Hungary : Long-term Poverty, Social Protection, and the Labor Market, Volume 2. Technical Papers
This report documents the emergence of a
group of long-term poor in Hungary. While growth will
continue to be necessary to create well-paying jobs that
would enable people to escape poverty, the long term poor
are not likely to benefit from growth since they are
detached from the labor market, socially excluded, and in
many cases, facing discrimination which keeps them from
reintegrating into the labor market. The long-term poor in
Hungary are comprised of several distinct social groups: the
homeless, rural population particularly those living in
micro-communities, unemployed or withdrawn from the labor
market, households with more than three children, single
parent families, single elderly females, and the Roma. A
third of the long-term poor are of Roma ethnicity, even
though this group is only approximately 5 percent of the
Hungarian population. The analysis of the labor market
confirms the connection between long-term unemployment and
long-term poverty. One of the messages of this report is
that the Roma need good-paying jobs first and foremost. Many
Roma villages are characterized by a cycle of dependency on
state transfers. Reinsertion programs are needed to break
this cycle. In the medium term, emphasis on providing
high-quality general education to the Roma is needed. These
challenges for Hungary are complicated by decentralization,
which may lead to unequal treatment of the poor, with less
financing available where social programs are most needed.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
World Bank |
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| Format: | Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
Washington, DC
2001-04
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| Subjects: | ABSOLUTE POVERTY,
CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR,
CONSUMPTION DATA,
CONSUMPTION POVERTY,
CURRENCY UNIT,
DATA SET,
DEPENDENT VARIABLE,
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY,
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT,
ECONOMIC SHOCKS,
ECONOMIES OF SCALE,
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT,
EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION,
EXPENDITURE DATA,
EXPENDITURE INFORMATION,
EXPENDITURES,
FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS,
FIXED COSTS,
FOOD CONSUMPTION,
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS,
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION,
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION,
HOUSEHOLD DATA,
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES,
HOUSEHOLD HEAD,
HOUSEHOLD INCOME,
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL,
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS,
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY,
HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE,
HOUSEHOLD SIZE,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS,
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
INCOME,
INFLATION,
INFORMAL ECONOMY,
INFORMAL SECTOR,
INFORMAL SECTORS,
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR,
LABOR MARKET,
LIVING CONDITIONS,
LIVING STANDARDS,
MARKET ECONOMY,
MEASURING POVERTY,
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION,
POLICY MEASURES,
POOR,
POOR HOUSEHOLDS,
POOR LIVING,
POVERTY ANALYSIS,
POVERTY GAP,
POVERTY LINE,
POVERTY LINES,
POVERTY MEASURES,
POVERTY PROFILE,
POVERTY PROFILES,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
POVERTY STATUS,
POVERTY TRENDS,
PUBLIC GOODS,
RELATIVE POVERTY,
RURAL AREAS,
RURAL RESIDENCE,
SAFETY NET,
SAVINGS,
SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS,
SOCIAL PROTECTION,
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS,
STATISTICAL OFFICE,
STATISTICS OFFICE,
TRANSITION ECONOMIES,
UNEMPLOYMENT,
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS,
URBAN AREAS,
WELFARE MEASURE POVERTY REDUCTION,
SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS,
DECENTRALIZATION,
SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES,
DISABILITY BENEFITS,
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEMS,
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1121198/hungary-long-term-poverty-social-protection-labor-market-vol-2-2-technical-papers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15525
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