findings. Whilst most studies perceive subjective welfare as being operationalized by indicators of happiness or life satisfaction, we narrow the approach to an economic domain of subjective well-being—perceptions of poverty. We argue that our approach better reflects the economic dimension, as the…
Life and Job Satisfaction in the Czech Republic
The article deals with life and job satisfaction of the Czech working-age population. First it highlights concepts of happiness and satisfaction within the emerging multidimensional approaches to individual and societal well-being. Then, it resumes the data sources of those measures, with specific attention to the Module on Subjective Well-being of the survey EU-SILC. Using this data, basic characteristics and determinants of life satisfaction ar…
Skills, Education and Human Capital in the Czech Republic in tThe View of OECD-Piaac Survey
The 2011/12 survey PIAAC is analyzed regarding the formation of skills (literacy, numeracy and information technologies) by family background, gender and age, and regarding the relationships between skill levels and education of adult population in the Czech Republic. The impact of the family background was increasing and the chances of men and women to attain higher education have been reversed in the past: currently, women have twice as high a …
Subjective Well-Being in the Czech Republic and Central Europe: Macro- and Micro-Determinants
The article documents the development of life satisfaction in four transitional Central European countries since 1991, in comparison with Germany and Austria. After presentation of data sources and the overview of the literature regarding the effect of transition on life satisfaction, surveys of European Values Study 1991, 1999 and 2008 are analysed together with macroeconomic data. First, satisfaction levels are correlated with GDP and then, ind…
Subjective Indicators of Well-Being: Approaches, Measurements and Data
There is a growing effort to find alternative measures of the overall performance of economy and social development. More complex indicators are constructed, multi-dimensional approaches are searched and concepts of subjective well-being are increasingly applied. While academic research is booming and politicians are interested about innovative approach in the West, not much attention is given to the topic in the Czech Republic. The article draft…
Le revenu des ménages en République tchèque après 1989 Hausse et changement de structure des inégalités
Cet article utilise des enquêtes sur les revenus pour la période 1988–2004 afin d’illustrer les changements survenus dans l’inégalité du revenu des ménages, l’origine de ces changements et leurs principaux facteurs. Il analyse dans un premier temps les difficultés à mesurer le revenu familial compte tenu de l’ajustement du revenu à la taille et à la composition des ménages. Deuxièmement, il présente les données de base sur l’inégalité des revenus…
Le revenu des ménages en République tchèque après 1989 Hausse et changement de structure des inégalités
Cet article utilise des enquêtes sur les revenus pour la période 1988-2004 afin d’illustrer les changements survenus dans l’inégalité du revenu des ménages, l’origine de ces changements et leurs principaux facteurs. Il analyse dans un premier temps les difficultés à mesurer le revenu familial compte tenu de l’ajustement du revenu à la taille et à la composition des ménages. Deuxièmement, il présente les données de base sur l’inégalité des revenus…
Social Policy in the Czech “Republic”: The Past and the Future of Reforms
The article describes the development of Czech policy after 1989 and the controversies it caused. It first looks at the ambiguous nature of the communist welfare state and then proceeds to outline the theoretical alternatives. After early and energetic changes in the system, stagnation set in around the mid-1990s. Despite some problems, the current performance of the system is satisfactory, but its outlook in terms of long-term efficiency is unsa…
Work Values and Job Attitudes in the Czech Republic between 1997 and 2005
The article is conceived as a contribution to a critical reading of opinion data and the presentation of ISSP modules on Work Orientations from 1997 and 2005 in the Czech Republic. In the first part, some methodological problems regarding the inspection of work and job values are presented using examples drawn from previous research. In the second part, the framework of systemic transition is set up and hypotheses are presented regarding work val…
Changes and Issues in Czech Social Policy
The article describes the development of Czech social policy and the issues that have surrounded it since 1989. The author begins by describing the character of the communist welfare state and outlining its theoretical alternatives. Despite the introduction of energetic changes during the early years of transition, since the mid-1990s the area of social policy has been dominated by stagnation, and instead of any real and specific efforts in this …
Who Is Poor in the Czech Republic? The Changing Structure and Faces of Poverty after 1989
The article provides a summary of evidence on the development of poverty in the Czech Republic since 1989. First, the new sources of poverty after 1989 and the new measures introduced to prevent or combat it are described. Second, the relative ease with which it is possible to leave the labour force and the impact of departures on household income is considered. Third, a variety of measurements that reveal different faces of poverty, comparing so…
Skating on Thin Ice: A Comparison of Work Values and Job Satisfaction in CEE and EU Countries
The article presents a critical reading of opinion data on work and job values. Three cross-national surveys are used: the ISSP module on Work Orientations, the European Values Study, and the Households-Work-Flexibility survey. In the first part, some methodological problems are described and illustrated through previous research. In the second part, several specific results are displayed. In the third part, the focus is on job satisfaction. One …
Education and Support for the Czech Reforms
Educated Czechs fared poorly during the communist regime (1948-89) but have done relatively well since the Velvet Revolution. This phase change is consistent with transition theory and suggests that educated Czechs may be more supportive of the postcommunist reforms as a consequence. To test this hypothesis, the authors examined 11 national surveys (1990-98) of Czech respondents to determine if economic standing and other controls explained the r…
From Needs to the Market: The changing inequality of household income in the Czech transition
Statistical income surveys are used to document systemic changes in distribution and redistribution of household income and its determinants over the period 1988 to 1996. First, the growing difficulties facing income surveys under the democratic regime are considered. Second, the substantive meaning of various income indicators and their relation to the social and economic situation is discussed. Third, growing disparities in income after 1989 an…
Social Reporting in the Czech Republic since 1989
In the contribution, we have compiled a comprehensive (but probably not exhaustive) overview of the main undertakings that are in some way oriented towards social reporting. In individual sections, the production of the following institutions and/or in the following areas is described: 1) statistical office, 2) government and governmental bodies, 3) international organisations, 4) commissioned and comparative research, 5) academic and research in…
Age and Czechs' Attitudes about the Post-Communist Reforms
The connection between age and attitudes about social change has been a longstanding research interest in the United States. Hypotheses derived from this tradition are tested in the Czech Republic, a country undergoing a thorough societal transformation since 1989. This is done with eleven national surveys between 1990 and 1998, allowing us to examine not only the association between age and opinions about the Czech post-communist reforms, but al…
Age and Czechs' Attitudes Toward the Postcommunist Economic Reforms
The connection between age and attitudes toward social change has been a longstanding research interest in the United States. Hypotheses derived from this tradition are tested in the Czech Republic, a country undergoing a societal transformation since 1989. We have utilized eleven national surveys from 1990–1998, allowing an examination not only of the association between age and opinions about the Czech postcommunist reforms but also of the chan…
Education, Economic Experiences, Anxiety about and Support for the Czech Reforms
Educated Czechs fared poorly during the communist regime but have done relatively well since its fall. In eleven national surveys (1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998) we examined whether Czech respondents' education was related to their economic experiences and attitudes toward the post-communist reforms, and whether these relations changed during the survey period. Educated respondents reported less economic strain and unemploy…
Middle Classes in Czech Reforms
Following the assumption that the middle classes are important in the transition from Communism to a democratic market society as its leading actor and guarantor of social integration, this paper presents evidence of the benefits they have gained from the economic and social reform. As these have turned out to be rather modest, it is warned that the middle classes will be more reserved in their political support for rigorous transformation. Speci…
The middle class in the Czech reforms: The Interplay Between Policies and Social Stratification
Following the assumption that the middle class is important in the transition from communism to a democratic market society as its leading actor and guarantor of social integration, this paper presents evidence of the benefits it has gained from economic and social reforms. As these have turned out to be rather modest, it is likely that the middle class will be more reserved in its political support for a rigorous transformation. Special attentio…
Rural and Urban Differences in Economic Experiences, Anxiety and Support for the Post-communist Reforms in the Czech and Slovak Republics1
The economic experiences and economic anxiety of rural and urban residents of the Czech and Slovak Republics during the postcommunist reforms are compared and related to their support for the reforms. The analysis is based on five national surveys, 1992-1996, collected by the Sociology Institute of the now Czech Academy of Sciences. Net of controls, both Czech and Slovak rural respondents report more economic strain and unemployment, a difference…
Gender Differences in Life Chances during the Post-Communist Transformation
Growing gender inequality has been forecasted for post-communist Europe. This study compares trends in women's and men's self-reported economic life chances (unemployment and economic security) as well as anti-democratic attitudes with eight national surveys (1990 through 1994) in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Neither a divergence nor convergence between the genders is found. However, the republics diverged on many of the same indicators, parti…
Transformation in a socio-economic perspective
Transformation cannot be completed unless markets hit not only formal, but also substantive aspect of economy. It involves economic institutions (first of all private ownership), economic behavior (based on confidence and other traditional values) and economic actors (especially the middle classes). The weak ties of social relationships have their strength under transformation, be it the former nomenklatura, continuing local brotherhoods end new …
Social structure, spatial structure and problems of urban research: The example of Prague
Subjective Perceptions of Poverty and Objective Economic Conditions: Czechia and Slovakia a Quarter Century After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
Studies into the relation between subjective perceptions of individuals and objective economic conditions have usually resulted in ambiguous empirical findings. Whilst most studies perceive subjective welfare as being operationalized by indicators of happiness or life satisfaction, we narrow the approach to an economic domain of subjective well-being—perceptions of poverty. We argue that our approach better reflects the economic dimension, as the…
Skating on Thin Ice: A Comparison of Work Values and Job Satisfaction in CEE and EU Countries
The article presents a critical reading of opinion data on work and job values. Three cross-national surveys are used: the ISSP module on Work Orientations, the European Values Study, and the Households-Work-Flexibility survey. In the first part, some methodological problems are described and illustrated through previous research. In the second part, several specific results are displayed. In the third part, the focus is on job satisfaction. One …
Who Is Poor in the Czech Republic? The Changing Structure and Faces of Poverty after 1989
The article provides a summary of evidence on the development of poverty in the Czech Republic since 1989. First, the new sources of poverty after 1989 and the new measures introduced to prevent or combat it are described. Second, the relative ease with which it is possible to leave the labour force and the impact of departures on household income is considered. Third, a variety of measurements that reveal different faces of poverty, comparing so…
The middle class in the Czech reforms: The Interplay Between Policies and Social Stratification
Following the assumption that the middle class is important in the transition from communism to a democratic market society as its leading actor and guarantor of social integration, this paper presents evidence of the benefits it has gained from economic and social reforms. As these have turned out to be rather modest, it is likely that the middle class will be more reserved in its political support for a rigorous transformation. Special attentio…
Rural and Urban Differences in Economic Experiences, Anxiety and Support for the Post-communist Reforms in the Czech and Slovak Republics1
The economic experiences and economic anxiety of rural and urban residents of the Czech and Slovak Republics during the postcommunist reforms are compared and related to their support for the reforms. The analysis is based on five national surveys, 1992-1996, collected by the Sociology Institute of the now Czech Academy of Sciences. Net of controls, both Czech and Slovak rural respondents report more economic strain and unemployment, a difference…
Earnings distribution in Czechoslovakia: Intertemporal changes and international comparison
The purpose of this article is to assess the specific features of earnings differentials in Czechoslovakia and their change over time. Various explanatory hypotheses are submitted for understanding personal income distribution under the system of state socialism. Analysis of variance is used to show the influence of gender, age, education, and economic sector on level of reward. In the last 20 years, less educated, older, and ‘productive’ workers…
Incomes in Central Europe: Distributions, Patterns and Perceptions
Comparative documentation on earnings and household incomes is gathered and analyzed to show recent tendencies in distributional pat terns in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. No revolutions, but important shifts mostly maintaining differences between countries have occurred since 1989. Inequality rose in both personal and household incomes, and market patterns seem to have developed at the expense of demographic determination of …
Subjective Indicators of Well-Being: Approaches, Measurements and Data
There is a growing effort to find alternative measures of the overall performance of economy and social development. More complex indicators are constructed, multi-dimensional approaches are searched and concepts of subjective well-being are increasingly applied. While academic research is booming and politicians are interested about innovative approach in the West, not much attention is given to the topic in the Czech Republic. The article draft…
Middle Classes in Czech Reforms
Following the assumption that the middle classes are important in the transition from Communism to a democratic market society as its leading actor and guarantor of social integration, this paper presents evidence of the benefits they have gained from the economic and social reform. As these have turned out to be rather modest, it is warned that the middle classes will be more reserved in their political support for rigorous transformation. Speci…
Equivalence Scale and Income Poverty: Two Approaches to Estimate Country-specific Scale for the Czech Republic
The at-risk-of-poverty rate, the relative income poverty indicator applied in the EU, can be highly sensitive to the equivalence scale used to transform household income to an equivalent for individuals. This study applies two well-established approaches to estimate the equivalence scale: an ‘objective’ one, based on consumption expenditures available in the national Household Budget Survey, and a ‘subjective’ one, based on the Minimum Income Que…
Social Policy in the Czech “Republic”: The Past and the Future of Reforms
The article describes the development of Czech policy after 1989 and the controversies it caused. It first looks at the ambiguous nature of the communist welfare state and then proceeds to outline the theoretical alternatives. After early and energetic changes in the system, stagnation set in around the mid-1990s. Despite some problems, the current performance of the system is satisfactory, but its outlook in terms of long-term efficiency is unsa…
Changes and Issues in Czech Social Policy
The article describes the development of Czech social policy and the issues that have surrounded it since 1989. The author begins by describing the character of the communist welfare state and outlining its theoretical alternatives. Despite the introduction of energetic changes during the early years of transition, since the mid-1990s the area of social policy has been dominated by stagnation, and instead of any real and specific efforts in this …
From Needs to the Market: The changing inequality of household income in the Czech transition
Statistical income surveys are used to document systemic changes in distribution and redistribution of household income and its determinants over the period 1988 to 1996. First, the growing difficulties facing income surveys under the democratic regime are considered. Second, the substantive meaning of various income indicators and their relation to the social and economic situation is discussed. Third, growing disparities in income after 1989 an…
Setting Social Status in Couples and Partners' Budgetary Discretion in Central European Countries
The conventional optics of social stratification research—in which the social position of the family unit is seen as being determined by the status of the male head of the household—have been challenged since the early 1970s. Similarly, economic research which views the household as a single unit has been questioned. Changing family circumstances and the increased share of couples in which the woman has higher earnings, education, and socioeconom…
Subjective Well-Being in the Czech Republic and Central Europe: Macro- and Micro-Determinants
The article documents the development of life satisfaction in four transitional Central European countries since 1991, in comparison with Germany and Austria. After presentation of data sources and the overview of the literature regarding the effect of transition on life satisfaction, surveys of European Values Study 1991, 1999 and 2008 are analysed together with macroeconomic data. First, satisfaction levels are correlated with GDP and then, ind…
Work Values and Job Attitudes in the Czech Republic between 1997 and 2005
The article is conceived as a contribution to a critical reading of opinion data and the presentation of ISSP modules on Work Orientations from 1997 and 2005 in the Czech Republic. In the first part, some methodological problems regarding the inspection of work and job values are presented using examples drawn from previous research. In the second part, the framework of systemic transition is set up and hypotheses are presented regarding work val…
Social Reporting in the Czech Republic since 1989
In the contribution, we have compiled a comprehensive (but probably not exhaustive) overview of the main undertakings that are in some way oriented towards social reporting. In individual sections, the production of the following institutions and/or in the following areas is described: 1) statistical office, 2) government and governmental bodies, 3) international organisations, 4) commissioned and comparative research, 5) academic and research in…
Age and Czechs' Attitudes Toward the Postcommunist Economic Reforms
The connection between age and attitudes toward social change has been a longstanding research interest in the United States. Hypotheses derived from this tradition are tested in the Czech Republic, a country undergoing a societal transformation since 1989. We have utilized eleven national surveys from 1990–1998, allowing an examination not only of the association between age and opinions about the Czech postcommunist reforms but also of the chan…
Gender Differences in Life Chances during the Post-Communist Transformation
Growing gender inequality has been forecasted for post-communist Europe. This study compares trends in women's and men's self-reported economic life chances (unemployment and economic security) as well as anti-democratic attitudes with eight national surveys (1990 through 1994) in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Neither a divergence nor convergence between the genders is found. However, the republics diverged on many of the same indicators, parti…
Earnings Disparities in the Czech Republic: The History of Equalisation
Data from previous statistical & post-1989 sociological surveys are used to show the long-term development in earnings disparities in the Czech Republic. Results show that equalization in wages occurred in three phases: (1) during Nazi occupation; (2) 1945-1948; & (3) the postcommunist period. During the communist period, the rewarding system was characterized by the predominance of demographic factors, the decline of secondary & tertiary educati…
Economic and Political Man. Hardship and Attitudes in the Czech Republic and Central Europe
The relationship between economic hardship & political attitudes is explored for Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, & the Czech Republic. Data from several surveys are analyzed cross-nationally & over time, & interpreted according to two explanatory models, the relative deprivation & entitlement theses. It is found that no strong causal relationship exists between increased household deprivation & increased political participation. Moreover, neither the …
The Old and New Economic Inequalities: The Czech Case
Under the transformation period, economic inequality is assuming new meanings and accents, and its importance growing. We show recent changes and various facets of inequality as displayed in distributions of earning, household incomes and wealth. In earnings, instead of the system covering the costs of labour force reproduction, human capital is better rewarded, thus, the importance of ownership and job grows. In household income, the "demographi…
Labor Force Attitudes in the Transition to the Market: The Czechoslovak Case
Changes of labor market attitudes in a post-centrally planned economy are examined on the basis of survey data in terms of the production and utilization of human capital; work incentives and rewards; private ownership and job allocation; work perspectives and unemployment; and the role of the state. The transitory period is confused. The transformation of post-communist countries is being carried out when the era of market regulation is over in …
Social structure, spatial structure and problems of urban research: The example of Prague
Earnings distribution in Czechoslovakia: Intertemporal changes and international comparison
The purpose of this article is to assess the specific features of earnings differentials in Czechoslovakia and their change over time. Various explanatory hypotheses are submitted for understanding personal income distribution under the system of state socialism. Analysis of variance is used to show the influence of gender, age, education, and economic sector on level of reward. In the last 20 years, less educated, older, and ‘productive’ workers…
Labor Force Attitudes in the Transition to the Market: The Czechoslovak Case
Changes of labor market attitudes in a post-centrally planned economy are examined on the basis of survey data in terms of the production and utilization of human capital; work incentives and rewards; private ownership and job allocation; work perspectives and unemployment; and the role of the state. The transitory period is confused. The transformation of post-communist countries is being carried out when the era of market regulation is over in …
Economic and Political Man. Hardship and Attitudes in the Czech Republic and Central Europe
The relationship between economic hardship & political attitudes is explored for Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, & the Czech Republic. Data from several surveys are analyzed cross-nationally & over time, & interpreted according to two explanatory models, the relative deprivation & entitlement theses. It is found that no strong causal relationship exists between increased household deprivation & increased political participation. Moreover, neither the …
The Old and New Economic Inequalities: The Czech Case
Under the transformation period, economic inequality is assuming new meanings and accents, and its importance growing. We show recent changes and various facets of inequality as displayed in distributions of earning, household incomes and wealth. In earnings, instead of the system covering the costs of labour force reproduction, human capital is better rewarded, thus, the importance of ownership and job grows. In household income, the "demographi…
Incomes in Central Europe: Distributions, Patterns and Perceptions
Comparative documentation on earnings and household incomes is gathered and analyzed to show recent tendencies in distributional pat terns in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. No revolutions, but important shifts mostly maintaining differences between countries have occurred since 1989. Inequality rose in both personal and household incomes, and market patterns seem to have developed at the expense of demographic determination of …
Anciennes et nouvelles inégalités économiques: Le cas tchèque
Economie inequalities, old and new : the Czech experience. During the period of transition, the question of economic inequalities takes on, for a variety of reasons, a new importance and a new significance. There are a good many people for whom economic reform has meant considerable financial difficulty, or indeed poverty. At the same time, privatization, the restitution of property and the existence of private business undertakings create wealth…
Earnings Disparities in the Czech Republic: The History of Equalisation
Data from previous statistical & post-1989 sociological surveys are used to show the long-term development in earnings disparities in the Czech Republic. Results show that equalization in wages occurred in three phases: (1) during Nazi occupation; (2) 1945-1948; & (3) the postcommunist period. During the communist period, the rewarding system was characterized by the predominance of demographic factors, the decline of secondary & tertiary educati…
Gender Differences in Life Chances during the Post-Communist Transformation
Growing gender inequality has been forecasted for post-communist Europe. This study compares trends in women's and men's self-reported economic life chances (unemployment and economic security) as well as anti-democratic attitudes with eight national surveys (1990 through 1994) in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Neither a divergence nor convergence between the genders is found. However, the republics diverged on many of the same indicators, parti…
Transformation in a socio-economic perspective
Transformation cannot be completed unless markets hit not only formal, but also substantive aspect of economy. It involves economic institutions (first of all private ownership), economic behavior (based on confidence and other traditional values) and economic actors (especially the middle classes). The weak ties of social relationships have their strength under transformation, be it the former nomenklatura, continuing local brotherhoods end new …
Middle Classes in Czech Reforms
Following the assumption that the middle classes are important in the transition from Communism to a democratic market society as its leading actor and guarantor of social integration, this paper presents evidence of the benefits they have gained from the economic and social reform. As these have turned out to be rather modest, it is warned that the middle classes will be more reserved in their political support for rigorous transformation. Speci…
The middle class in the Czech reforms: The Interplay Between Policies and Social Stratification
Following the assumption that the middle class is important in the transition from communism to a democratic market society as its leading actor and guarantor of social integration, this paper presents evidence of the benefits it has gained from economic and social reforms. As these have turned out to be rather modest, it is likely that the middle class will be more reserved in its political support for a rigorous transformation. Special attentio…
Rural and Urban Differences in Economic Experiences, Anxiety and Support for the Post-communist Reforms in the Czech and Slovak Republics1
The economic experiences and economic anxiety of rural and urban residents of the Czech and Slovak Republics during the postcommunist reforms are compared and related to their support for the reforms. The analysis is based on five national surveys, 1992-1996, collected by the Sociology Institute of the now Czech Academy of Sciences. Net of controls, both Czech and Slovak rural respondents report more economic strain and unemployment, a difference…
Education, Economic Experiences, Anxiety about and Support for the Czech Reforms
Educated Czechs fared poorly during the communist regime but have done relatively well since its fall. In eleven national surveys (1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998) we examined whether Czech respondents' education was related to their economic experiences and attitudes toward the post-communist reforms, and whether these relations changed during the survey period. Educated respondents reported less economic strain and unemploy…
From Needs to the Market: The changing inequality of household income in the Czech transition
Statistical income surveys are used to document systemic changes in distribution and redistribution of household income and its determinants over the period 1988 to 1996. First, the growing difficulties facing income surveys under the democratic regime are considered. Second, the substantive meaning of various income indicators and their relation to the social and economic situation is discussed. Third, growing disparities in income after 1989 an…
Social Reporting in the Czech Republic since 1989
In the contribution, we have compiled a comprehensive (but probably not exhaustive) overview of the main undertakings that are in some way oriented towards social reporting. In individual sections, the production of the following institutions and/or in the following areas is described: 1) statistical office, 2) government and governmental bodies, 3) international organisations, 4) commissioned and comparative research, 5) academic and research in…
Age and Czechs' Attitudes about the Post-Communist Reforms
The connection between age and attitudes about social change has been a longstanding research interest in the United States. Hypotheses derived from this tradition are tested in the Czech Republic, a country undergoing a thorough societal transformation since 1989. This is done with eleven national surveys between 1990 and 1998, allowing us to examine not only the association between age and opinions about the Czech post-communist reforms, but al…
Age and Czechs' Attitudes Toward the Postcommunist Economic Reforms
The connection between age and attitudes toward social change has been a longstanding research interest in the United States. Hypotheses derived from this tradition are tested in the Czech Republic, a country undergoing a societal transformation since 1989. We have utilized eleven national surveys from 1990–1998, allowing an examination not only of the association between age and opinions about the Czech postcommunist reforms but also of the chan…
Education and Support for the Czech Reforms
Educated Czechs fared poorly during the communist regime (1948-89) but have done relatively well since the Velvet Revolution. This phase change is consistent with transition theory and suggests that educated Czechs may be more supportive of the postcommunist reforms as a consequence. To test this hypothesis, the authors examined 11 national surveys (1990-98) of Czech respondents to determine if economic standing and other controls explained the r…
Skating on Thin Ice: A Comparison of Work Values and Job Satisfaction in CEE and EU Countries
The article presents a critical reading of opinion data on work and job values. Three cross-national surveys are used: the ISSP module on Work Orientations, the European Values Study, and the Households-Work-Flexibility survey. In the first part, some methodological problems are described and illustrated through previous research. In the second part, several specific results are displayed. In the third part, the focus is on job satisfaction. One …
Who Is Poor in the Czech Republic? The Changing Structure and Faces of Poverty after 1989
The article provides a summary of evidence on the development of poverty in the Czech Republic since 1989. First, the new sources of poverty after 1989 and the new measures introduced to prevent or combat it are described. Second, the relative ease with which it is possible to leave the labour force and the impact of departures on household income is considered. Third, a variety of measurements that reveal different faces of poverty, comparing so…
Changes and Issues in Czech Social Policy
The article describes the development of Czech social policy and the issues that have surrounded it since 1989. The author begins by describing the character of the communist welfare state and outlining its theoretical alternatives. Despite the introduction of energetic changes during the early years of transition, since the mid-1990s the area of social policy has been dominated by stagnation, and instead of any real and specific efforts in this …
Work Values and Job Attitudes in the Czech Republic between 1997 and 2005
The article is conceived as a contribution to a critical reading of opinion data and the presentation of ISSP modules on Work Orientations from 1997 and 2005 in the Czech Republic. In the first part, some methodological problems regarding the inspection of work and job values are presented using examples drawn from previous research. In the second part, the framework of systemic transition is set up and hypotheses are presented regarding work val…
Social Policy in the Czech “Republic”: The Past and the Future of Reforms
The article describes the development of Czech policy after 1989 and the controversies it caused. It first looks at the ambiguous nature of the communist welfare state and then proceeds to outline the theoretical alternatives. After early and energetic changes in the system, stagnation set in around the mid-1990s. Despite some problems, the current performance of the system is satisfactory, but its outlook in terms of long-term efficiency is unsa…
Le revenu des ménages en République tchèque après 1989 Hausse et changement de structure des inégalités
Cet article utilise des enquêtes sur les revenus pour la période 1988–2004 afin d’illustrer les changements survenus dans l’inégalité du revenu des ménages, l’origine de ces changements et leurs principaux facteurs. Il analyse dans un premier temps les difficultés à mesurer le revenu familial compte tenu de l’ajustement du revenu à la taille et à la composition des ménages. Deuxièmement, il présente les données de base sur l’inégalité des revenus…
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