Звітня конференція Докторської школи НаУКМАNo Descriptionhttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/120762024-03-28T22:35:53Z2024-03-28T22:35:53Z191Shadow Economy of UkraineNezhyvenko, Oksanahttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21482017-10-30T12:46:48Z2013-02-27T16:00:15Zdc.title: Shadow Economy of Ukraine
dc.contributor.author: Nezhyvenko, Oksana
dc.description.abstract: In 2011 the size of the shadow economy of Ukraine is estimated to be not less than 34% of gross domestic product. Even though the importance of studying and taking steps to reduce the size of shadow sector has been clearly agreed, measures of the government in dealing with this challenge, unfortunately do not give effective results. Research analyses theoretical background for estimation shadow economy, presents economic circumstances for it in Ukraine, and aims to define main factors of the existence of large-scale shadow economy in Ukraine in order to identify the ways to reduce it.
2013-02-27T16:00:15ZБорг та економічний розвиток країн із перехідною економікоюЯцкевич, Валентинаhttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21472017-10-30T12:18:39Z2013-02-27T15:48:16Zdc.title: Борг та економічний розвиток країн із перехідною економікою
dc.contributor.author: Яцкевич, Валентина
dc.description.abstract: Труднощі з виконанням фінансових зобов'язань особливо обмежують можливості країн з перехідною економікою в стимулюванні подальшого економічного розвитку та збільшують їх відставання від розвинених країн. Наслідками фінансової кризи є також вимушені заходи короткострокової стабілізаційної політики, які мають неоднозначний вплив на довгостроковий економічний розвиток. У зв'язку з цим, важливим є узгодження завдань економічного розвитку із заходами боргової політики держави, виходячи з відповідного теоретичного підґрунття.
dc.description: Debt financing is an integral part of economic development of the transition economies. It is worth noting the emergence of objective needs to attract debt in poor economic growth, on the one hand, and the significant role of the debt burden as the main reason for slow economic development, on the other hand. Present research aims to examine the nature of economic growth of developing countries in terms of inevitability of the debt financing. Theoretical grounding explores roots of several contradictory hypothesizes concerning positive and negative vectors of influence as well as an assumption on insignificance of the debt factor. Transition economies are diminished for separate empirical investigation due to the debt’s distinctive affect on exponential growth. Empirical part of the research tests debt burden hypothesis while policy decisions are supposed to be a significant factor specifying the character of the impact vector. Theoretical findings are followed by practical recommendations for public and private sectors of transition economies targeting growth. Policy suggestions on the debt management emphasize specific issues of the debt crisis resolving.
2013-02-27T15:48:16ZDownshifting as a case of voluntary downward social mobility in Ukraine. Balance between work and leisure in the dimension of valuesPyrogova, Darynahttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21462017-10-30T12:37:14Z2013-02-27T15:39:51Zdc.title: Downshifting as a case of voluntary downward social mobility in Ukraine. Balance between work and leisure in the dimension of values
dc.contributor.author: Pyrogova, Daryna
dc.description.abstract: Voluntary downward social mobility is comparably new trend of social behavior. In Ukraine it is compelled in most of cases because of job cuts, but now there are few but very reasoned voluntary decisions for shift to less money and more time to fulfill the life. The sociological perspective allows us to examine changing value orientations toward work and leisure, what can be one of reasons of sea changes in life style by acting voluntary downward social mobility. The downshifting phenomenon involves not only an economic trade-off of work hours for leisure, but embraces a value system that rejects the culturally dominant work obsession and accepts the vital meaning of leisure. Within the framework of my broader thesis research I conduct an analysis of data from World Values Survey (WVS). My idea is a particular focus on Ukraine comparing to countries, where relevant researches on changes in relative importance of work and leisure is in the focus of studying downshifting. It has been revealed that over time leisure becomes more important for people, while work becomes less important. Balance between work importance and leisure importance is positive in Ukraine, which means that in our country still there are more people for whom work is important, then those who consider leisure as vital. While analysis of quantitative data give the opportunity to generalize trends and changes in values, further qualitative research will build a holistic picture of experience, beliefs and social environment of Ukrainian downshifters, what can bring us to understanding the significance of this new trend of social behavior for society.
2013-02-27T15:39:51ZPotential effects of the user chargers on the consumption of physician services in six Central and Eastern European countries: Application of the stated preference techniquesDanyliv, Andriyhttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21452017-10-30T12:39:51Z2013-02-27T15:31:39Zdc.title: Potential effects of the user chargers on the consumption of physician services in six Central and Eastern European countries: Application of the stated preference techniques
dc.contributor.author: Danyliv, Andriy
dc.description.abstract: Patient charges for health care services are implemented in developed countries to reduce unnecessary service use. Although service use in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is high, patient charges for services are not common. Moreover, there is no evidence on their potential effects in these countries. In this paper, we provide evidence on the potential impact of patient charges on the consumption of specialized physician services in six CEE countries: Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Ukraine. We apply a semi-parametric survival analysis to the stated willingness and ability to pay (WATP) in order to identify potential demand pools, and calculate price, income and age semi-elasticities. Data are collected through a survey held in 2010 among representative samples of about 1000 respondents in each country. Our results suggest that median WATP in the studied countries ranges from 5.15 EUR to 12.2 EUR and the country ranking by WATP follows exactly the ranking by income level. Low service charges, up to 2.5 EUR in Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania and Romania, and up to 5 EUR in Poland should not cause many people to drop out of the demand pool. The lower payment interval should be studied in more detail for Ukraine, however. Official service charges together with exemption/reduction criteria are argued to be beneficial as an alternative to informal payments. Conducting demand analysis based on stated preference data might be a useful tool for designing patient payment policies, especially if new calibrating techniques are incorporated.
2013-02-27T15:31:39ZInformal Patient Payments in Central and Eastern European CountriesStepurko, Tetianahttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21442017-10-30T12:40:08Z2013-02-27T15:14:01Zdc.title: Informal Patient Payments in Central and Eastern European Countries
dc.contributor.author: Stepurko, Tetiana
dc.description.abstract: Informal payments for health care services are a well-known phenomenon in many health care systems around the world. Deeply ingrained informal practices accepted by both providers and consumers, and neglected by the government, seem to be a major impediment to ongoing health care reforms. The examination of level, scope and consumer’s perceptions of informal patient payments in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries is the aim of the thesis. Based on national representative samples, the most empirical data are collected in 2010 in six CEE countries and in 2011 in three CEE countries. The results of the cross-country comparison suggest a relatively higher prevalence of informal patient payments in Romania and Ukraine, then in Hungary and Lithuania and much lower than in Poland and in Bulgaria. In the latter one, patients also meet formal service charges in the public sector. The patterns of informal patient payment confirm more incidents and higher expenditures for hospitalizations than for ambulatory care. Although users resort to informal patient pursuing better quality, quicker access and better attention, public opinions towards informal patient are quire negative and associated with corruption suggesting users’ willingness to elimination of this practice. Hereby, governments should meet public expectations and implement a strategy for dealing with informal patient payments.
2013-02-27T15:14:01ZMaternal characteristic and risk factors for Hepatitis C (HCV) infection among HIV positive pregnant women in Ukraine, 2010-2011 Slobodianyk, Liudmylahttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21432017-10-30T12:40:27Z2013-02-27T15:01:07Zdc.title: Maternal characteristic and risk factors for Hepatitis C (HCV) infection among HIV positive pregnant women in Ukraine, 2010-2011
dc.contributor.author: Slobodianyk, Liudmyla
dc.description.abstract: The study measures prevalence of Hepatitis C (HCV) infection and defines risk factors for HCV infection among HIV positive pregnant women in Ukraine, 2010-2011. Methods: The survey was conducted in 2011 among HIV positive pregnant women. Totally 879 women participated. For 618 HCV test result was available. Women’s risk factors as well as risk factors related to women’s partners were. Poisson regression with robust variance estimation was utilized to identify risk factors associated with HCV seropositivity. Results: The overall HCV seroprevalence was 20.23% (95% CI=17–23%). 10% of women reported injection drug use (IDU). 33% of women’s permanent partners were HIV-positive and for 54% of them HIV status was indicated as unknown. In multivariate analysis partner’s injection drug using among non-IDU women [PR: 2.1 (95% CI: 1.3-3.1)] was associated with HCV. High HIV prevalence in region of women’s residence was significantly associated with HCV status [PR: 1.9 (95% CI: 1.3-2.9)]. Conclusions: The HCV infection among HIV positive women in Ukraine is linked to the IDU practice both women and her partners. IDU women as well as IDU partners of non-IDU women are the main risk factors for Hepatitis C positivity. Strong association between high HIV prevalence in the region of women’s residence and HIV/HCV co-infection support the injection drug using as the most important route of HCV transmission.
2013-02-27T15:01:07ZThe Role of Literary Criticism in the Processes of Canon Formation in the PostmodernityNikolenko, Viktorhttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21412017-10-30T12:40:47Z2013-02-27T14:51:07Zdc.title: The Role of Literary Criticism in the Processes of Canon Formation in the Postmodernity
dc.contributor.author: Nikolenko, Viktor
dc.description.abstract: The 70’s-80’s sociocultural criticism of Western literary canon has dramatically re-shaped the notion of literary canonicity. It has also thematized the problem of literary criticism discourse which generates the interpretative tradition that ensures the endurance of the canonical artworks. As the very notion of canon was challenged, it is an urgent issue to explicate the structure of critical discourse that is capable of literary values production in the postmodern situation of interpretive dissensus. This research investigates the problem of interrelations between postmodern critical discourse and canonical structure. It also explores the role of criticism in explication of hermeneutical potential of a literary canon. Analysis of the critical rhetoric sustains that postmodern criticism is rather engaged with exploration of canonical textuality than with maintenance of literary canons and aesthetic values. While deconstructing the evaluative consensus, it re-approaches the canon as the field of hermeneutical polemics. Postmodern criticism implements the speculative interpretation logic which maintains the canon as a generative source of new methods of reading. As a result, it supersedes the judgment of taste with the hermeneutically productive pragmatics of opinion. The explication of the postmodern critical discourse helps to enhance understanding of the specific critical attention attributed to canonical text in postmodern culture.
2013-02-27T14:51:07ZПісня Пісень у літературі українського бароко: найбільш поширені образи і мотивиМаксимчук, Ольгаhttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21392017-10-30T12:49:30Z2013-02-27T14:40:01Zdc.title: Пісня Пісень у літературі українського бароко: найбільш поширені образи і мотиви
dc.contributor.author: Максимчук, Ольга
dc.description.abstract: Дослідницьке питання: якими є форми репрезентації Пісні Пісень в українській бароковій літературі та чим обґрунтований їхній добір?
dc.description: Among the texts of the Ukrainian Baroque literature, there is practically no special commentary on the Song of Songs. Meanwhile, almost all the prominent writers in Ukraine of the 17th and 18th centuries present their understanding of the different aspects of this Biblical book. There is a considerable amount of the thematic groups connected with the Song of Songs and elaborated in the Ukrainian Baroque literature; therefore, it is necessary to narrow it to some reasonable number. The topics that have already been investigated are the following: arrival of spring (Cant. 2:11–13), seeking of the missing beloved (Cant. 3:1–4 ; 5:6–8), locus of the enclosed garden (Cant. 4:12), floristic symbolics of the lily and the rose among thorns (Cant. 2:1–2),praise of the beloved (Cant. 4:1–7, 5:10–16, 6:4–10, 7:2–10). The review of the obtained results reveals that Ukrainian Baroque authors: are conscious of the global crisis in the Ukrainian society, expect the positive changes of life in Ukraine in the near future, want to be secured and supported by a wise statesman who could organize Ukrainians into a harmonized and well-ordered society. These prevalent moods among the Ukrainian intellectuals together with the specific features of the Ukrainian Orthodox devotion centered mostly on the figures of Christ, the incarnate Logos, and His Mother, the Virgin Mary, are the dominant factors that had an impact on the choice of Biblical images and motifs and their interpretation.
2013-02-27T14:40:01ZThe "Own", the "Alien" and the "Other" in Ukrainian and PolishSemenova, Dariahttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21382017-10-30T12:52:36Z2013-02-27T14:28:43Zdc.title: The "Own", the "Alien" and the "Other" in Ukrainian and Polish
dc.contributor.author: Semenova, Daria
dc.description.abstract: This research dwells on the idea that entertaining genres, even those often relegated to youngsters’ reading as unserious, such as the adventure novel, convey ideological matters, including ideas about what the identity and values of the "in-group" are and how it relates to various Others, whether or not it was the author’s intention to fulfill didactic functions. A body of Ukrainian and Polish "wanderer’s adventure" novels throughout the 20th century is considered, which allows analyzing mechanisms pertinent to the genre in two national literatures and in different socio-cultural contexts, under national state and socialist regime, in ‘mainland’ and in diaspora. A salient national identity is conveyed by Polish novels in early 20th century, strongly allying with "Europeanness" and juxtaposing to all non-Western cultures; the latter is reconsidered throughout the century as well as the structure of "Polishness". Ukrainian Soviet literature does not witness salient national identity with other social identities being dominant, and it regains importance in the post-war emigrants’ literature. Two main motives of meeting the Other in both literatures are related to the experience of "colonizer" or "colonized", in either case the very generic structure contributing to ideological upbringing through raising the self-esteem or rethinking the national martyrology.; Пригодницькі романи про екзотичні подорожі, розважаючи своїх юних читачів, водночас відіграють дидактичну роль, поміж іншим, передаючи певну картину світу з притаманними уявленнями про "Своє", "Чуже" та "Інше".
2013-02-27T14:28:43ZConstruction of Identity of the Crimean Tatars in the Ukrainian media discourseBezverkha, Anastasiahttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21372017-10-30T12:54:58Z2013-02-27T14:18:39Zdc.title: Construction of Identity of the Crimean Tatars in the Ukrainian media discourse
dc.contributor.author: Bezverkha, Anastasia
dc.description.abstract: The Crimean Autonomous Republic is an ethnically diverse region and the only region in Ukraine where the Crimean Tatars, a Muslim ethnic group, lives within compact vicinity among the Slavic majority (mostly ethnic Russians and Ukrainians). Crimean Tatars, who suffered deportation in 1944 by the Stalin regime, have been returning en masse to their native lands since the 1980s. They consider themselves indigenous population to the Crimean peninsula and demand respective political and cultural rights as well as in need for state support of their economic and cultural development.
Despite the long-lasting attempts for economic and cultural integration of the returnees, the Slavic majority of the Crimea shares a high level of xenophobic beliefs towards the Crimean Tatars, their culture and religion, excluding them from political and social spheres.
National and regional media play a crucial role in shaping the exiting popular beliefs about the Crimean Tatars as well as sustaining and reproducing a certain image of this ethnic group, influencing both how the Crimean Tatar population perceives its own national identity and how it is being imagined by the rest of the Ukrainian society.
Research questions
1. How is the Crimean Tatar identity being constructed by the Ukrainian media discourse?
2. How do the Ukrainian media shape the self-identification of the Crimean Tatars?
3. Which narratives of deportation communicated by the media discourse impact the Crimean Tatar national identity?
The study is grounded in the social constructivism ontology and uses critical discourse analysis and audience analysis as dominant methodological approaches.
The research examines practices of representation of the Crimean Tatars in the texts of the leading Ukrainian national and the Crimean regional printed and online media outlets. Additionally, historical narratives of the 1944 deportation are analyzed in the national, Crimean as well as the Crimean Tatar national media.
Conducting of the audience analysis in the last chapter of the thesis is aimed at the study of perception of the media discourse by the population of the Crimea – the Crimean Tatar and the Slavic majority.
Based on the research findings a theoretical model or a key argument will be developed.
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