This paper analyses the factors affecting the price level of Hungarian residential real estate using individual sales data. We focus on the role of the location of the property. We show that geographical factors are relevant in explaining housing prices using traditional type groups constructed...

The aim of this paper is to investigate how the spatial equilibrium model applies to Hungary. For this we create a new database on modified micro-regional level between 2001 and 2014 with real estate/property market, labor market, regional and demographical data. We use this database to answer...

This paper analyses the factors affecting the price level of Hungarian residential real estate using individual sales data. We focus on the role of the location of the property. We show that geographical factors are relevant in explaining housing prices using traditional type groups constructed...

The aim of this paper is to investigate how the spatial equilibrium model applies to Hungary. For this we create a new database on modified micro-regional level between 2001 and 2014 with real estate/property market, labor market, regional and demographical data. We use this database to answer...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Using the panel data of the Hungarian Life Course Survey from 2006 through 2012 we analyze the educational attainment of a cohort of Hungarian Roma and non-Roma students. This cohort started high school in 2006. High school dropout rate is 10 percent among non-Roma, whereas nearly 50 percent...