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. Because the prospect of migration raises the expected returns to higher education it also facilitates a "brain gain": a … prevailing, economy-wide endowment of human capital on the formation of human capital, a relaxation of migration policy pursued … developing economy: a controlled migration of educated workers. …
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Emigration has accelerated since 2007 in Hungary. The short history of the new phenomenon called intense political and social reactions. The paper focuses on a particular segment of emigration: on labour emigration of those employed persons who are still connected to the home country and...
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Emigration has accelerated since 2007 in Hungary. The short history of the new phenomenon called intense political and social reactions. The paper focuses on a particular segment of emigration: on labour emigration of those employed persons who are still connected to the home country and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507761
In this paper we use the Hungarian Central Statistical Office's Labour Force Survey to examine the rate of Hungarian inhabitants working abroad between 1999 and 2011. We also examine the characteristics of this group. A break in trend can be observed in the fourth quarter of 2009 in the rate of...
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In this paper we use the Hungarian Central Statistical Office's Labour Force Survey to examine the rate of Hungarian inhabitants working abroad between 1999 and 2011. We also examine the characteristics of this group. A break in trend can be observed in the fourth quarter of 2009 in the rate of...
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This study estimates the expected long-term budgetary benefits to investing into Roma education in Hungary. By budgetary benefits we mean the direct financial benefits to the national budget. The main idea is that investing extra public money into Roma education would pay off even in fiscal...
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The paper looks at school segregation in Hungary by ethnicity (Roma versus non-Roma) and social disadvantage. We use comprehensive data from the National Assessment of Basic Competences from 2006. School segregation is measured at various levesl: by micro-regions, within towns and cities, and...
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The paper looks at secondary school attendance and grade retention after 8th grade in Hungary. It makes use of panel data of the Hungarian Life Course Survey from 2006 through 2009. Three and a half years after finishing 8th grade, ninety per cent of the children are in school, three quarters on...
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This study quantifies the achievement gap between Roma and non-Roma students in Hungary and assesses the potential causes of the gap. According to reading and mathematics test scores measured in eighth grade, the gap is substantial. Its magnitude is similar to the gap between African American...
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The distribution of Roma and non-Roma students across schools has become considerably more unequal in Hungary since the 1980's. This paper analyzes the effect of school choice and local educational policies on that inequality, known as school segregation, in 100 Hungarian towns. We combine...
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