156-0801/02 – Descriptive Economics of the Czech Republic (DE)
| Gurantor department | Department of Applied Economics | Credits | 2 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Michaela Tichá, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2009/2010 | Year of cancellation | 2010/2011 |
| 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
Cílem předmětu je seznámit studenty se stavem a vývojem ekonomiky ČR s důrazem na vzájemné vazby mezi jednotlivými oblastmi národního hospodářství. Student se seznámí se základními charakteristikami demografického vývoje a pochopí jeho souvislost s dalšími okruhy ekonomiky (trhem práce, sociálním systémem apod.). Student porozumí základním makroekonomickým veličinám (HDP, nezaměstnanost, inflace) a bude schopen provést jejich regionální srovnání i základní komparaci ČR s jinými zeměmi. Osvojí si základní principy fungování systému veřejných rozpočtů, seznámí se stavem veřejných financí a porozumí vazbám mezi deficitem státního rozpočtu a jinými oblastmi ekonomiky ČR.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Czech Statistical Office. Demographic Yearbook of the Czech Republic. Praha: Czech Statistical Office, 2013.
Czech Statistical Office. Household income and living conditions. Praha: Czech Statistical Office, 2013.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
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
Assessment of instruction