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Poverty risk trend in Slovakia: Changes in time and space

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Michálek A.
Quaestiones Geographicae
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2017
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vol. 36
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issue 4
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Poverty is a serious problem in Slovakia, and it is concentrated in a few regions. The aim of this paper is to capture the spatial differences in poverty in order to identify the poorest districts and to point to the change in the development of poverty in regions during one decade (2001–2011). It was an important period, because it was when Slovakia joined the EU (2004) and the euro zone (2009), that the financial crisis appeared. Our approach to the topic of poverty is based on an aggregated poverty indicator. The indicator reflects three kinds of risks and a broad spectrum of poverty aspects.
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TEORETICKÉ VÝCHODISKÁ A EMPIRICKÉ POZNATKY O VZŤAHU NEZAMESTNANOSTI A KRIMINALITY A JEHO ŠPECIFIKÁ NA SLOVENSKU

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Michálek A.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2015
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vol. 47
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issue 2
171 – 190
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The article focuses on a theme that is complex in terms of data, methodology and argumentation. The principal aim is to provide relevant theoretical basis and empirical knowledge about the existence of relationship between unemployment and crime. Other equally important objective is the research and acquisition of knowledge about the above-mentioned relationship in Slovakia while the more detailed analysis of the relationship between unemployment and four selected kinds of crime was given special attention. Based on the knowledge drawn from existing literature and using the Spearman correlation coefficient, dependence between the above-mentioned two phenomena was studied. Regional data of the Crime Statistics in the Slovak Republic for 53 police wards obtained from the Ministry of Interior of the SR and the Regional data about unemployment of the Statistical Office of the SR were used in this analysis. Results of the carried out analysis contradict the hypothesis about any significant correlation between unemployment and the studied kinds of crime. The values of correlation coefficients in all cases pointed to a weak and in one case (violent crime) zero correlation. The results and knowledge about the ambivalent relationship between the studied phenomena indicate that in Slovakia the nature of theft or larceny is driven by greed rather than necessity. From the scientific point of view, the hypothesis about dependence between the studied phenomena that were analysed based on the regional data in Slovakia has not been confirmed. However, further study of the quoted relationships and analysis of longer time intervals and/or inclusion of other kinds of crime is necessary. It is also necessary to interpret the results in the framework of criminological, sociological, economic and other theories. From the point of view of applied sphere it is necessary to identify the common and specific feature and causes in regions that determine the level of crime. Research oriented in this way may provide the necessary information and knowledge for identification of crime determinants in Slovakia.
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Poverty risk trend in Slovakia: Changes in time and space

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Michálek A.
Quaestiones Geographicae
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2017
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vol. 36
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issue 4
EN
Poverty is a serious problem in Slovakia, and it is concentrated in a few regions. The aim of this paper is to capture the spatial differences in poverty in order to identify the poorest districts and to point to the change in the development of poverty in regions during one decade (2001–2011). It was an important period, because it was when Slovakia joined the EU (2004) and the euro zone (2009), that the financial crisis appeared. Our approach to the topic of poverty is based on an aggregated poverty indicator. The indicator reflects three kinds of risks and a broad spectrum of poverty aspects.
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Economic Growth, Inequalities and Poverty in Slovakia from 2005 to 2015 (the Analysis of Relations and Contexts at a Regional Level)

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Michálek A., Výbošťok J.
European Spatial Research and Policy
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2018
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vol. 25
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issue 1
55-74
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Poverty rate is influenced by numerous factors. The determining ones are economic growth and the distribution of its effects. This article is therefore focused on the analysis of these effects and their relationship, as well as their influence on poverty at a regional level (NUTS 3, ‘kraj’). For the analysis of interactions between growth and distribution in correlation to poverty reduction, the Bourguignon model (the Poverty-Growth-Inequality triangle) and the growth incidence curve (GIC) were used. It was found that economic growth positively influences income inequalities as well as decreases the share of population under the poverty threshold in all regions. However, the development differs across regions. Based on the development and tendencies of the gross domestic product (GDP), income distribution and poverty it is obvious that economically strong regions (or their populations) dealt better with poverty during the crisis period.
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VÝVOJ A PRIESTOROVÁ VARIABILITA POISTENIA OBYVATEĽSTVA PROTI RIZIKU POVODNE NA SLOVENSKU V OBDOBÍ 2002 - 2011

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Majdová M., Solín Ľ., Michálek A.
Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
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2015
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vol. 63
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issue 2
167 – 187
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The aim of this article is to obtain essential information on the flood risk insurance in Slovakia based on the analysis of available data on insurance contracts and flood insurance claims in the period 2002 – 2011, as well as on the possible factors influencing its temporal and spatial variability. Research on the relationship between the flood insurance coverage, flood hazard and socioeconomic status expressed through a poverty index at district level indicated no significant effect of flood hazard level on decision to ensure property insurance against the flood risk. The financial situation of the population together with empirical experience with flood damage payment by insurance company and the poor awareness about flood hazard potential can be identified as the main determinants influencing the level of insurance against the risk of flooding in Slovakia.
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