PVVPII Public Policies II

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Maurice FRANCOIS (lecturer), doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (deputy)
doc. Ing. Vladimír Hyánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Markéta Páleníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mirka Wildmannová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Zuzana Kotherová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Šárka Horáková
Timetable
Mon 17:10–18:45 S402
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 26 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/26, only registered: 0/26
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is linked to the required Public Policies I course and aims to deepen and concretize students’ knowledge of the public sector functioning; the course mainly focuses on three public policies (health policy, labour markets and social policy). The stress is put on the public policy formation and than mostly on economies and management of selected areas of the public sector. A comparison with EU countries, especially with France, is an integral part of the course. Students should understand and explain the basic concepts of selected public policies.
At the end of this course, students should:
- be acquainted with topical sources of public policies;
- be able to evaluate concrete public policies and their aims and tools on the basis of objective arguments.
Syllabus
  • 1. Employment policy and labour markets:
  • a. Introduction to labour market economy;
  • b. Unemployment;
  • c. Labour markets;
  • d. Discrimination on labour markets
  • e. Handling unemployment
  • f. Labour markets policy in the Czech Republic and European labour markets
  • 2. Social security and family policy:
  • a. Czech pension system
  • b. Social security system
  • c. Social services
  • 3. Health policy
  • a. Health Care as a topic for economic theory
  • b. Health Policy, its main objectives. Essential choices.
  • c. Healthcare system and its funding
  • d. Healthcare in the Czech Republic
Literature
  • KUVÍKOVÁ, Helena, Milan MURGAŠ and Juraj NEMEC. Ekonómia zdravotníctva. 1. vyd. Banska Bystrica: Phoenix, 1995, 110 s. ISBN 80-900563-1-8. info
  • MALÝ, Ivan. Problém optimální alokace zdrojů ve zdravotnictví (An Optimal Resource Allocation in the Health Care). první vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, s. 114. ISBN 80-210-2006-7. info
  • DRUMMOND, Michael, G. L. STODDART and George W. TORRANCE. Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987, x, 182. ISBN 0192616013. info
  • FELDSTEIN, Paul J. Health care economics. 5th ed. Clifton Park: Delmar, 2002, xxiii, 627. ISBN 0-7668-0699-5. info
  • HOLČÍK, Jan, Adolf ŽÁČEK and Ilona KOUPILOVÁ. Sociální lékařství. 2. dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1998, 137 s. ISBN 8021019077. info
Teaching methods
lectures, assigned readings, class discussion
Assessment methods
The course is concluded with the credit. The credit is granted if students have submitted an essay concerning one of the studied policies.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Část výuky probíhá ve francouzštině.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.
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