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Hlídání vnoučat českými prarodiči v mezinárodním srovnání

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Hamplová D.

Data a výzkum - SDA Info (Data and Research - SDA Info)

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2014

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vol. 8

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issue 1

25-40

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The article explores the frequency and intensity of childcare provided by grandparents. It uses the 2006/2007 SHARE data for 12 countries with a special focus on the Czech Republic. Past research usually distinguishes between the North-European model with high frequency and low intensity grand-parenting and the Southern-European model with low frequency and high intensity grand-parenting. This article shows that the Czech Republic – along with Germany and Austria – cannot be easily classified into these two broad patterns. Czech grandparents tend to participate in childcare with low frequency and low intensity, particularly in the case of children under 3 years of age. Low maternal labor force participation is used as an argument explaining this finding.

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MISCELLANEA Determinants of social media’s use in consumer behaviour: an international comparison.

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Bartosik-Purgat M., Filimon N., Hinner M.

Economics and Business Review

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2017

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vol. 3(17)

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issue 2

79-100

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This research focuses on the impact of social media (SM) on their users’ behaviour vis-a-vis their decision to purchase goods and services online as well as their attitudes towards these media. The theoretical framework was grounded in the literature of consumers’ behaviour and their interaction with the digital media with a special focus on individual socio-demographics (age and gender). The literature overview allowed the construction of the research hypotheses taking into account the personal traits and the social media usage in terms of consumer activities. The empirical testing of the hypotheses was performed with quantitative methods of analysis applied to a dataset of SM users from six different countries (Poland, China, Spain, Germany, Turkey and US). Findings have shown that SM preferences and their frequency of use have different impacts on consumer behaviour both depending on individual characteristics. Some implications for business managers and marketeers are discussed.

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Environmental Concerns in Cross-National Context: How Do Mass Publics in Central and Eastern Europe Compare with Other Regions of the World?

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Marquart-Pyatt S. T.

Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review

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2012

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vol. 48

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issue 3

441–466

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Research examining the globalisation of environmental concern shown in public opinion surveys is currently underspecified, as the countries in Central and Eastern Europe are not explicitly showcased in empirical research. To address this gap in the literature, this research examines two measures of environmental concern, awareness of environmental threats and willingness to sacrifice, emphasising former state socialist countries both in comparison with countries around the globe and across countries located within this regional block. Results reveal that Central and Eastern European countries exhibit unique qualities regarding the content of environmental concern, and that, although the determinants of environmental threat awareness differ to some extent within this region, the social bases of willingness to sacrifice are strikingly similar across the six former state socialist countries in this sample. These results extend prior research and offer important directions for future scholarship.

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Institutional Environment and Agricultural Production in Post-communist Central European Countries

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Minárik P.

Littera Scripta

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2017

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vol. 1

88-101

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This paper examines the significance of the institutional environment on agricultural production in post-communist Central European countries. It adds to the extensive research conducted into agricultural production functions by introducing a model which explains aggregate agricultural production using various inputs as well as variables that represent the institutional environment. The results with regards to the elasticities of material inputs (land, labour, capital) differ from those in previous research due to the specifics of the sample. More importantly, this paper identifies several institutions relevant to the agricultural sector and shows that in transitional economies institutional variables play a significant role.

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International research on teachers and their job satisfaction – an analysis of research approaches and intents

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Kasáčová B., Jonek H.

Edukacja Międzykulturowa

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2023

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vol. 23

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issue 4

72-83

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The study presents theoretical starting points and research approaches dedicated to the teaching profession in an international context. It provides interesting insights into the relationship between teachers’ workload and their life satisfaction. The research presented in this study is focused on primary and pre-primary teachers. The authors present the results of a theoretical survey of the current studies and identify the intents of the research objective. They plan to expand the research objective to include a comparison of cross-cultural data between teachers from Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic. The findings are intended to provide valuable knowledge and inspiration for improving the working conditions of teachers. In addition, they can contribute to the innovation of undergraduate teacher education and lifelong teacher education programs. The current international research is aimed to find out how teachers in the early stages of children’s education, i.e. teachers of primary and pre-primary education, manage the demands of their profession through the lens of their specific professional activities. Subsequently, the obtained results are compared with the feeling of satisfaction in their life. The aim of this research is to provide an international comparison of teachers from Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic.

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Environmental Behaviours in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany between 1993 and 2010: Macro-Level Trends and Individual-Level Determinants Compared

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Hadler M., Wohlkonig P.

Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review

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2012

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vol. 48

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issue 3

467–492

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Comparing environmental behaviours in the neighbouring countries of Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany, this article discusses the national and individual level determinants of private and public environmental actions. For this purpose, survey data collected by the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) in 1993, 2000 and 2010 are analysed. The analysis reveals that values are more important for public behaviour and socio-demographics are more important for private behaviour. At the macro-level, an initial gap can be reported: Public and private behaviours were less frequent in the Czech Republic and also to a certain extent in East Germany. The gap between these former socialist countries and Austria and Germany has decreased over time. The convergence, however, happens at an overall low level of public behaviour and an overall high level of private behaviour.

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Pomiar efektywności zróżnicowanych technologicznie gospodarstw rolnych w Unii Europejskiej

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Marzec J., Pisulewski A.

Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics

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2020

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vol. 303

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issue 3

111-137

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The aim of the present study was to derive the characteristics of the production process for crop farms in the European Union member states. The paper uses regional data on farms taken from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). Therefore, the models that account for heterogeneity among the analysed regions, were used in the present study. In particular, the paper considers two approaches to modelling heterogeneity: deterministic and stochastic. The deterministic approach is reflected in the paper with the usage of translog production function model, which allows output elasticities to depend on the input levels. The stochastic approach is represented by a stochastic frontier model with random coefficients. The application of the above-mentioned concept allowed to derive the Cobb-Douglas (C–D) production function model with individual parameters. The parameters of the four models were estimated using the Bayesian approach. The obtained results indicate that the C–D model is the best. In addition, it was observed that for the EU average, the highest production elasticity is with respect to materials, while the lowest w.r.t area. Surprisingly, the results suggest a high mean technical efficiency of the analysed regions (0.95), with very small dispersion of these scores.

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Celem niniejszego opracowania jest określenie charakterystyk procesu produkcyjnego gospodarstw rolnych specjalizujących się w uprawach polowych w państwach członkowskich Unii Europejskiej. W pracy wykorzystano dane regionalne FADN. W związku z występującym zróżnicowaniem między regionami w pracy wykorzystano modele uwzględniające tę heterogeniczność. W szczególności rozważono dwa sposoby modelowania heterogeniczności: deterministyczny oraz stochastyczny. Odzwierciedleniem pierwszego sposobu jest wykorzystanie w niniejszej pracy modelu funkcji produkcji typu translog, który pozwala, żeby elastyczności produkcji względem nakładów czynników produkcji zależały od wielkości nakładów. Natomiast stochastyczny sposób modelowania heterogeniczności reprezentuje stochastyczny model graniczny z losowymi parametrami. Zastosowanie powyższej koncepcji pozwoliło na zbudowanie modelu funkcji produkcji typu Cobba i Douglasa (C–D) z indywidualnymi parametrami. Estymacji parametrów czterech modeli dokonano za pomocą podejścia bayesowskiego. Otrzymane wyniki jednoznacznie wskazują, że najlepszym modelem okazał się model C–D z indywidualnymi parametrami. Ponadto zaobserwowano, że dla średniej unijnej najwyższa elastyczność produkcji występuje względem nakładów materiałów, a najniższa względem areału. Natomiast dosyć zaskakującym wynikiem jest wysoki poziom średniej efektywności technicznej (0,95) przy bardzo niewielkim rozproszeniu tych ocen.

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Polityka rodzinna, wykształcenie i kariera zawodowa matek w Niemczech, Stanach Zjednoczonych i Szwecji

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Grunow D., Aisenbrey S., Evertsson M.

Roczniki Nauk Społecznych

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2012

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vol. 4(40)

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issue 4

131-174

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This article compares the duration of and consequences for employment interruptions for mothers with distinct educational qualifications in cross-national perspective. We analyze the duration of mothers’ employment interruption and the relative quality of the job after childbirth, for high and low qualified mothers in Germany, Sweden, and the United States. Analyses are based on harmonized national longitudinal data sets (GLHS-West, NLSY, LNU), which allow us to study mothers’ careers over the past 30–35 years. We apply event-history analysis to study how long mothers with distinct educational levels interrupt employment after childbirth, and how the patterns of return to work differ with respect to mothers’ educational level. In all three countries the highly educated display a greater labor market attachment. In the US, almost half of the mothers with some college background, compared to only a quarter of high-school dropouts stay employed continuously after childbirth. In Sweden, basically all mothers take time-out for at least half a year. In Germany, 25% of mothers with university entrance qualification do not claim parental leave. In Germany and Sweden consequences of leave extensions seem to operate independent of mothers’ educational levels. In the U.S. medium and highly educated mothers tend to return more slowly after the enactment of the FMLA.

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When elective affinities foster Europeanization: How the EU active welfare state model and national policies for controlling the unemployed reinforced each other (1997-2005)

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Dubois V.

Studia z Polityki Publicznej

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2020

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vol. 7

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issue 2(26)

9-32

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Niniejszy artykuł wykorzystuje ramy teoretyczne Maxa Webera do badania procesów europeizacji polityk publicznych. Skupia się na polityce zatrudnienia, by analizować "powinowactwa z wyboru" między Europejską Strategią Zatrudnienia zainicjowaną w 1997 r. a późniejszymi reformami krajowymi reorganizującymi i wzmacniającymi monitorowanie, sankcjonowanie i nadzór bezrobotnych. W tym ujęciu, europeizacja jest rozumiana raczej jako wzajemne wzmacnianie się polityki europejskiej i reform krajowych niż relacja oparta na jednostronnym, odgórnym oddziaływaniu.

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This paper advocates the use of a Weberian framework in the analysis of the processes of Europeanization of public policies. It focuses on employment policies to explore the "elective affinities" between the European Employment Strategy launched in 1997 and the subsequent elaboration of national reforms reorganizing and strengthening monitoring, surveillance, and sanctions of the unemployed. From this perspective, Europeanization is defined as mutual reinforcement between European policy frames and national reforms than a top-down unilateral relationship of influence.

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Kapitał społeczny polskich studentów na tle międzynarodowym z wykorzystaniem wyników badań eksperymentalnych

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Markowska-Przybyła U., Ramsey D.

Przegląd Socjologiczny

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2017

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vol. LXVI

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issue 2

9-36

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Artykuł prezentuje wyniki badań eksperymentalnych nad wybranymi aspektami kapitału społecznego w Polsce na tle innych państw. W odróżnieniu od wcześniejszych badań zastosowano inną metodę pomiaru poziomu kapitału społecznego, która umożliwia obiektywizację oceny zasobów tego kapitału. Zastosowana metoda badawcza bazuje na obserwacjach, nie zaś na deklaracjach respondentów, co pozwala na uchwycenie luki intencjonalno-behawioralnej. Analizowane są w nim następujące aspekty: zaufanie, wiarygodność i współpraca. W artykule porównano wyniki typowych gier eksperymentalnych – gry „zaufanie” oraz gry „dobro publiczne” – przeprowadzanych na całym świecie, w tym polskie badania autorów przeprowadzone na grupie 1540 studentów w 16 miastach – stolicach regionów Polski. Wyniki analizy porównawczej wskazują na niski poziom zaufania obserwowanego, co potwierdza wyniki przeprowadzanych cyklicznie badań sondażowych, niski poziom wiarygodności, jednak towarzyszy im zaskakująco wysoki poziom współpracy obserwowany w grze „dobro publiczne”.

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This article presents the results of experimental research carried out in Poland on chosen aspects of social capital. The aspects considered are: trust, trustworthiness, and cooperation. The authors use a novel method of assessing the level of social capital, which is aimed at describing the form of such capital more objectively. The method applied is based on the observed behaviour of individuals, and not on declarations. This enables us to investigate the gap between intention and behaviour. Our research was conducted on a total of 1540 students at universities in 16 Polish cities – each being a regional capital, and was based on commonly used experimental games: the „Trust Game” and the „Public Goods Game”. These results are compared to studies from a large number of other countries all over the world. The results from the trust game indicate that there is a low level of trust in Poland, which confirms the results obtained from periodic social surveys. However, the level of cooperation observed in the „Public Goods Game” is surprisingly high.

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ZATRZYMANA REWOLUCJA? ZMIANY W PODZIALE PRACY W GOSPODARSTWACH DOMOWYCH – MIĘDZYNARODOWE BADANIA PORÓWNAWCZE

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Michoń P.

Polityka Społeczna

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2015

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vol. 42

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issue 2(491)

27-33

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The idea of stalled revolution appears in the writings on division of work, particularly housework, in the households. The literature is dominated with the studies that focus on the division of housework without taking paid work into consideration; the studies related primarily to the very rich countries, and often lack the distinction between couples where both partners are employed and couples where one of the partners is not employed. The purpose of the paper is to compare the distribution of paid and unpaid work in the households in countries with different level of wealth. The main conclusion of the empirical study: along with the enrichment of the population decreases the amount of paid and unpaid work in the household, and the decline relates mostly to women.

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O zatrzymanej rewolucji pisze się w kontekście podziału pracy w gospodarstwach domowych, a szczególnie w odniesieniu do obciążenia kobiet pracą niepłatną. W literaturze na temat pracy niepłatnej dominuje ujęcie, w którym autorzy poświęcają uwagę głównie podziałowi pracy niepłatnej w domu, badając ją w oderwaniu od pracy płatnej; badania dotyczą przede wszystkim krajów bogatych; a przy tym często brakuje w nich rozróżnienia na pary, w których oboje partnerów pracuje zawodowo i pary, w których jeden z partnerów pozostaje w domu. Celem artykułu jest porównanie podziału pracy płatnej i niepłatnej w gospodarstwach domowych w krajach o zróżnicowanym poziomie bogactwa. Podstawowy wniosek z przeprowadzonego badania: wraz z bogaceniem się społeczeństw maleje ilość pracy płatnej i niepłatnej wykonywanej w gospodarstwie domowym, a spadek ten dotyczy głównie kobiet.

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Hlídání vnoučat českými prarodiči v mezinárodním srovnání

MISCELLANEA Determinants of social media’s use in consumer behaviour: an international comparison.

Environmental Concerns in Cross-National Context: How Do Mass Publics in Central and Eastern Europe Compare with Other Regions of the World?

Institutional Environment and Agricultural Production in Post-communist Central European Countries

International research on teachers and their job satisfaction – an analysis of research approaches and intents

Environmental Behaviours in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany between 1993 and 2010: Macro-Level Trends and Individual-Level Determinants Compared

Pomiar efektywności zróżnicowanych technologicznie gospodarstw rolnych w Unii Europejskiej

Polityka rodzinna, wykształcenie i kariera zawodowa matek w Niemczech, Stanach Zjednoczonych i Szwecji

When elective affinities foster Europeanization: How the EU active welfare state model and national policies for controlling the unemployed reinforced each other (1997-2005)

Kapitał społeczny polskich studentów na tle międzynarodowym z wykorzystaniem wyników badań eksperymentalnych

ZATRZYMANA REWOLUCJA? ZMIANY W PODZIALE PRACY W GOSPODARSTWACH DOMOWYCH – MIĘDZYNARODOWE BADANIA PORÓWNAWCZE