Agricultural Economics, 2004 (vol. 50), issue 7
Rates of employment and unemployment in the EU and the associated countries of the EU
J. Klíma, M. Palát
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2004, 50(7):285-292 | DOI: 10.17221/5205-AGRICECON 
The paper is focused on the evaluation of the rates of employment and unemployment of women, men and in total in the EU, in associated countries of EU and for comparison in the USA and Japan. Rates of employment in the EU 15 together were evaluated in the period 1993-2002, in the associated states of the EU together in the period 1997-2002 and in the Czech Republic in the period 1998-2003. Rates of unemployment in the EU 15, USA and in Japan were evaluated in the period 1994-2003, in the associated states of EU in the period 1998-2003. Employment of males in the EU is higher then employment of females. Trends of rates of male, female and total employment...
Methodology and analysis of employee structure and remuneration
P. Tomšík, S. Lišková
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2004, 50(7):293-300 | DOI: 10.17221/5207-AGRICECON
The paper deals with forming of methodology overview, which could be used for an analysis of employee structure linked to differentiation of remuneration in an enterprise. It suggests an age structure, a structure according to education and qualification, number of employees, permanent state, fiscal state, paid state. The wage differentiation analysis comes from the calculation of month wage and series of quantiles indicators.
Convergence of household expenditures of the EU-member and acceding countries in the years 1995-2002
M. Ševela
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2004, 50(7):301-308 | DOI: 10.17221/5206-AGRICECON
The convergence in household consumption expenditure contributes to the aims defined in the Treaty of the European Union. Consumption expenditure convergence also restricts the impacts of asymmetric shocks under the bounded inner market mobility of goods, services and sources. The paper concentrates on convergence level and dynamics of consumption expenditures between the EU member and acceding countries in years 1995-2002. There are significant differences in absolute values of convergence expenditures, in prices levels of consumption goods and consumption structures among the groups of countries in year 1995. During the eight years the gap became...
Income elasticity of food expenditures of the average Czech household
P. Syrovátka
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2004, 50(7):309-316 | DOI: 10.17221/5208-AGRICECON
The paper was focused on the quantitative research of the income elasticity in the field of the food expenditures within the consumer bundle of the average Czech household between 1995 and 2002. The quantitative analysis of the elasticity was based on the system of the nine one-equation regression models of the demands. Because of the time dimension of the used CZO databases, the partial equations of the demand system were developed in the explicit dynamic form. For the elimination of the price changes in the research of the income-elasticity, the real levels of the expenditures and the incomes were calculated. With respect to instant and easy interpretation...
Influence of price level of imported wine on competition in the wine-production sector in the Czech Republic
R. Černíková
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2004, 50(7):317-322 | DOI: 10.17221/5209-AGRICECON
The paper is a part of solution of the grant awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture (NAZV) No. QF 3276 and analyzes the influence of the price level of imported bottled wine on the competition in the wine-production sector in the Czech Republic. The comparison of the industrial producers' prices in the Czech Republic with the average import prices of bottled wine in particular years brings us to conclusion that a threat for Czech producers is first the price of the imported table wine (white and red) at present. The average import prices of this wine category varied under the minimal average industrial producers' prices in 1998-2003. The average import...
Consumer habits in the Czech wine market
H. Chládková, Z. Pošvář, P. Žufan
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2004, 50(7):323-330 | DOI: 10.17221/5210-AGRICECON
The paper includes partial results of the research oriented on the habits and behaviour of consumers in the wine market in the Czech Republic. Based on direct questioning of 1 000 respondents from the whole Czech Republic, we found that 11.3% of respondents drink wine several times a week, 29.8% of respondents at least once a week, and 23.2% drink wine several times a month. Only 2.7% of respondents do not drink wine at all. 30.3% of respondents drink wine more often than before, especially because of the fact, that they like wine more, it is of a better quality, and the offer is bigger. 34.1% of respondents buy wine several times a month especially...