156-0500/02 – Descriptive Economics of the Czech Republic (DEECR)
| Gurantor department | Department of Applied Economics | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2015/2016 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- to define the Czech economic system before and after 1989;
- to outline the Czech demographic development in the economic context;
- to recognise changes of the Czech living standard;
- to present basic macroeconomic indicators;
- to describe sectors of economy.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
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.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended 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.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
We have no other requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
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.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks