Assessment of the income situation of households in the Czech Republic

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessment of the income situation of households in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The paper deals with the assessment of income situation of households in the Czech Republic. The primary source for analyses was the data of the survey EU-SILC European Union -- Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. The basic variable for the analysis is the level of household income in 2005--2008. In addition to decile classification, characteristics such as the average income per household member, poverty threshold, poverty depth coefficient, Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient. were calculated inorder to evaluate the income situation. The results show an increase of average household income. Lorenz curve followed by Gini coefficient demonstrate the uniformity of distribution of income values. The results show a decreasing income differentiation. The poverty threshold was defined in level of 60% of median value and with this given threshold were assessed households, whether they belong to ones at risk of poverty. The results reveal a decreasing number of households at risk of po

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AE - Management, administration and clerical work

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska ekonomika

ISSN

0139-570X

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Volume of the periodical

57

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

322-330

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