TÁRKI Social Research Inc. is an independent, employee-owned research organisation that specialises in policy research in the fields of social policy and the social consequences of economic policies. This includes related data-collection, archiving and statistical activities. We recently increased our involvement in the areas of strategic market research and health policy analysis. In addition, we regularly contribute to basic research, in the areas of social stratification and inequality, and to the methodology of empirical social research.

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TÁRKI European Social Report 2009

This book, the second in the series, seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the similarities and differences between the European societies of the enlarged European Union. The report concentrates on the perceptions, opinions and attitudes of Europeans. From the wide range of potential issues we selected those fields that are most relevant to economic activity.

The analyses included in this book were prepared by TÁRKI Social Research Institute Inc., as part of a research programme entitled "The Social and Cultural Conditions of Economic Growth". The research programme included, among other projects, an empirical study called "The Normative Framework of Market Economy", as well as the Hungarian part of the fifths wave of "World Values Survey". The research was conducted by István György Tóth with the assistance of Tamás Keller.

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Introduction (István György Tóth) (pdf)
Attitudes to inequality (Orsolya Lelkes) (pdf)
Individual versus government responsibility (Fruzsina Albert and Beáta Dávid) (pdf)
State and market (Béla Janky ) (pdf)
Trust and social capital in contemporary Europe (Johanna Giczi and Endre Sik) (pdf)
Work, leisure, time allocation (Judit Monostori ) (pdf)
Conscious consumption (Annamaria Gati) (pdf)
Entrepreneurial inclination, potential entrepreneurs and risk avoidance (György Lengyel ) (pdf)
Value of knowledge: skills, competences, opinions (Judit Lannert) (pdf)
On the social norms regulating economic morality - norms obeyed and norms defied (Tamás Keller ) (pdf)
The perception, the tolerance, and the practice of corruption (Tamás Keller and Endre Sik ) (pdf)
Description of the databases used in the book (pdf)
The authors and editors of the book (pdf)

TÁRKI European Social Report

This new study prepared and published by TÁRKI Social Research Institute provides an overview of demographic, labour market, income and housing situation of households in Europe. The basic data source used is the "Community Statistics on Income and Living Conditions" survey of the European Union (EUSILC) of 2005, accompanied by a number of other sources with a Europe-wide focus.

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Cover page (pdf)
Contents, executive summary (pdf)
Chapter 1 (Demography) (pdf)
Chapter 2 (Labour market) (pdf)
Chapter 3 (Income distribution) (pdf)
Chapter 4 (Housing and material conditions) (pdf)

TÁRKI has a strong tradition of social reporting that aims to elucidate Hungarian and European socio-economic trends and their evolution over time. Earlier series of social reports include:

Social Report Series
TÁRKI Household Monitor Report
Changing roles

An overview of the TÁRKI social reporting activities can be viewed here