Landscape structural changes between 1950 and 2012 and their role in wildlife–vehicle collisions in the Czech Republic

AbstractAssisted reproduction (ART), particularly that performed using donated gametes, increases the prospect of healthy babies being delivered to increasing numbers of people striving for parenthood. The psychosocial, ethical and legislative issues related both to the donation and receipt of gametes are perceived as extraordinarily complicated. In 2009, a research project aimed at mapping the issues was drawn up and implemented in the Czech Republic. The project should have provided material for consultation purposes, for the work of ethical and legislative bodies, and for better interdisciplinary and international communication in reproductive medicine. Work on the project was affected by several unforeseen events, particularly by the drafting and adoption of a new law on ART (to which the project was initially to have contributed material once concluded). The article describes the dynamic and structural changes occurring within the project due to drafting of the bill as well as the changes and consequences resulting from other circumstances related to the topic researched.

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Estimated mortality of mammals and the costs associated with animal–vehicle collisions on the roads in the Czech Republic

Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment ◽

10.1016/j.trd.2012.09.001 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 ◽

pp. 51-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jiří Mrtka ◽

Marie Borkovcová

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Vehicle Collisions ◽

The Czech Republic

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Structural changes in agriculture since EU accession in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary

10.7896/ak1702 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Abrahamová Miluše ◽

Bartoň Petr ◽

Boskova Iveta ◽

Čámská Klára ◽

Doucha Tomáš ◽

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Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Eu Accession ◽

The Czech Republic

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Specjalizacja i konkurencyjność krajów UE w zakresie produkcji zbóż

Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego ◽

10.22630/prs.2018.18.3.90 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18(33) (3) ◽

pp. 323-331

Author(s):

Agnieszka Tłuczak

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Great Britain ◽

Crop Production ◽

Structural Changes ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Cereal Species ◽

European Union Countries ◽

Central Statistical ◽

Central Statistical Office

This paper presents the results of research on the specialization and competitiveness of crop production in European Union countries. The Esteban-Marquillas method of competitiveness changes was used for the research. This method indicates specialized countries and the nature of structural changes in the scope of crop production. The research was carried out on the basis of data on the size of crop production. All data was taken from the databases of the Central Statistical Office. The research covers the years 2005-2016. The obtained results distinguish (inseparable) groups of countries specializing in the production of particular cereal species. The following countries specialize in the production of wheat: Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Austria; production of barley wheat: Finland, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Greece; and rye: Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia.

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Effectiveness of Regulation of Educational Requirements for Non-Bank Credit Providers in Czech Republic

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci10010028 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 28

Author(s):

Ivan Soukal ◽

Eva Hamplová ◽

Jiri Haviger

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Structural Changes ◽

First Year ◽

Market Regulation ◽

Success Rates ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Professional Qualification ◽

Education Management ◽

Educational Challenges ◽

Educational Requirements

Educational challenges for companies are created by market regulation less frequently versus market dynamics. Yet when law-enforced educational challenges appear, they have a significant impact on companies and their employees. This empirical study focuses on a new professional qualification regulation on the market of consumer credit in the Czech Republic. We analyze how companies cope with the new law-enforced educational requirements and whether the regulation has been successful. We analyzed more than 1900 certification tests. The sample accounted for approximately 10% of all employees tested in the Czech Republic in the first year of the regulation. All test variants were found unique, the expected point score of each variant had skewed distributions with only a small number of difficult variants. A significant majority of the tests showed expected values in an interval of 60–75% with only several outliers; test difficulty was balanced. The professional qualification tests separated employees with the required knowledge from those without and excluded accidental success. We identified a successful education management system that resulted in success rates above the country average: decentralized regional managers supervision, employee financial participation, and effective e-learning. We found structural changes in the market supply structure. Companies with professionally skilled employees met the regulatory conditions. The regulation combining centrally-provided requirements and questions with the market-based method of preparing for the professional qualification test was successful.

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Employment structure and unemployment in the czech republic

Prague Economic Papers ◽

10.18267/j.pep.46 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vladislav Flek

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Labour Market ◽

Driving Force ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Initial Conditions ◽

Labour Force ◽

Social Stability ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Labour Market Flexibility ◽

Market Restructuring

Did exceptionally low unemployment between 1990-1996 mean that the CzechRepublic had sacrificed more labour market flexibility and faster changes inthe structure of employmnet in exchange for social stability? Or had thecountry made use of its specific initial conditions and managed to followits own mode of labour market restructuring, without the necessity ofincreasing the rate of unemployment drastically? Does currently increasingunemployment accelerate the coversion of the structure of employment towardsthe EU-15 patterns? In attemting to answer the above questions, the paperargues that the Czech unemployment miracle has disappeared as soon as theparticipation rate had become stable, labour shedding accelerated and theeconomic policies responded to macroeconomic overheating. The main sourcesof structural changes in employment were massive labour force withdrawals inagriculture and industry, coupled with job-to-job movements of labour. But,the process of further structural changes has nearly been stopped, despitethe recent rise in unemployment. Instead of being a driving force of labourmobility, current unemploymnet bears predominantly cyclical features.

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Structural changes in the economies of the Visegrad Group’s countries

Russian Economic Journal ◽

10.33983/0130-9757-2020-3-77-89 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 77-89

Author(s):

A.S. Chetverikova

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Industry Structure ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Global Competitiveness ◽

The Past ◽

The World ◽

World Economic ◽

Main Factors ◽

Visegrad Group

The article analyzes the changes in the economies of the Visegrad group over the past decade. The dynamics of the main indicators, including indicators of the industry structure and employment structure, as well as the world economic (global) competitiveness of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland, are considered. The issue of the innovation sphere of the «four», its features against the background of pan-European trends, is touched upon. The main factors and limitations of development of these countries are highlighted. The main characteristics of the Visegrad model and its impact on the participating countries are identified.

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Market for tradable pollution permits

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) ◽

10.17221/5189-agricecon ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 50 (No. 5) ◽

pp. 199-203

Author(s):

Z. Toušek

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Emission Permits ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Pollution Permits ◽

Tradable Emission Permits ◽

Fully Functioning ◽

The Eu

Structural changes that were following the transformation from the centrally planed economy to market oriented one brought among other things new perceptions that of the hither to mainly reglected environmental issues. The Czech Republic as one of the few developed countries has achieved a tremendous decline in a emission production by huge investments. Because of the Kyoto protocol ratification by the EU, this issue is getting more important. The practical consequence of this ratification process is the creation of the unified European market for tradable emission permits that should be fully functioning by the year 2005. It is essential to fully understand basic theoretical principles of tradable emission permits market for homogenous and heterogeneous pollutions to achieve maximal benefits out of it.

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Europe: west and east partners in the 2000

Prague Economic Papers ◽

10.18267/j.pep.60 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Bruno Sergio Sergi

Keyword(s):

Monetary Policy ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Service Sector ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Monetary Authority ◽

Economic Policies ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Degree Of Convergence ◽

European Economies ◽

East West

This paper is about a perspective East-West European partnership in a framework of coordinated economic policies, especially monetary policy, and a single monetary authority. The data on inflation and the service sector used to test the degree of convergence of 15 European economies versus Germany show that selected economies in the East are about to attain western standards but eastward enlargement might take place only in case of more structural changes in the East. The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland are the countries likely to qualify for membership and join soon.

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