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Labour market mobility Andor Urmos Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Hungary September 26, 2007. Mobility. Definition Social status mobility Regional mobility Migration (domestic, international). Background.
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Labour market mobilityAndor UrmosMinistry of Social Affairs and LabourHungarySeptember 26, 2007 Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia
Mobility • Definition • Social status mobility • Regional mobility • Migration (domestic, international) Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia
Background • Regional differences became critical in Eastern-Europe (social and infrastructural measures) • Roma are overrepresented (ghettoisation) • Labour market is „rigid” – need and demand are not harmonised Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia
Background • Labour market service • Adul training, vocational training, wage support, etc. – locally • Social care • Social work, daycare, social services – locally • Housing • 90 % or higher own properties, no rental market • State subsidy (social housing allowance) forcing property Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia
Underprivileged by social and economical status and low-budgeting municipalities Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia Source: National Statistics of Hungary
Registered vacant jobs (a), registered unemployment (B) and unemployment rate (c) by regional breakdown Northern Hungary a. 3272 b. 88838 c. 17,4% Transdanubia a. 4510 b. 33478 c. 6,6% Northern Great Plain a. 2385 b. 103256 c. 16,4% Central Hungary a. 8846 b. 46922 c. 3,6% Western Transdanubia a. 3487 b. 28299 c. 6,0% Southern Great Plain a. 4829 b. 62250 c. 11,2% Southern Transdanubia a. 1842 b. 54183 c. 13,1% Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia
Government expenditures by GDP% in EU 2006 Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia forrás: Eurostat
Hungary and Slovakia Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia forrás: Eurostat
Mobility • Labour market need and demand should be harmonised • High unemployment rate in depressed regions – job vacancies in developed regions • Complex approach – establishing the chance! • Employment service (training, wage support, etc.) – in more developed region • Social work – relationship among services • Housing – flexibile solutions (rent) Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia
Mobility Limits • Educated population vs. low-skilled people • Local network of the family (relatives, school, community, etc.) • Lack of the local network in the „new” region • Resistance by the „new” community • Lack of co-operating services (social work!) • Need for significant change in housing policy Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia
Mobility • No contradiction with regional development! • Depressed regions need both • Regional development (infrastructure, higher normatives for basic services, tax benefits for investors, etc.) – social status mobility in place • Mobility program (employment service, social work, flexibile housing) Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia
Mobility International migration and mobility • Similar drivers, but different tools • Political assumptions – i.e. Roma migration, mobility • Need for incentives for international migration, mobility within EU (i.e. language skills) Social Inclusion in Eastern-Europe and Central Asia
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