Politická ekonomie 2015, 63(3):382-399 | DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1009

Teorie preferencí a kariéra žen na českém trhu práce

Dagmar Brožová, Dominik Stroukal
VŠE v Praze.

Preference Theory and Women's Career Choice on the Czech Labour Market

This paper tests the selected determinants shaping the careers of women. It uses data from an exclusive survey conducted in 2011 in the Czech Republic and confronts the results with Hakim's preference theory. The results suggest arguments both for against the preference theory. We formulated four hypotheses and verifi ed them by binary probit models. In accordance with the Hakim's theory we were able to demonstrate that the preference for work (work-centered preference)has a positive and signifi cant impact on the career choices of women on the Czech labor market. According to the results of the model is the work-centered preference associated with 52% increase in likelihood that a woman will spend most of the energy in employment. The impact of higher education has been shown to be positive and signifi cant - higher education increases the likelihood that a woman will spend most of the energy is employment by more than 14%. The impact of motherhood is according to our data negative and signifi cant. It reduces the likelihood of career choices by more than 19% and this effect is the same for one and more children which is in contrast to Hakim's theory.

Keywords: work-centered preferences, preference theory, gender economics
JEL classification: D10, J13, J24, J30

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Brožová, D., & Stroukal, D. (2015). Preference Theory and Women's Career Choice on the Czech Labour Market. Politická ekonomie, 63(3), 382-399. doi: 10.18267/j.polek.1009
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