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Vývoj mezd a příjmové nerovnosti u ICT odborníků v české republice
[Wages Development and its Non-Equality by ICT Professionals in the Czech Republic]

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  • Luboš Marek
  • Petr Doucek

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This article analyses wages development in the Czech Republic since 2000 to 2014. Analysis is principal focused on ICT Professional's (this group of employees in the economy is split into two sub groups ICT Specialists and ICT technicians) wages and its comparison to the wages in the whole Czech economy. Used data sources were collected by Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, in the "Information System of Average Earnings" which is harmonized with the "Structure of Earnings Survey" provided by Europen Union. Analysis is provided by ICT sub groups and by gender. For more detail analysis, is also the percentile analysis of ICT job groups in comparison to the whole Czech economy presented. Contribution of ICT Professional's average wage to the average wage of the Czech economy increased from 0.43% in 2000 to 1.32% in 2014. The long term trend in wages of ICT Professionals in permanently increasing. Wages for ICT Specialists are significant higher then wages of ICT Technicians. The non-equality in wages is analysed by method of Gini index. This method is demonstrated by the development of GINI index for ICT Professionals and its comparison to Gini index of the whole Czech economy. Comparison shows that non equality is lower by ICT Professionals then in the Czech economy and from two job groups in ICT is the lower non equality for ICT Technicians group then for ICT Specialists.

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  • Luboš Marek & Petr Doucek, 2016. "Vývoj mezd a příjmové nerovnosti u ICT odborníků v české republice [Wages Development and its Non-Equality by ICT Professionals in the Czech Republic]," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2016(8), pages 922-938.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:2016:y:2016:i:8:id:1118:p:922-938
    DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1118
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    1. Valentin Zelenyuk, 2014. "Testing Significance of Contributions in Growth Accounting, with Application to Testing ICT Impact on Labor Productivity of Developed Countries," International Journal of Business and Economics, School of Management Development, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, vol. 13(2), pages 115-126, December.
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    Keywords

    wages by ICT professionals; Gini index; gender aspect in wages; ICT specialists; ICT technicians;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management

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