Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2011, 59(4), 319-326 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201159040319

Incomes of rural and non-rural households in the Czech Republic

František Střeleček, Radek Zdeněk
Katedra účetnictví a financí, Ekonomická fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Studentská 13, 370 05 České Budějovice, Česká republika

The paper compares incomes of Czech rural and non-rural households and identifies households persisting below the poverty threshold. The data were taken from the statistic research Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) of 2005 and 2008. Households were classified according to the municipality size (2000 inhabitants). Household incomes were assessed according to net annual income per consumption unit, living minimum and subjective minimum income. Positive skewness and high kurtosis is a typical feature of household incomes; a similarity with log-normal distribution can be presumed. The difference between rural and non-rural household incomes was significant (p < 0.05 in 2005; p < 0.001 in 2008). The development of incomes in both areas is assessed with the shift-share analysis regarding the national, industry mix and regional component.

Keywords: household incomes, rural population, SILC, shift-share analysis
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This paper was supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic as a part of MSM 6007665806 project.

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Střeleček, F., & Zdeněk, R. (2011). Incomes of rural and non-rural households in the Czech Republic. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 59(4), 319-326. doi: 10.11118/actaun201159040319
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