Decision about family size
| Author: | Bc. Eva Melcerová |
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| Year: | 2014 - summer |
| Leaders: | prof. Ing. Lubomír Mlčoch CSc. |
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| Work type: | Bachelors |
| Language: | Czech |
| Pages: | 60 |
| Awards and prizes: | B.A. with distinction from the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences for an extraordinarily good bachelors diploma thesis. |
| Link: | https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/zzp/detail/136689/ |
| Abstract: | The aging population of the Czech Republic is a very acute problem. While the increase in life expectancy and the related need for reform of overshadow. In the theoretical part of my bachelor theses I am concerned with issues that affect fertility. More specifically, I focus on the perceived size of the family and its changes over time, the cost of children, parenthood postponement to a later age, and especially the combinat ion of work and family. I also concern with the functions of family policy of the Czech Republic and major social benefits for families with children. In the practical part I define my own model with aspects affecting fertility and trying to point out the unfriendly family policy of the Czech Republic, which focuses more on families with some problems or specifics than on standard families. My model builds on the already well - known model of Gary Becker and enriches him on other important variables. Furtherm ore, I analyze the tax benefits for families with children, and especially already canceled joint taxation of married couples. Here by simple calculations I point to the fact that although it was canceled because of meaningless after uniform income tax for some of the families could make sense it even at the present level of income tax. Finally, a simple model shows the option of parental leave and certain aspects that affect its length. |
