Research closed on trends and drivers of poverty reduction in Hungary

The project Understanding trends and drivers of poverty decline in Hungary: will lowered rates persist? funded by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (K_132883, lead researcher András Gábos) has been completed. The aim of the research was to understand the drivers of poverty reduction in Hungary since 2012, also in a European comparison. Our hypothesis was that market factors (increasing employment and real wages) and redistribution have both played a role in poverty reduction. Our results indicate that out of the factors we examined, the main driver of the poverty reduction between 2013 and 2021 was the significant increase in employment, which during this period (partly due to public works programmes) reached previously inactive households, too. This effect was further reinforced by the increasing role of social benefits linked to employment status. 

Already available publications: 

Gábos, A. and A. Tátrai (2022). The extent and depth of relative income poverty between 2005 and 2020 – by different poverty thresholds (In Hungarian). In: Kolosi, T., I. Szelényi and I. Gy. Tóth (eds.): Társadalmi Riport 2022, Budapest: TÁRKI, 243-260. >> link 

Tátrai, A. (2023): The poverty map of Hungary (in Hungarian). In: Kolosi, T., I. Szelényi and I. Gy. Tóth (eds.): Társadalmi Riport 2022, Budapest: TÁRKI, 261-282. >> link 

Gábos, A. and A. Tátrai (2023). Poverty in Hungary (In Hungarian). In: Szabó-Morvai, Á. and R. Pető (eds.): Munkaerőpiaci Tükör 2022, Budapest: KRTK, HUN-REN, 151-156. >> link

Gábos, A. and C. Colombarolli (2023). Income poverty among public workers (In Hungarian). In: Szabó-Morvai, Á. and R. Pető (eds.): Munkaerőpiaci Tükör 2022, Budapest: KRTK, HUN-REN, 156-158. >> link