Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Kahanec, Martin; Guzi, Martin; Martišková, Monika; Siebertova, Zuzana

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“…Although no direct measure of professionalization was employed in this study, there are several indirect indices suggesting the presence of this trend. A first indicator of growing professionalization is that both associational involvement and volunteering were determined by the economic situation of adolescents’ family in 2010, which was not the case in 1995 (despite no dramatic increase of economic inequality in Czech society from 1995 to 2010; Kahanec et al, 2012). Furthermore, while the overall level of associational involvement did not change, the level of volunteering decreased and the link between associational involvement and volunteering became stronger from 1995 to 2010.…”

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“…Ethnic polarization of the society or some form of radicalization could represent other kinds of contextual changes, making civil society less inclusive and tolerant. Nevertheless, despite its transition between two different economic systems, no such contextual changes happened within Czech society by 2010, as indicated, for instance, by its lasting ethnic homogeneity (Czech Statistical Office, 2014) or a very low public support for far-right political parties (Kahanec et al, 2012). On the contrary, Czech civil society in the 21st century can be regarded as one of the most developed among other postcommunist countries (Celichowski, 2008; Heinrich, 2007), which supports the assumption of increasing professionalization.…”

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What’s the Matter With Civil Society? The Declining Effect of Civic Involvement on Civic Identity Among Czech Adolescents

Šerek

2016

Youth & Society

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This study shows that the beneficial impact of adolescents' involvement in civil society on their civic identity cannot be taken for granted. Employing the case of the Czech Republic, it is shown that this effect has vanished since early post-communism to the present day. Survey data from two different generations of Czech middle adolescents were analyzed: the postcommunist generation (collected in 1995; n=1,127) and the current generation (collected in 2010; n=976). While participants' associational involvement and volunteering predicted their stronger civic identity (i.e., psychological connection and sense of responsibility to fellow citizens) in 1995, no such effect was observed in 2010. Simultaneously, both associational involvement and volunteering were determined by the economic situation of adolescents' family in 2010, but not in 1995. The most likely reason for the vanishing impact of civic involvement is the advancing professionalization of civil society.

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What’s the Matter With Civil Society? The Declining Effect of Civic Involvement on Civic Identity Among Czech Adolescents

Šerek

2016

Youth & Society

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“…However, there were differences in policies and outcomes among the selected countries during the transition period. Czechia and Slovakia have shown resilience to inequality shocks due to efficient tax and social policies (Kahanec et al 2014). Poland experienced a modest rise in inequality due to free-market principles and financial considerations (Letki et al 2014).…”

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The sources and structure of wage inequality changes in the selected Central-Eastern European Countries

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Galambosné Tiszberger

2024

J Econ Inequal

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We study the determinants of wage inequality and its fluctuations in six Central-Eastern European nations using European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions microdata from 2010 to 2019. Wage disparity in these countries changed in distinct ways. Inequality in Czechia and Romania is generally steady, has fallen consistently in Poland and Slovakia, and has increased in Bulgaria. Inequality has been steadily reducing in Hungary but has recently increased significantly. Therefore, this paper questions these countries' primary causes of wage inequality changes. In addition to providing a detailed description of inequality trends in these countries, we focus on examining the demographic and micro-level determinants alongside the minimum wage changes. We estimate these effects using RIF regression and RIF decompositions for various inequality measures. The changes in wage inequality in these countries were driven mainly by wage structure effects regardless of the increase or decrease in wage inequality. Changes in the returns to education and returns to permanent employment contracts are crucial in explaining decreased wage inequality. The increases in wage inequality in Hungary and Bulgaria are defined mainly by the changes in the estimated constants instead of micro-level determinants. The changes in the minimum wage explain most of the unknown factors in Bulgaria, and the spillover effects of the minimum wage may explain most of the unknown factors in Hungary. Our results can support the skill-biased technological change hypothesis in the case of Slovakia, Romania, Czechia, and Bulgaria.

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Economic Populism in Four East-European Countries: A Polanyian Countermovement?

Benczes,

Vigvári

2024

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Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Cited by 8 publications

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What’s the Matter With Civil Society? The Declining Effect of Civic Involvement on Civic Identity Among Czech Adolescents

What’s the Matter With Civil Society? The Declining Effect of Civic Involvement on Civic Identity Among Czech Adolescents

The sources and structure of wage inequality changes in the selected Central-Eastern European Countries

Economic Populism in Four East-European Countries: A Polanyian Countermovement?

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