The welfare dependence in the Czech Republic

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The welfare dependence in the Czech Republic

GUZI, Martin

Základní údaje

Originální název

The welfare dependence in the Czech Republic

Autoři

GUZI, Martin

Vydání

Praha, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference – Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Public Finance 2014, od s. 64-71, 8 s. 2014

Nakladatel

Wolters Kluwer

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Stať ve sborníku

Obor

50200 5.2 Economics and Business

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14560/14:00076044

Organizační jednotka

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

ISBN

978-80-7478-534-4

Klíčová slova anglicky

welfare trap; net replacement rate; work incentives

Změněno: 24. 4. 2015 15:24, Mgr. Daniela Marcollová

Anotace

V originále

The interaction of tax and social security systems defines the disposable income of individual and therefore influences the decision of unemployed to accept a job. The central argument of the paper is that income available from social welfare system in the Czech Republic is overly generous for some groups and leads to the long-term unemployment. Work incentives are most weakened through the withdrawal of means-tested benefits and tax credits, while high rates of income tax play a minor role. The policy reform of social system is needed to balance redistributive aims with work incentives and refocus incentives towards transition to work. This can be achieved with (i) the increase of the statutory minimum wage; (ii) the decrease of marginal tax rate for low-income earners; (iii) the phasing out of social benefits for some period instead of the sharp withdrawal of benefits. Ultimately a better harmonization of tax and social security systems in the direction of fewer social welfare programs and lower marginal tax rates will ensure that the incentives to leave unemployment are not hampered by high social benefits.

Návaznosti

EE2.3.30.0037, projekt VaV

Název: Zaměstnáním nejlepších mladých vědců k rozvoji mezinárodní spolupráce

Citovat

GUZI, Martin. The welfare dependence in the Czech Republic. In Lucie SEDMIHRADSKÁ. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference – Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Public Finance 2014. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2014, s. 64-71. ISBN 978-80-7478-534-4.

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   language = {eng},
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   year = {2014}
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GUZI, Martin. The welfare dependence in the Czech Republic. In Lucie SEDMIHRADSKÁ. \textit{Proceedings of the 19th International Conference – Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Public Finance 2014}. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2014, s.~64-71. ISBN~978-80-7478-534-4.

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