Comparative Assessment of Demographic Trends in the European Union

Bc. Helena Rýparová

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

This diploma thesis is dealing with the assessment and assortment of the development of demographic indicators in the member states of the European Union. Higher emphasis is put on the demographic development of the Czech Republic. Chosen demographic indicators for comparison are connected to a phenomenon called demographic ageing. The diploma thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. Theoretical part is dealing with the science of demography, key drivers of the population changes, and demographic revolutions. Afterwards, member states as well as the Czech Republic are described based on the development of changes, structure, and migration of the populations. This part also introduces the phenomenon demographic ageing. The second part consists of cluster analysis, that creates six clusters of states based on their similarities in chosen indicators. For further description, one state from each cluster is chosen to be introduced with regard to the population changes as well as demographic ageing. At last, the topic of ageing is presented as a current problem of developed countries and requires governments of individuals member states to take actions as soon as possible.

Keywords

Demographic indicator, cluster analysis, population, pandemic, European Union, Czech Republic

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 31. 3. 2022

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Tomáš Hlavsa, Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management