Analysis of income and expenditure inequality of households in the Czech Republic

This Bachelor thesis deals with the analysis of inequality of income and expenditure of households in the Czech Republic in 2008 - 2013. The objective is to evaluate the inequality of income and expenditure of households in the Czech Republic,the Czech Republic compared with other the European Union member states to determine the dependence between the Gini coefficient and selected macroeconomic indicators in the Czech Republic. As the main methods was used the Gini coefficient, Lorenz curve and correlation analysis. Data are obtained primarily from the Czech Statistical Office and Eurostat. The results show that the inequality of income and expenditure changed during that period. The highest income inequality was in 2008 and the highest spending inequality was in 2009, 2011. The Czech Republic belongs among the European Union states with low income inequality