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The paper uses data from a large representative survey of Hungarian higher education graduates (DPR 2010) to study the early labour market effects of field of study and college quality. Propensity score matching average treatment effect method is used to reveal the effect of the field of study,...
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Economics show that after 1996 the income inequality basically didn't grow, at most structural changes occurred. Results coming … from the author's analysis contradict to previous statement, income inequality kept growing, in addition, the inequality … makes important suggestions for economic policy. By international measure the changes in the Hungarian income inequality are …
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Using the 2004 income survey of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office we consider the targeting of two types of unemployment-related benefits: a) unemployment insurance and re-training benefits and b) the unemloyment assistance (UA). The evidence suggests that unemployment-related benefits...
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Sorting into public sector jobs may be motivated not only by the available income but also by other aspects, such as stronger demand for security or for social usefulness. The demand for larger job security - beside other factors - can be the consequence of family circumstances. We have...
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This report examines health inequalities among Hungarian children in the 2010s. Our work is based on a wide range of administrative and survey data drawn from numerous sources. We analyze the datasets in a unified framework and present the findings in an easily understandable way, by which our...
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We analyze the employment gap between Roma and non-Roma men and women in local labor markets to test the hypothesis that ethnic prejudices against a minority have a more substantial labor market impact if the proportion of small firms is high in the local economy. We rely on Hungarian data from...
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Our study examines social differences in health during childhood and adolescence in Hungary in the 2010s. For this analysis, we have collected administrative and survey data sources and organized them into a coherent statistical framework. These restructured data have been used to identify...
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