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István György Tóth - CEO of TÁRKI
István György Tóth (toth_at_tarki.hu), PhD in Sociology, joined TÁRKI in 1994 and acts as director since 1995. He participated and/or directed various projects on Hungarian and European income distribution and social policies. He has been a consultant to various international organisations, edited and co-edited over fifteen books including the bi-annual Hungarian Social Report series since 1998, and editor of the TARKI European Social Reports. He is author of the book Income Distribution: From the Systemic Change to the Joining of the European Union (in Hungarian). Awarded by the Hungarian Sociological Association (Erdei Award, 1997) and by the President of the Hungarian Republic (Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Officer's Cross, 2010).
Short bio (pdf)
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Key references (research projects directed and co-directed):
- European Social Observatory on Social inclusion and income distribution (an Univ. Of Essex-Applica-Eurocentre (Vienna)-Tarki project for DG Empl of the EU)
- Study on child poverty, for DG EMPL of the EU
- The social impact of development policies (2005)
- Modelling social developments until 2020 in Hungary (2004)
- Tárki Household Monitor (1998-, yearly)
- The State and Its Citizens. 1996, 1997, 2007 (with László Csontos and János Kornai, 1996, 1999)
- Social Policy Strategy Paper for the Hungarian Government (1997)
- Hungarian Household Panel (1991-1997)
Selected publications
- Keller Tamás - Tóth István György: Income distribution, inequality perception and redistributive claims in European societies. GINI Discussion Paper 7. Amsterdam, AIAS, 2011, 66 p.
- Tóth István György - Medgyesi Márton: Income distribution and living difficulties in the midst of consolidation programmes and crises in Hungary. In: Fazekas Károly - Molnár György (eds.): The Hungarian Labour Market 2011. Review and analysis. Budapest, Institute of Economics, IE HAS - National Employment Foundation, 2010, pp 170-186.
- Ward, Terry - Tóth István György (co-directors): Child poverty and child well-being in the European Union. Report prepared for the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opoprtunities (Unite E.2). Budapest - Brussels, TÁRKI Social Research Institute - Applica, 2010, 207 p.
- Keller Tamás - Medgyesi Márton - Tóth István György: Analysing the link between measured and perceived income inequality in European countries. Research note 8/2009. Brussels, European Commission, Manuscript completed in February 2010, 32 p.
- Tóth István György (ed.): Tárki European Social Report 2009. Budapest, TÁRKI, 2009, 182 p.
- Ward, Terry . Lelkes Orsolya . Sutherland, Holly . Tóth István György (eds.): European inequalities. Social inclusion and income distribution in the European Union. Budapest, Tárki, 2009, 214 p.
- Tóth István György: The demand for redistribution. A test on Hungarian data. Sociologický Casopis/Czech Sociological Review, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 6. pp. 1063-1087
- Tóth István György: Economic Transition and Income Distribution in Hungary, 1987-2001. In: Fanelli, Jose Maria - Squire, Lyn (eds.): Economic Reform In Developing Countries: Reach, Range, Reason. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 3-34.
- Jövedelemeloszlás. A gazdasági rendszerváltástól az uniós csatlakozásig. (Income distribution. From the systemic change to the joining of the EU, in Hungarian) Andorka Rudolf Társadalomtudományi Társaság- Századvég Kiadó. Budapest, 2005. 334 p.
- (ed.): Social Report series, 1998, 2004, 2004. Budapest, TÁRKI, (co-editors: Tamás Kolosi, György Vukovich)
- (ed.): Changing roles. Report on the situation of women and men in Hungary, 2005 Budapest, TÁRKI 2005, 260 p. (co-editors: Ildikó Nagy, Marietta Pongrácz)
- (ed.): A jóléti állam politikai gazdaságtana (The political economy of the welfare state, in Hungarian) Budapest, Osiris - Láthatatlan Kollégium, 1999 (co-editor: Iván Csaba)
- Tóth István György: Jövedelemegyenlõtlenségek: tényleg növekszenek, vagy csak úgy látjuk? Közgazdasági Szemle, L. évf. (2003) 3. sz. 209–234. p.
- Tóth István György: Child poverty and family transfers in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Journal of European Social Policy, vol. 11 (2001) no. 4. pp. 324-341. (with Michael F. Förster)
- Tóth István György: Double or quits: should money found be risked? Review of Sociology, 2000 (special issue) pp. 73-95 (with Zoltán Szántó)
- Tóth István György: Tax awareness and the reform of the welfare state. Hungarian Survey Results. Economics of Transition, vol. 6 (1998) no. 2. pp. 287-312. (with László Csontos and János Kornai)
- Tóth István György: Poverty alleviation: social assistance and family benefits. In: Bokros, Lajos – Dethier, Jean-Jacques: Public Finance Reform During the Transition. The experience of Hungary. Washington, The World Bank, 1998, pp. 287-316. (with Sándor Sipos)
- Tóth István György: Poverty, inequalities and social policies in the Visegrad countries. Economics of Transition, vol. 5 (1997) no. 2. pp. 505-510. (with Michael F. Förster)
- Tóth István György: Is Hungary really the least unequal? (A Discussion of Data on Income Inequalities and Poverty in Central and East European Countries). Journal of Russian and East European Finance and Trade, vol. 33 (1997) no. 6. pp. 67-94. (with Rudolf Andorka and Zsuzsa Ferge)
- Tóth István György: The role of welfare programmes in alleviating poverty. International Review of Comparative Public Policy, vol. 7 (1997) pp. 125-145.
- Evaluating Hungarian Incomes Inequalities. The role of labor markets and social policies. Acta Oeconomica, vol. 48. (1997) no. 3-4. pp. 415-445.
- The Hungarian Household Panel: aims and methods. Innovation, vol 8. (1995) no. 1. pp 106-122.
- A jóléti rendszer az átmenet idõszakában (The welfare system in the period of transition, in Hungarian) Közgazdasági Szemle 1994 április pp. 313-340
- A társadalmi (elosztási) igazságosság problémája. (The problem of social (distributive)Justice, in Hungarian) Szociológiai Szemle, 1. évf. (1991) 1. sz. 151-172. p.
