Unemployment, Labour Marginalisation, and Deprivation (in English)

The increase in long-term unemployment and the prolongation of periods of unemployment signals the establishment of a marginalized labor force in the Czech Republic. This paper considers the emerging marginalized groups in the Czech labor market, and their social, mental, and material deprivation. A major determinant of the incidence of unemployment in a person's work career is human capital, indicated by completed education. Material deprivation is most severe in unemployed-affected households with dependents in which the breadwinner's income has been lost. It is also severe in single-parent households. Overall, it is particularly those in the non-qualified labor force who find themselves in a state of permanent material deprivation with respect to a high risk of unemployment. The effects of labor market marginalization on labor market performance are mostly negative due to a diminished employability, and, as a result, declining effective labor supply. A policy response should involve employment tax and benefit reform and the extension of activating measures, mainly of those supporting employability and human capital.wage curve, wage flexibility, unemployment, panel data

Some thoughts about the interplay between welfare attitudes and populism

This article argues for setting a research agenda to investigate more concretely the interplay between welfare attitudes and support for populist parties.This article argues for setting a research agenda to investigate more concretely the interplay between welfare attitudes and support for populist parties

Legitimita redistribuce: Èeská republika v mezinárodním srovnání

This paper considers the legitimacy, scope and purposes of redistribution in Czech society. The authors use data from international surveys from the mid-nineties onward, as well as several national Czech surveys. The authors claim that Czech society does not favor extensive redistribution in principle. Nevertheless, redistribution expectations are stronger than in other European countries. This may be the result of the social consequences of economic transition. While improving benefits for marginalized groups are met with little public support, general benefits, according to public opinion, should be increased. Measures to improve human capital and flexibility in the labor market are supported by the majority opinion as well. The Czech population also prefers to combine collective (social) protection with private supplementary insurance.redistribution; social justice; private and public insurance

Mennyire megfelelő a szociális biztonsági juttatások színvonala a Cseh Köztársaságban?

A tanulmány célja, hogy elemezze: megfelelő-e és hatékony-e a szociális biztonsági rendszer a Cseh Köztársaságban 1990 és 2003 között. A megfelelőséget objektíven a szociális biztonsági rendszer új kockázatokkal és szükségletekkel (nevezetesen a szegénység kockázatával) kapcsolatos reakciókészségeként határozzuk meg. A szubjektív definíció alapja az állampolgároknak a szociális biztonsági rendszerek működésére vonatkozó véleménye és értékelése. A tanulmány adatokat közöl a szociális biztonsági rendszer objektív és szubjektív megfelelőségéről és a köztük levő összefüggésről. Egyúttal kísérletet tesz egy ellentmondás magyarázatára: a cseh szociális biztonsági rendszer ugyanis hatékonyan működött a szegénység felszámolása terén, a lakosság megítélése szerint mégsem elég megfelelőek az ellátások, vagyis a rendszer legitimitása alacsony. Az objektív és szubjektív megítélés ütközésbe került egymással. Az elemzés két nagy adatforráson alapul. Az egyik forrás a Cseh Statisztikai Hivatal felméréseiből (1988-as, 1992-es, 1996-os és 2002-es mikrocenzus, 1990 és 2003 közötti háztartásstatisztikai vizsgálatok, 2001-es nagy felmérés a háztartások szociális körülményeiről) származó jövedelemadatok sora. A másik „A szociális biztonsági rendszer legitimitása” és „A szociálpolitika hatásai” címmel 1998-ban és 1999-ben végzett reprezentatív felmérés

Support for market economy principles in European post-communist countries during 1999-2008

Since the fall of the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe in 1989, neoliberal discourse has dominated among the political elite in the post-communist countries, paving the way for unprecedented mass privatisation, economic deregulation, and other market reforms. In this paper, we study the development of public support for market economy principles in post-communist countries compared to other European countries during the 1999-2008 period, which is the period that directly followed the initial stage of market transformation. We use data from the European Value Survey covering 22 European countries for the years 1999/2000 and 2008/2009. In addition to analysing the trends, we apply multilevel regression models to study the determinants and levels of support for the market economy in post-communist and other European countries. We find that, when controlling for individual and country-level variables, a significant increase in support for market economy principles has taken place in the post-communist cluster, which is not the case in the other countries. There is some inconsistency in support for the individual principles of market economics: support exists in post-communist countries for the notion that the state should be responsible for the social and economic well-being of its inhabitants and for state regulation of the economy, while support is high for some market economy principles, such as free competition and private ownership. In other words, support for some kind of social market seems to dominate the views of those living in post-communist countries, in which the state should combine a market economy with relatively generous social policies

Sociální vyloučení (exkluze) a sociální začlenování (inkluze) – koncepty, diskurz, agenda

EU programme documents designed to influence the social policies of the member states are filled with concepts of social exclusion and social inclusion. This paper aims to clarify these concepts as they are employed in academic and public policy discourse and to discuss the societal function of this discourse and the impact of the European agenda of social inclusion. The authors show that although concepts of social exclusion and social inclusion are far from straightforward in meaning, their influence on public policy discourse and agenda is evident. The reason is that they redirect social policy towards a multidimensional approach, towards balancing rights and obligations, and towards more complex but also local and individualised policies, though the corresponding discourse bears the normative features of a social ‘vision’. The EU’s social policy agenda exhibits aspirations towards and some potential for achieving real policy change. On the other hand, there are reservations about its true impact. In this respect, the specifi c societal and political context of its implementation plays a crucial role

Satisfaction with democracy and perceived performance of the welfare state in Europe

This paper tests several hypotheses to explain the link between satisfaction with democracy and welfare state performance. In conducting multilevel analysis we use data on the contextual and institutional conditions including the welfare state regimes as well as data from European Social Survey 2012 special module on democracy. Our results show that a discrepancy between the desired policy goal and perceived policy outcome of the welfare state (policy deficit) influences the perceptions of citizens of how democracy works. In particular, social policies aimed at reducing poverty correlates positively with one’s satisfaction with democracy

Sociální a ekonomické faktory marginalizace na pracovním trhu v České republice

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Marek Rymsza (ed.) :Toward active welfare : the development of social work and community work in Poland and Europe

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