VPLb1157 Demography

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Josef Pitner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Josef Pitner, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Students will learn principles of demographic analysis and statistics’ reporting especially in the field human resource and labour market analysis. This will include principles of time and comparative analysis. They will learn about topics of regional labour markets, labour force migration, population projections, prognostics and human resources management in the Czech Republic at regional and local level.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
describe basic demographic indicators of population, including data gathering and assessment;
Syllabus
  • Lectures are divided to three basic parts: A. Introduction to demography, demographic indicators and their analysis (lectures 1-5). B. Demographic aspects of labour market, data sources and usefulness (lectures 6-9) C. Population, population development and population policy (lectures 10-12)
Literature
    required literature
  • VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie and Ladislav RABUŠIC. Anti-ageing procedures acceptance as a (prospective) measure of social stratification? In Population Aging: Challenges and Opportunities - International Conference. 2017. URL info
  • PAVLÍK, Zdeněk, Jitka RYCHTAŘÍKOVÁ and Alena ŠUBRTOVÁ. Základy demografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 732 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • VOKNĚROVÁ, O. (2000): Statistické klasifikace a číselníky. In: Statistika, ročník 37, č. 8 - 9, s. 395 – 412.
  • CIMBÁLNÍKOVÁ, Lenka, J FUKAN, B LAZAROVÁ and KOL. Age Management pro práci s cílovou skupinou 50+. Praha: Asociace institucí vzdělávání dospělých ČR, 2012, 160 pp. ISBN 978-80-904531-5-9. info
  • KEYNES, John Maynard. Obecná teorie zaměstnanosti, úroku a peněz. Translated by Miloš Stádník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1963, 386 s. URL info
    not specified
  • Strategy of human resources development for the Czech republic (Souběž.) : Strategie rozvoje lidských zdrojů pro Českou republiku. info
  • PITNER, J., TOUŠEK, V. (1993): K výpočtu míry nezaměstnanosti v České republice. In: Statistika, roč. 30, č. 11, s. 439 - 447.
  • KOTÝNKOVÁ, Magdalena and Otakar NĚMEC. Lidské zdroje na trhu práce : vývoj a tendence v souvislosti se vstupem České republiky do EU. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional publishing, 2003, 199 s. ISBN 8086419487. info
  • CAZES, Sandrine and Alena NEŠPOROVÁ. Transformace trhů práce střední a východní Evropy : pružnost trhu a ochrana pracovníka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí ČR, 2003, 150 s. ISBN 8086552780. info
  • SPĚVÁČEK, Vojtěch and A KOL. Transformace české ekonomiky : politické, ekonomické a sociální aspekty. Praha: Linde, 2002, 525 pp. ISBN 80-86131-32-7. info
  • Economics (Orig.) : Ekonomie [Samuelson, 1991] : Ekonomie [Samuelson, 1995]. 13. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminar work
Assessment methods
Test, seminar work assessment
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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