The Hungarian Social Reports István György Tóth Director Tarki Social Research Institute Budapest

1. Social reporting in Europe Villa Vigoni Conference March 16-18, 2008 The Hungarian Social Reports István György Tóth Director Tarki Social Research Institute Budapest

2. TÁRKI story: chronology • 1985 social science databank, social research • 1991 own fieldwork department • 1998 for-profit and nonprofit separation: Tarki JRC and • Tarki Social Research Institute Inc • 2007 Kopint-Tárki: macroeconomic research • 2008 Tárki-Tudok: education research unit • TÁRKI story: profile shifts • From to • theoretical applied research • Sociology Economics • Macro Micro and macro • Pubic sector Private and public • Hungary International

3. TÁRKI research areas • Social stratification, social mobility • Income distribution, labour markets, poverty • Economic and social impact assessment, microsimulation • Intergenerational transfers, pensions • Comparative social policy • Health system and health status • Family policies, demography • Education, life long learning • Minorities, immigrants, discrimination • Attitudes, opinions, satisfaction • ICT research • Local governments project • Development policy research • Market research • Methodological research For more: http://www.tarki.hu/en/

4. The Hungarian Social Report: history 80’s: Andorka and Harcsa: Monitoring Hungarian social development on the long run 1990-2008 Social report Editors: 1990, 1992, 1994 1996: Andorka, Kolosi, Vukovich 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006: Kolosi, Tóth, Vukovich 2008: Kolosi, Tóth Under preparation: 2008

5. The Hungarian Social Report: administrative details Financing: Ministry of welfare (or equivalents) Non-partisan consensus Costs: approx 30000 EUR Circulation: 2000-3000 copies (English: 1000) Main consumers: students at universities, researchers, policy makers, general audience

6. The Hungarian Social Report: main characteristics Content: Tarki research outputs Other empirical social research social indicators Main topics covered: social stratification labour market vulnerable groups social policy attitudes Other features: International outlook Policy relevance

7. Social reports between 1990 and 2006 Hungarian English Downloads and descriptions for the most recent: http://www.tarki.hu/en/publications/SR/2004/index.html

8. Social report 2006 Table of contents (available only in Hungarian) I.Societal changes 1.Class society? (Kolosi Tamás–Dencső Blanka) 19 2.     Income distribution, 1987-2005 (Tóth István György) 42 3.     Labour markets and incomes (Girasek Edmond–Sik Endre) 65 II.The hungarian society in international comparisons 4.Income distribution and poverty in the EU- a macro level comparison (Tóth István György–Gábos András) 89 5.     The situation of the Hungarian Roma: compared to other CEE countries (Bernát Anikó) 118 6.     Health status (Vitrai József–Mihalicza Péter) 138 7.     Satisfaction in transtiton societies (Sági Matild) 151 III.Damographic transition and consequences 8.   Becoming a parent: structural conditions and subjective factors at the time of taking the the first baby (Spéder Zsolt–Kapitány Balázs) 183 9.     Chid poverty in Hungary (Gábos András–Szivós Péter) 204 10.  Generational accounts, 1992–2001 (Gál Róbert Iván–Törzsök Árpád–Medgyesi Márton–Révész Tamás)229 11.  Intergenerational transmission of life chances (Harcsa István–Tarján Gergely) 238 12.  The effect of the „100 steps” program on incomes of families with children (Benedek Dóra–Scharle Ágota) 250 13.  The situation of divorced fathers (Vukovich Gabriella) 267 IV.  Human capital 14.  Human capital development, life long learning, skills and competencies (Varga Júlia) 287 15.  Human capital investment with student loan support (Medgyesi Márton–Varga Júlia) 301 16.  Work orientation and returns to human capital (Altorjai Szilvia–Róbert Péter) 314 17.  Social capital and development (Füzér Katalin–Gerő Márton–Sik Endre–Zongor Gábor) 335 18.  Dinemsions of social capital – in the ethnic dimension (Albert Fruzsina–Dávid Beáta) 351 V.    Values and attitudes 19.  Stereotypes and biases (Ligeti György) 373 20.  Voter turnout, 2006 (Angelusz Róbert–Tardos Róbert) 390 21.  The stabilization of political preferences in the 2006 elections (Stumpf István) 417 VI. Social indicators 22.  Hungary, in light of social indicators(Harcsa István–Papp Gábor– Vukovich György) 435

9. Indicators monitored • Population and family demography • Training and education • Employment • Social structure • Incomes • Consumption • Housing • Health • Time use, lifestyle • Cultural activities • Deviant behaviour

10. Social Report 2008: planned new features • IV. Social situation and institutions • Employment and employment policy • Age strucutre and pensions • Families, family support • Education and schooling • Health status and health system • Equality of opportunities and antidiscrimination • Cultural status, cultural institutions • V. Opinions and attitudes • Demand for redistribution • Satisfaction, values, subjective well-being • Political cleavages • VI. Social indicators • (inclusion of dynamic • indicators) • Social trends (HHP based) • Social structure • Labour markets • Digital literacy • Material conditons of households • Migration • II. European outlook (SILC based) • Demography • Income distribution • Poverty • Social integration, Roma • III. Economy and economc policy (Kopint) • Macro trends • Makro convergence, regional divergence • Savings, incomes, consumption

11. Other related social reporting activities (1): „Changing roles: report on the situation of men and women in Hungary In Hungarian: In English

12. Changing Roles Report on the Situation of Women and Men in Hungary 2005 Edited by: Ildikó Nagy, Marietta Pongrácz, István György Tóth • Work and Public Life • Erzsébet Bukodi: Women's Labour Market Participation and Use of Working Time • Beáta Nagy: Women in Management • Gabriella Ilonszki: Women in Politics: The European Union and Hungary • Family • Marietta Pongrácz: Opinions on Gender Roles. Findings of an International Comparative Study • Ferenc Kamarás: Family Formation and Child-Bearing in Europe. Questions and Question Marks • Fruzsina Albert and Beáta Dávid: Men and Women in the Family as Reflected in a Two-Generational Study • Poverty, Social Problems • András Gábos: Gender Differences in Poverty in an International Comparison: An Analysis of the Laeken Indicators • Béla Janky: The Social Position and Fertility of Roma Women • Irén Gödri: Men and Women at Various Stages of the Migration Process. Immigration to Hungary from a Gender Perspective • Katalin Kovács: The Mortality and Health Status of Women • Zsuzsanna Elekes: Gender Differences and Similarities in Drug Use • Ildikó Nagy: Measuring the Global Gender Gap: An International Comparison • Appendix • Bibliography • Register of • Researchers More on this: http://www.tarki.hu/en/publications/CGR/

13. Other related Tarki social reporting activities (2): The European social situation observatory (2005-2008) Consortium: Applica, Brussels, University of Essex, Eurocentre, Vienna and Tarki Partner: DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission, Unit for Social and Demographic Analysis Task: annual monitoring reports on trends of income distribution and social inclusion in Europe. Coverage of reports: general income distribution trends, poverty and social inclusion as well as analytic work on causes and main determinants. Downloads: from DG Employment website.

14. Other related Tarki social reporting activities (3): European Social Report 2008 Data: EU-SILC, Eurostat, EU reports, others Coverage: EU25 (2004) Chapters: Demography Employment Income distribution Material well-being Available: in Hungarian Plan: English edition (in April) develop to a series

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