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András Gábos
András Gábos (PhD in sociology) has been working as a researcher for TÁRKI (Tárki Social Research Centre) since 1 of January 2000. The main research field of interest are: fertility effects of intergenerational transfers, cost of children, work incentive effects of family policies, poverty (especially child poverty) and income inequality. He is a regular author of publications edited by TÁRKI, analysing the household surveys conducted by the same institute.He has been participating in several European projects. Gábos was a member of the Hungarian team in the CHER (FP5, 2000-2003) project, and he is participating in other projects: AHEAD (FP6, 2004-2007), AIM (2005-2008), WORKCARE (FP6, 2006-2009), Social Observatory (DG EMPL, 2005-) and I-CUE (FP6, 2005-). He made assistance for the LIS project during the lissification of TARKI Household Monitor survey from years 2000 and 2005.
He coordinated the Hungarian team's research efforts within the WORKCARE project. He also coordinated the one-year project 'Study on child poverty' (DG EMPL, leader: TARKI) started in December 2008.
Gábos graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1992 at the Technical University of Cluj. He finished his studies as an expert on political sciences at Századvég Politikai Iskola (Budapest School of Politics) in 1996. He started his Ph.D. in sociology in the same year (1996) at the Budapest University of Economics (now Corvinus University of Budapest) His thesis on fertility effects of Hungarian family benefit system was accepted in November 2005. He participated at the ICPSR Summer School (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA) in 2001, studying Regression Analysis and Categorical Data Analysis.
András Gábos was co-author of the book Apák és fiúk és unokák (Osiris, Budapest: 2003) edited by Róbert I. Gál. He is also author and co-author of several studies published in Hungarian periodicals (Esély, Statisztikai Szemle, Századvég)
Publications (selected list)
2009: (co-authors Róbert Iván Gál and Gábor Kézdi) The effects of child-related benefits and pensions on fertility by birth order. Population Studies, Vol. 63(3): 215-231.
2008: (co-author: Marianna Kopasz) Demographic processes. In: Tóth, I. Gy. (ed): European Social Report. Budapest: TÁRKI, 15-50.
2008: The Role of Time-Flexibility in Managing Work and Care, Report for WorkCare Project (FP6), Work Package 6, Budapest: TÁRKI. Manuscript.
2007: Policies for reducing child poverty - a review of the literature. In: Social Situation Observatory (SSO): Child poverty and ethnic minorities. Research Paper, April 2007.
2005: Gender differences in poverty in an international comparison: an analysis of the Laeken indicators. In: Nagy, I., M. Pongrácz,I. Gy. Tóth (2005) (ed.): Changing roles – report on the situation of women and men in Hungary, 2005. Budapest: TÁRKI Social Research Institute. 117-131.
2005: (co-authors Róbert Iván Gál and Gábor Kézdi): Fertility effects of the pension system and other intergenerational transfers. Paper prepared for the 5th International Workshop of the Project on Intergenerational Equity (PIE). Tokyo, March 10-12, 2005. 6 June 2006. Open (external link, pdf).
2004: (co-author: Péter Szivós) Poverty in Hungary on the Eve of Entry to the EU. In: Kolosi, T., I.Gy. Tóth and Gy. Vukovich (eds.): Social Report 2004. Budapest: TÁRKI, 96-120.
2003: (co-author: Péter Szivós): Poverty dynamics among families with children in Europe. CHER Working Paper 10, CEPS/INSTEAD, Differdange, G-D. Luxembourg, 6 June 2006. Open (external link).
2002: (co-author Péter Szivós) The share of unemployment benefits within household incomes. In: Fazekas, Károly - Jenõ Koltay (eds): The Hungarian Labour Market – review and analysis 2002. Budapest: Institute of Economics, Hungarian Employment Foundation, 206-213.
