Daneš Brzica, Mária Kačírková - Mobilita talentovaných pracovníkov v podmienkach SR: analytický pohľad (Mobility of Talented Workers under Conditions of the Slovak Republic: Ananalytical Aspect)
Abstract: The paper deals with the issue of mobility of talented workers (talents) in the Slovak Republic. We look not only at qualitative aspects of mobility, but we also analyse the quantitative aspects of this phenomenon. Contrary to the past, it appears that two-way mobility can be of great importance for all participating countries. This is mainly due to the fact that the nature of work and knowledge, as well as the form of the current global economy, require some degree of mobility, and this process helps the learning process of individual actors. In the case of inflow of talents, effects for countries, cities, universities, research centres and businesses are higher, but in the case of outflow, long-term losses are much higher than for regular workers or students. Based on an analysis of our own surveys as well as statistical data, we conclude that the position of the Slovak Republic is unsatisfactory in this respect, and the concept of access needs to be changed to improve the situation.
Keywords: talents, mobility, knowledge society, knowledge transfer
JEL Classification: J 24, J 81, O 15
str./pp. 5 - 23
Ján Šebo, Daniela Danková, Ivan Králik - Redistribučné dôsledky zavedenia nefi nančne príspevkovo definovanej schémy a korekčného faktora v PAYG schéme v SR (Redistributional Impacts of Notional Defined Contribution Scheme and Correction Factor Implementation into the Pay-as-you-go Scheme in the Slovak Republic)
Abstract: Ongoing debates on the capping the retirement age in Slovakia have led to the analysis of alternative policies that would on one hand allow to limit the expected increase in the retirement age and at the same time would be able to tackle the rising retirement expenditures beyond the sustainable level. Experience with the notional defi ned contribution (NDC) schemes across various countries and recent trends in the implementation of automatic correction and balancing mechanisms into the public pay-as-you-go (PAYG) schemes has motivated us to examine the redistributional impacts under the conditions of Slovak PAYG scheme. Applying microsimulation model using stochastic moving block bootstraping techniques, we estimate the redistributional impacts of two selected polies. We have shown, that both policies will have direct negative impact on replacement ratios for all income cohorts. However, introduction of NDC scheme would lower the income solidarity and thus the income redistribution within the postproductive part of the population.
Keywords: Redistribution, Notional defi ned contribution scheme, Correction factor, Pay-as-you-go scheme, Microsimulation, Replacement ratio, Equivalence
JEL Classification: E 24, G 18, H 55, J 14
str./pp. 24 - 40
Ladislav Andrášik - Virtual Experimenting as a Tool for Trouble-Free Economic Analysis (Benefits of CI Assisted Simulations for Understanding Complexities in Economics) (Virtuálne experimentovanie ako nástroj bezproblémovej ekonomickej analýzy (Prínosy CI podporovaných simulácií na pochopenie zložitých problémov v ekonómii)
Abstract: Computational Intelligence (CI) assisted simulations in socio-economic reasoning bring several useful benefits in understanding complexities for scholars and students, too. Virtual experimenting in digital laboratories allows a wider approach to economic knowledge for students and everybody who should understand complex economic phenomena. For the purpose of illustrating economic contents, the author used an excellent paper by Italian scholars Chiarella, Dieci, Gardini on asset price dynamics. However, the author’s main goal is to show how ITC devices and theoretical informatics, computational intelligence, software engineering, and advanced cognitive sciences as new tools and approaches may help understand complex economic phenomena to wider economic community. He is convinced that such devices, methods and tools have promising future in terms of familiarising a wider community with economic knowledge.
Keywords: complex dynamics, genotype-map, global dynamics, heterogeneous agents, phenotype entity, qualitative theory, non-invertible maps, speculation, trouble freeing
JEL Classification: C 61, D 84, G 12
str./pp. 41 - 64
Helena Strážovská, Ľubomíra Strážovská, Anna Veszprémi Sirotková - Evaluation of Selected Issues of Business Environment by Family Business Entrepreneurs (Hodnotenie vybraných oblastí podnikateľského prostredia z pohľadu rodinných podnikov)
Abstract: Family business has a short history in Slovakia. Research is absent in its definition, which has not yet been found in the legislation of Slovakia. In the analyses, we focus on the primary research of family business entrepreneurs, because their opinions and comments give impetus to improve economic processes. In the text, we evaluate the original attitudes based on the results of our research in 2000 and the current views of family businesses obtained from the basis of our research conducted in 2018. The family business is characteristic of certain specific features and features that make them exceptional – that is, it includes some specific decision-making procedures, specific business management. The aim of the research was also to find out some of these specific features of family businesses.
Keywords: family business, economic processes, analysis of opinions
JEL Classification: O 5, L 26, L 53
str./pp. 65 - 79
Alena Bašová - Uplatnenie cenovej diskriminácie a vplyv liberalizácie v odvetví plynárenstva na Slovensku (Application of Price Discrimination and Influence of Gas Industries Liberalisation in Slovakia)
Abstract: The aim of the paper is to point out to the effects of the liberalization of the gas market in Slovakia between 2009 and 2015. In this article we analysed the time sequence of the creation of the European energy market. The aim ist to highlight market concentration declined as a result of the liberalization measures, and then positively put pressure on decline of the price. Despite the positive changes, the dominant gas supplier applied price discrimination. Price discrimination is applied in end prices for all customers, including households. The most widely used form is price discrimination of the second degree. According to the new methodology of pricing from 1. 1. 2017 households are divided into 8 tariff groups, which is more advantageous for consumers as regards the application of price discrimination than their division to the original 4 tariff groups.
Keywords: liberalization, Herfi ndahl-Hirschman Index, industry concentration, market share, price discrimination, monopoly
JEL Classification: L 0, O 12, P 3
str./pp. 80 - 101
