Competitiveness / Employment and Social Affairs
This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.
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Hays Global Skills Index: No. of vacancies in the Czech Republic up by 40 % in 2016
Hays Global Skills Index in collaboration with Oxford Economics looks into seven components - Education flexibility, Labour market participation, Labour market flexibility, Talent mismatch, Overall wage pressure, Wage pressure in high-skill industries, and Wage pressure in high-skill occupations.
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Eurostat: Average length of working life of Czechs is just above 35 years
In 2016, people in European Union (EU) could be expected to work for an average of 35.6 years, up by 1.8 years compared with 2006, Eurostat writes. The Czech Republic had the expected average working life at the EU average of 35.6 years.
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emerging-europe.com: CEE emigrants could boost their countries' economies
Currently, around 7 million mainly young, skilled and educated Bulgarian, Czechs, Hungarians, Poles, Slovaks and Romanians (CEE-6) live and work in Western Europe. The return of even a relatively small portion of these would boost regional GDP, for example, by stimulating the development of real estate markets, emerging-europe.com writes.
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