FSS:VPL157 Demography - Course Information
VPL157 Demography
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Josef Pitner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Wed 11:30–13:00 U53
- 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
- Social Work (programme FSS, B-HE)
- Social Work (programme FSS, B-HS)
- Social Work (programme FSS, B-KS)
- Social Work (programme FSS, B-MS)
- Social Work (programme FSS, B-PL)
- Social Work (programme FSS, B-PS)
- Social Work (programme FSS, B-SO)
- Social Work (programme FSS, B-SP)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, B-HE)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, B-HS)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, B-KS)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, B-MS)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, B-PL)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, B-PS)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, B-SO)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, B-SP)
- Course objectives
- Students will learn basic knowledge of demographic indicators of population including data gathering and assessment. They 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.
- 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
- 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
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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