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More than ten years after the largest economic crisis, which stroke the European Union in 2008 and thoroughly tested its readiness and ability to act, Europe was hit by a global pandemic of COVID-19. Because of this crisis, the European Union and its institutions faced a number of challenges, stemming from unprecedented measures imposed to tackle it. In contrast with the economic crisis, it was not only the European industrial and financial sectors but also more segments, essential to the functioning of the European Union itself, which were affected by the recent crisis. The aim of this thesis is to point out the differences of impacts of the two crisis and to find out the role played by the European Commission during the process of dealing with them.

In the long term the issue of the welfare state is one of the most debated political topics and it concerns almost all members of society. In the last few decades the advanced welfare state has been more frequently perceived as an obstacle for competitiveness in the globalized economy and issues of its economic sustainability and societal impact are widely debated. Sweden is generally considered to be a country with the most advanced model of welfare state, but it is also a country which suffered from a deep economic crisis in the early 1990s. Development of the Swedish model of welfare state in the context of the crisis presents a critical case for assessment of welfare state vitality. In this thesis, welfare state is defined as a multidimensional phenomenon that includes both social expenditures and institutions of social policy and power structures and legitimacy. For analyzing of transformations of the Swedish welfare state in all four dimensions is applied a theoretical perspective based on the power resources theory, the institutional approach, the transnational perspective, the dependency and the world-systems theory which whose complementarity is theoretically substantiated. The thesis with this approach should contribute to better understanding of the development of the welfare state in...

The thesis deals with the unemployment of young people in two selected EU countries, namely the Czech Republic and Spain. The main aim of the thesis is to analyze the position of the young generation in the labor market in the selected EU countries and their comparison. The partial objective is to evaluate the currently used tools of active employment policy, identify barriers to implementation and propose possible solutions to unemployment of this target group in selected countries. The analysis focuses not only on the overall unemployment rate of the monitored age category, but also on the development of the number of unemployed by type of education and sex. Last but not least, information is also provided in relation to the unemployment rate in individual NUTS 2 cohesion regions in the above countries. The reference period is between 2007 and 2017.

This diploma thesis identifies major causes and potential solutions of economic crisis in Ukraine. The thesis also provides answers on two research questions: What type of crisis is the current crisis in Ukraine? What are fundamental measures to restore sustainable economic growth in Ukraine? For better under-standing of the impact of financial crisis on economic development in Ukraine was used a comparative analysis of macroeconomic indicators of Ukraine and three other countries with similar economic, geographic, historical and cultural characteristics, which are Poland, Belarus and Latvia. In diploma thesis was introduced Regression analysis of Ukrainian economy based on Romer’s theory.

The thesis deals with the currently ongoing Venezuelan migration affecting the Latin American region. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the current state of the migration crisis in Venezuela, compare the approach of selected Latin American countries to migrants and analyze the transformation of these approaches. The main, analytical, part of the thesis is structured into three parts. The first section describes migration in Latin America in general. The next section contains an analysis of the economic and migration crisis in Venezuela. In the end, there is an analysis of the reactions of individual countries in the region.

In my work I analyze advertising income in computer gaming magazines Score and Level from August 1998 to January 2015. I find this topic interesting for two reasons: first, I was a longtime reader of both these magazines and second, I worked in one of them for quite a time. My work consists of two parts - theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part I will try to describe the economic situation accompanying the period under review, including the global economic crisis of 2008-2009. I will try to summarize its origin and impacts on the Czech economy as well as the history of gaming journalism in the Czech Republic. In the practical part of the thesis I try to analyze by means of qualitative - quantitative analysis the advertising income in both monitored magazines during the monitored period. Based on the outcomes of this analysis, I will try to draw a context with which it would be possible to evaluate the approach of both magazines to the impacts of the economic crisis and to determine which of them managed to deal better with the crisis.

This diploma thesis examines the influence of the economic crisis from 2008-2009 on the convergence of the regions of the Czech Republic defined at NUTS 3 level. Trends in region convergence are identified based on the beta convergence and sigma convergence analysis using panel data from 2002-2015. Subsequently are discussed the reasons for the observed differences and the consequences of unequal economic development in the regions for private companies that are located or are operating in the regions.

This master's thesis deals with the Greek media system and its specifics, describes the media landscape of Greece and its transformation influenced by the economic crisis. The theoretical part is devoted to the definition of the media system and to the description of the development of its research with special focus on the publication Four theories of the press written by Fred Siebert, Theodor Peterson and Wilbur Schram and the Comparing Media Systems written by Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini. In the practical part, the historical development of the Greek media market is described, followed by a description of the contemporary media landscape of Greece. The thesis focuses on print media, radio broadcasting, television broadcasting and digital media including social networks. The ownership structures of the Greek media are also characterized. The master's thesis also deals with the legislative framework of Greek media and self-regulation principles. In the thesis the impact of the economic crisis on the Greek media market is analyzed and the future development of the Greek media is aniticipated. The thesis is partly based on the criteria defined by D. C. Hallin and P. Mancinim in the above-mentioned publication Comparing Media Systems and compares the postulated theses of both authors with the...

Zichová, B. Evaluation of the development indicators of the retail sector. Bachelor thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2018. This bachelor thesis deals with the development of basic economic indicators in retail, which are total sales, average monthly gross wages and number of employ-ees. An assessment of the impact of the financial and economic crisis on these in-dicators is carried out between 2002 and 2017. For verified time series models, predictions are made of future development for three years. Finally, appropriate recommendations for the development of the retail sector are formulated.

Nowadays, at the time of economic globalisation and the European labour market formation, it is possible to carry out different analyses which enable comparsions among enterprises from the geopolitical, economical and commercial point of view. In the paper we compare the level of employee motivation in the Slovak enterprises before the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008 and in 2013 when the impact of the crisis has already been felt intensely. The year 2008 was chosen as the starting point of the analyses since the level the level of motivation was not affected by the economic crisis. The reference period was the year 2013 when the crisis, on the basis of the macroeconomic indicators, continues. Basic research sample is formed by employees of the enterprises (manufacturing and non-manufacturing) operating in the Slovak Republic. Considering the size of the basic sample we could not analyse the motivation of each item of the basic sample. The random sampling was used to choose items from the basic sample. The motivation questionnaire was created on the basis of the knowledge acquired through the long- term research and through the communication with personnel clerks in the enterprises. Motivation factors that affect the employee productivity the most were used in the questionnaire. Following the sizes of selected samples and their independence we used a two-sample t-test to determine the signi fi cance. The null hypothesis testing about equality of means of individual motivation factors in the particular period of time was carried out at the signi fi cance level α = 0.05. Following the results of analyses we state that employees need to stay motivated also from a long-term point of view. However, essential changes occur in order of importance. We can state that in the circumstances of changed motivation factors in the year 2008 and 2013 the motivation was affected by changes in economic situation and employees are focused on monetary incentives and relationship factors more.

Focus on monetary policy transmission mechanism has regained its importance especially in regards to fi nancial and debt crisis. Negative developments after 2008 still verify the ability of monetary policy to mitigate its impacts. In EMU, it can be seen in the case of the effects of single monetary policy and the deepening of the asymmetries between member countries. This can be compared to the case of the monetary policy ef fi ciency in small and open non-member country and its in fl uence on macroeconomic developments. This paper is focused on the analysis of transmission process of monetary policy through the interest rate channel in EMU as well as in a non-member country, namely in Czech Republic. The aim of the analysis was to verify the similarity of reaction in case of monetary policy shock. The results for Czech Republic were compared to results for overall EMU. The focus was predominantly on interest rate channel of monetary transmission process and its impact on in fl ation, nominal effective exchange rate and gross domestic product, the variables that are typically used in central banks’ monetary rules. We also assumed that negative developments related to the crisis can distort the transmission of monetary policy effects on macroeconomic variables and that the impact of monetary policy changes is transmitted to the economic variables only partially or signi fi cantly lagged. The effects of interest rate shocks on selected variables were identi fi ed by estimating VAR model that uses Cholesky decomposition of innovations; the most widely used empirical methodology for analysing the transmission mechanism of monetary policy. The results show that the reactions of the product and the price level to positive interest rate shock are very similar for Czech Republic as well as for EMU throughout the investigated period 1999–2013. However, we cannot de fi nitively af fi rm that the crisis disrupted the transmission process from monetary measures to analysed macroeconomic variables as shown in the cases of Czech Republic and EMU. Interest rate channel has not shown particularly strong and stable in fl uence on the observed variables neither for Czech Republic, nor for EMU.

This bachelor´s thesis analyses changes in marketing costs depending on the stages of the business cycle. Especially a strategy of firms, which have to face an economic crisis in the years 2008-2013. Thesis sets a target how changed the investments of Czech companies to marketing in the period of crisis. Theoretical part engages in economic cycle, marketing environment and marketing in the period of economic crisis. In practical part are specific costs on advertisement in particular mediatypes in price list costs depending on the macroeconomics indicators. Then there are also analysis on turnover of media agencies and B2B market. From the analysis was found that if macroeconomics indicators decreasing, also marketing costs decreasing and vice versa, exception costs to internet advertising which are in expansion in whole period. Differences in marketing costs was not proved at big companies which produce consumer products, this conclusion was found in case study of five selected companies.

The theme of this Bachelor thesis is analysis of the impact of the financial crisis on the Valbek EU a.s. The first part is focused on causes and consequences of the economic crisis, the situation of companies in the Czech Republic during the crisis and the situation in the construction sector. The thesis also mentions anti-cyclical fiscal policy and steps, which the Czech Republic goverment made during this period. The last part of the theoretical part focuses on the risks in the construction sector, more specifically on economic and financial risks. The practical part is focused on the analysis of economic and financial risks by ratio indicators. The aim of my work is to analyze the possible risks (as a manager of the company) during the financial crisis and to compare the impact on companies from the Valbek EU a.s. holding in the Czech Republic and Slovakia Republic.

SKYVOVÁ, BARBORA. Consequences of Economic Crisis on autonomous communities and cities in Spain. Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2017. The diploma thesis focuses on impacts of the economic crisis (2008-2009) on seventeen autonomous communities and two autonomous cities of Spain. beta-convergence analysis and cluster analysis are applied to identify convergence or divergence process among Spanish regions within periods 2000-2007 and 2008-2015. Differences among regions are found out and economic situation is defined by macroeconomic indicators.

Roček, T. Changes in income distribution in the USA and decomposition of Gini coefficient. Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2016. Since the 80s of the last century, the United States has seen a considerable income inequality growth. This diploma thesis analyses the influence of individual income sources on determination of inequality, esteems their significance and formulates instruments that the government can use to affect these sources. This diploma thesis contains decomposition of Gini coefficient. This decomposition revealed, that the source, which is the most important determinant of the total income ine-quality are salaries and wages. Sales of assets contributed the most to the rise of inequality in the analysed period from 2000 to 2014. This income source also has the highest potential for further growth of income inequality. Discussion part, which follows, contains the debate about the main causes of this progression and the relevance of researching the income inequality issue. Based on the approach used in this diploma thesis, it is possible to decompose the Gini coefficient in any state or region, and to explore the inequality determinants in this way. This thesis also offers a comprehensive view on the whole issue.

The main aim of the diploma thesis is to analyze which monetary tools can be used by central banks to affects financial markets. Another important task is to evaluate how foreign interventions influenced an economy of the Czech Republic. A practical part of the diploma thesis was created on the base of data collection, statistic analysis, observation and evaluation. Data of the Czech Nation Bank and the Czech Statistical Office were used for needs of the diploma thesis.

Bibliografický záznam TAUCHMANOVÁ, Barbora. Evropský systém obchodování s emisními povolenkami (EU ETS), jeho fungování a úspěšnost. Praha, 2017. 81 s. Diplomová práce (Mgr.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut mezinárodních studií. Katedra evropských studií. Vedoucí diplomové práce doc. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D. Abstract This thesis European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS), its functioning and success analyzes EU's emission trading scheme that has been created in 2005. This system has gone through a considerable development but his most visible and very important parameter - price of one emission allowance - still points out the problems of the whole system through its value (or the lack of it). In this work, the ETS is understood as an institution and is looked at through the optics of combination of rational and historical institutionalism. The aim of the thesis was to answer two questions - why can be the emission trading system considered dysfunctional despite a series of reforms and, consequently, why this system stays preserved in its current form and settings. As the work explains, considerable role in the long-term price failure had been played by economic crisis. But its influence can be tied only to a certain time period, so the continuing problems have to be ascribed...

The main of this bachelor thesis is to analyze and evaluate Czech automotive industry after an economic crisis and compares car industry in the Czech Republic, Poland and the Slovak Republic. The theoretical part explains history of the Czech automotive industry and state of the automotive industry in the EU and in the world. They are also described two industrial zones, which have created as a result of foreign direct investment and give space to build new car factory in the Czech republic. Causes of the economic crisis are described at the end of theoretical part. The practical part describing Czech automotive industry during reference period. Then are analyze individual car factory and describe development during and after economic crisis and explain the causes of changes in production and other selected indicators. The end of the practical part compares automotive industry of the Czech Republic, Poland and the Slovak Republic based on produced passenger cars, number of employees and number of new registered passenger cars.

This thesis explores the impact of economic crisis on immigration policy in Great Britain. This thesis will start with the theoretical framework. Historical overview of British immigration policy will follow, together with its culmination into the current situation. At the same time, this thesis will focus on integration policy in Great Britain. Afterwards, this thesis will examine the current composition of the immigrant population living in Great Britain, also compared to other countries of the European Union. Chapter on public opinion will be included as well. The main body of this thesis follows the evolution of anti-immigrant rhetoric in times of the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Two traditional political parties of Britain will be observed, Labour and Conservatives, together with UKIP, infamous for its xenophobic statements. The result of this thesis is an evaluation of the effects of economic crisis on anti- immigration rhetoric as well as on realpolitik. This thesis confirms that in certain cases, economic crisis can intensify anti-immigration sentiments by creating conditions suitable for development of anti-immigration rhetoric. UKIP shrewdly took advantage of this fact and managed to attract significant portion of the 'left- behind' electorate. The real changes in British immigration...

Comparison of the theories of Keynes, Akerlof and Hayek about the animal spirits. Bachelor thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2016. This bachelor thesis is focused on finding connections between their animal spirits and the existence of the order in macroeconomics by various authors. The aim is to analyze and compare the attitude of John Maynard Keynes, George Arthur Akerlof, Friedrich August von Hayek and other relevant economists the problem of animal spirits. Work includes in particular views on two very different theories - theories of Keynes and Hayek. Furthermore, a comparison of these two theories and others theories that have evolved from Keynesianism. Attention is also paid to the views of selected contemporary economists on the issue of the financial crisis.

Impact of economic crisis on fertility level in EU member states Abstract The aim of this diploma thesis is to provide a detailed development overview of the selected indicators, i.e., GDP per capita, unemployment rate and total fertility rate, in the context of the Global Economic Crisis, which, on a European scale, started in 2008, and evaluate the impact of the crisis on fertility levels across EU countries. The diploma thesis further concerns itself with various approaches to the relation between economic development and fertility, briefly with the causes of the Global Economic Crisis and with family policy measures in response to worsening economic conditions. Using cluster and regression analyses, the relationship between the economic indicators and total fertility rates in relation to the onset of the crisis has been examined. Even though total fertility rates of individual EU countries were affected differently by the change of economic conditions, the results indicate that changes in unemployment rates affect fertility levels. The decline in fertility levels during the crisis, which occurred in most of the examined countries, is certainly the result of a large number of factors affecting reproductive behaviour. Nevertheless, the results suggest that the symptoms of the crisis significantly...

This bachelor thesis is focused on the methods of analysing an additive model of time series. The theoretical part is aimed on history of business cycle, structural and cyclic deflection and individual phases of business cycle. There are described individual theories of business cycle. Crisis as one of the phases is described closer. Further it introduces the methods used in practical part. The practical part contains analysis of individual time series. For example price of gold, LIBOR, PRIBOR, Gross domestic product and other. This time series are analysed by exponential smoothing, moving averages and other methods.

1 Abstract: Economic crises - nature and factors of its origin The purpose of my thesis is to analyze economic crises with focus on its origin, development and impact on society. The thesis is divided into three main parts: Introduction, Main body and Conclusion. The most important part of the thesis is the Main body that is further composed of seven self-contained chapters that deal with different aspects of the economic crises. Main body starts with introductory chapters 1-3 that discuss the meaning of the phrase economic crisis, its origin and determination among other commonly used titles that are frequently mistaken. Chapter number four describes history of important economic crisis such as The Great Depression 1929 and German Hyperinflation 1918- 1924. Chapter number five is subdivided into two parts and provides an outline of the origin of economic crisis and possible forecast of its origin. Chapter six defines the last financial crisis of 2009 and compares its impact to economy and counter-measures worldwide. Chapter number six illustrates possible solutions of the economic crisis and its prevention. Last part of the thesis is Conclusion that concentrates my thoughts and ideas about the thesis. Key words: economic crisis, financial crisis 2009, world economy

Bachelor thesis deals with social-pathological phenomenon of suicide. Due to the broad range of the topic, the scope of this work is reduced to the view of high schools and universities students. The main objective of this work is to determine whether young people hold the opinion that a free man who has the right to life should also have the right to die discretionary. Also whether they have ever thought about suicide as a solution of negative economic factors. Finally, compare the difference in opinions on the issue of students from high schools and universities in different years of study and not studying respondents. The theoretical part, which deals mainly with economic factors and the cost of suicide and the practical part where I carry out own research, where I try using the questionnaire to find out the importance of economic factors for respondents. The research says that the economic factors are very important even for students and that there is possibility they would thing about suicide due to these factors.

The thesis analyzes factors, which affect regional unemployment rate in districts of the Czech Republic. It analyzes panel data of fourteen districts of the Czech Republic from years 2000-2012. It works with method of fixed effects. Next thesis covers two alternativ models, first model analyzes impact of the economic crisis between years 2000-2012 on determinants of regional unemployment rate. Second alternativ model compares factors affecting regional unemployment rate in districts of the Slovakia with factors, which have impact on regional unemployment rate in the Czech districts. Variables are devided into two groups, to economic and demographic. By regression was founded that regional unemployment rate of districts of the Czech Republic is mainly affected by economic factors, for example share of employed in the industry, level of education and regional product per capita. All of these factors have positive impact on regional unemployment rate. There is only one demographic factor which affects regional unemployment rate, it is population density, which has negative impact on regional unemployment rate. Next was founded that economic crisis influnced relationship between investment and regional unemployment rate. While before the crisis the foreign direct investment have negativ impact on regional unemployment, after the crisis foreign direct investment affects regional unemployment positively. In districts of Slovakia influence of economic and demographic factors id equal. There are for example share of employed in industry, foreign direct investment, population density and share of women on labour force.

The diploma thesis deals with the impact of the economic crisis in the retail sector in the Czech Republic during the years from 2000 to 2013. The aim of this work is to verify and followers finds an eventual impact of the economic crisis on selected indicators in retailing. The analysis is focus on total sales, employment and average monthly wage in the retail sector. The predictions of future development variables for the next two years are made for adequate models. The conclusion summarizes the main results of the work and for making appropriate recommendations for the development of this sector.

Dubová, M. Impacts of the present economic situation on companies operating in the construction sector. Diploma thesis. Brno, 2015. This diploma thesis deals with the effects of the present economic situation on companies operating in the construction sector in the Czech Republic. Thesis is focused on the period from 2004 to 2014. The aim of the thesis is at first analyse the sector with the aid of PEST method and identifying the macro factors that may affect the sector. As next is evaluated the present situation in the sector with the aid of basic building indicators and after that are tested dependencies between economic indicators and building industry. The analysis refers of the number of construction contracts, the number of building permits, the number of employed in construction and others. In the following part of thesis is evaluated the situation of selected companies operating in the sector on the basis of profit and economic value added.

Bachelor thesis. Brno: Mendel University in Brno, 2015. Bachelor thesis deals with comparing the impacts of financial and economic crisis on fiscal policies of Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The main objective of this work is to identify and compare these impacts and determine possible fac-tors that influenced different or common fiscal policy responses in countries surveyed. At first, there are described typologies of crisis and possible explana-tions of their causes. Furthermore work focus on effects of crisis on the selected fiscal indicators and measures of countries within overcoming the crisis. Work finishes with discussion evaluating factors of different or same fiscal policy re-sponses of the countries.

The main aim of this bachelor thesis is to determine how the economic crisis has affected household spending in the Czech Republic after 2009. The intermediate aim is to determine the development spending from 1993 to 2013. It is studied the influence of this crisis both on total spending as well as on component household spending especially on food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing and ener-gy, and catering and accommodation services. All used data is taken from the CSO database and is processed using econometric time series analysis using the Excel and Gretl software.

This paper examines possible changes that the society expects in the near future. The changes are mainly in the economic and social spheres of our society. The article in its introductory passages and chapters outlines possible causes of society-wide transformation that it sees largely in the unrestricted application of neoliberal approaches intensified in the last 20-25 years in Europe, which undoubtedly leads to reducing the role of the strong state and a considerable asymmetry of the public and the private sectors, which certainly carries some potential risks. The article, however, attempts to present other ambitions as well - in the context of not only social, but also philosophical and ethical, point out deeper causes of the current much discussed and intractable imbalance. Nadějí do budoucnosti se zdá být sociálně šetrný stát rozvíjející se v mírové době vícepolárního světa a to vše při udržení ekologické stability krajiny a přírody. Žijeme ovšem v době, kdy řada expertů poukazuje právě na křehkost rovnováhy na všech úrovních i všech dimenzích. Z hlediska ekonomického se hovoří např. o výrazné asymetrii mezi politikou a ekonomikou, finanční a reálnou ekonomikou, kapitálem a prací, soukromým a veřejným sektorem; z hlediska sociálního jde o sociální disharmonii, rozevírání nůžek, ohrožení střední třídy; řada přírodovědců zase varuje před udržitelností přírodních ekosystémů, změnách globálního klimatu a i člověk jako jednotlivec často nevykazuje známky rovnováhy natož vývoje… Zdá se, že budoucí vývoj společnosti nebude tedy jen otázkou udržitelnosti, ale pravděpodobně zápasem i mezi sociálním a kulturním rozvojem či regresem – cestou dopředu anebo cestou zpět a to zřejmě jak ve světovém kontextu tak i naší společnosti.

This bachelor thesis focuses on evaluation of fiscal sustainability policy in the United Kingdom in context of the economic crisis of 2008. There is analysed the impact of the economic crisis on public budgets and the total debt of the surveyed country. The results are compared with the fiscal sustainability policy in the USA. The comparison shows that the United States used appropriate fiscal incentives because fiscal sustainability during the crisis showed better results.

This bachelor thesis deals with the crisis of the building sector in the Czech Republic. It describes its environment, how it functions and the subjects which operate in the building industries. The second part of the thesis looks at the world economical crisis, its origin, its course and main of all it describes how it impacts the building industries. As the coefficients of development in the building sector are used building production, the number of issued building permits or the orientational value of buildings. It will be more closely looked at the environment of the building material production together with a particular company which is operating in this field. The aim of the thesis is to find out how the crisis influenced the society and the whole building sector and if the development during the crisis corresponds to it or if it goes the opposite way.

The objective of diploma thesis is to define specific groups of population, defined by sex, age or education, which are represented disproportionately in comparison of whole population of Czech Republic. In the thesis is described the population structure in terms of demography and economy, as well as factors which influence the labor market from short-term and long-term point of view. To achieve all marked out objectives is made explanatory statistics for unemployment of specified groups of population and the index analysis that allows to examine the inter-annual development of unemployment rate in terms of age, sex and education. Based on the index analysis are defined critical groups, which are evaluated by proportionality among unemployed persons. The analysis showed that critical groups are considered young people with lower level of education and women with high school education or women 30-39 years old.

This Diploma thesis characterizes the development of exports of the Czech Republic to neighboring countries (Germany, Slovakia, Poland) in the years 1999-2012. Emphasis is placed on examining the impact of the economic crisis on the development of time series, the identification of factors affecting export the Czech Republic and appreciation of interdependence between the Czech Republic's exports and economic development of neighboring countries. A similar analysis is also performed for the Slovak Republic. The theoretical part defines the basic terms that are related to foreign trade. There are the reasons, functions, importance of foreign trade and the factors affecting, further the theory of external trade and selected studies that deal with this issue.

Objective Objective of this study was to investigate the impact of the recent economic crisis of 2007/2008 on the subjective well-being and health status in thirteen European countries. Methods The European Social Survey (ESS) database was searched for individual health and wellbeing indicators and the database of the European Commission Eurostat for economic indicators. Data representing social determinants like education, housing and employment status and others before, during and after the crisis were retrieved. Eurostat data were used to analyse economic indicators and health outcomes on country level. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the changes in the different parameters over time. Regression analysis was performed to demonstrate relations between subjective well-being and different social determinants. Results Between 2006 and 2012 all countries experienced changes in their populations' subjective well-being. From 2006 to 2010 (crisis) the number of people with good or very good subjective well-being increased in France, Ireland, Belgium and Portugal by 0.6%, 1.0%, 1.2% and 6.5%, respectively. In Denmark and Spain this number remained basically stable. In Sweden, the United Kingdom, Finland and Germany the percentage of the population with good or very good subjective well-being decreased by 1.1%, 2.7%, 1.7% and 2.8%, respectively. Regression analysis demonstrated a significant relation between good and very good subjective well-being and level of education, main activity during the last 7 days, satisfaction with life, satisfaction with household income, main source of household income, gender and age. This relation differed for various factors and countries. In none of the countries satisfaction with national health services and satisfaction with current state of economy within the country was found significantly related to subjective well-being. The main amendable determinant correlating with a higher degree of subjective well-being is good education. The correlation between education and subjective well-being got stronger after the crisis than before or during the crisis. Conclusion Economic development does not have a uniform impact on subjective well-being. Education is a major amendable determinant influencing individual well-being. We could not find evidence for any significant impact of the organization of the healthcare services or social system on the subjective well-being.

Dvořáková, S. Impacts of the economic depression in the tourism sector in the Czech Republic. Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel University in Brno, 2014. Tourism is among important sectors of the national economy of the Czech Repub-lic, while belonging to the service sector. It is significant because of its impact on the labor market, businesses, transport, environment, etc. The performance of this sector is dependent on external factors -- the situation abroad, natural disasters, political situation. This work deals with the impact of the economic crisis in the tourism sector in the country. This thesis aims to verify and quantify the impact of the economic depression on tourism in the Czech Republic and predict possible future developments in this area. First the definition of tourism. It is then observed the development of tourism at a time in the Czech Republic and describes signifi-cant factors affecting tourism. The following is an estimate of the individual mo-dels, which are studied classical regression model assumptions. On select models, predictions are made for future development and compiled confidence intervals.

This thesis analyses the economic situation in Spain. First, it is described the historical pre-crisis development of Spain related to the entry into the European Community and into the Economic and Monetary Union. Then, in more detail, it analyses the economic situation during the past fifteen years. The analysis is partly made by using the macroeconomic indicators and it shows the changes which the country has gone through. The biggest economic boom in the country was before the financial crisis. The financial crisis has left consequences which can be seen till today. However, it was investigated that in the past two years the economy has slowly started to recover and the future of the country appears to be positive, but still the country faces a lot of challenges.