BI is seeking to hire an analyst / junior analyst

03/08/2021

Please send your CV and a short motivation letter to Ms Vera Balogh (vera.balogh@budapestinstitute.eu) as soon as possible, but by 6 September the latest.

What can we learn from impact evaluations of labour market programmes supporting young people?

25/06/2021

Judit Krekó has recently presented the lessons from the impact assessments of youth employment measures at two international conferences.

BI is looking for a PhD student / young researcher to work on the topic of youth employment and labour market policy evaluation

07/06/2021

Please send your CV and motivation letter (in English, outlining your research interest) to Ms Judit Léderer (judit.lederer@budapestinstitute.eu) by 4 July 2021.

The reinforced Youth Guarantee Program necessitates new approaches and methods on behalf of the public employment services

04/06/2021

How can young people from vulnerable backgrounds be involved in the reinforced Youth Guarantee (YG) Program? Can more effective cooperation between public employment services, schools, social service providers and other grassroots NGOs improve young jobseekers’ outreach, skills and mental health?

Why might the closer co-operation of labour market service and social service providers be cost-effective?

23/02/2021

While only 5-10 percent of minimum income beneficiaries tends find a substantive job in a year, there are three cost-effective ways to increase this. 

How to convince employers to hire low-skilled Roma youth?

01/02/2021

Without encouragement and support, employers often shy away from hiring disadvantaged Roma youth. The Hopes for Low project developed an approach that combines mentoring with employer services to support low-skilled Roma youth in getting and keeping a job.

The pandemic increases the need for effective upskilling programmes

28/01/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic might accelerate the automatisation of certain tasks at the workplace. This, in turn, will transform certain jobs, or cause them to vanish, even sooner than predicted. What kind of innovative upskilling programmes can public employment services (PES) provide to prevent unemployment in this difficult situation?

How can Europe compete with the US and other countries for the best experts?

01/12/2020

In comparison to other OECD members, the EU is at a competitive disadvantage in attracting highly skilled talent, but intensifying common efforts and the more active involvement of Public Employment Services can improve this situation. 

The 2020 EC Rule of Law Report mentions the disclosure practices of Hungarian municipalities

09/10/2020

The European Commission cites the findings of a joint project carried out by BI and the Corruption Research Centre Budapest (CRCB) in the Country Chapter on Hungary in the 2020 Rule of Law Report. The chapter investigates media plurality in Hungary and warns that there are still several hindrances to accessing public information.

The Covid-19 pandemic could have a lasting effect throughout young people’s career

25/09/2020

In Hungary, the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic increased the number of registered jobseekers below 25 years of age by almost 60 percent from January until July 2020. There is also a significant risk that young persons leaving education this year will have a lower chance of securing their first jobs and successfully entering the labour market.

The pandemic puts youth in dire straits

01/07/2020

There are 43% more young jobseekers in Hungary in May 2020 than in 2019, which can have long-term consequences on their career.

BI is seeking to hire an analyst / junior analyst

03/02/2020

Please send your CV and a short motivation letter to Ms Judit Léderer (judit.lederer_at_budapestinstitute.eu) by 24 February.

“Mind the Gap!” Regional conference and workshop in Budapest

30/10/2019

On October 30, 2019, the regional conference and workshop of the Mind the Gap! project took place in Budapest. 

Economic benefits of rule of law and democracy

13/09/2019

There is a widespread view that stronger democratic institutions and civil liberties also have a positive impact on economic performance. As a result, it would also be worthwhile for companies to support and invest in organizations and actors that protect civil liberties and democracy. However, the above relation is not that simple.

Meeting and workshop of the Youth Employment PartnerSHIP project in Budapest

24/05/2019

The second meeting and workshop of the international project Youth Employment PartnerSHIP was held in Budapest on 23-24 May 2019. 

Summer Internship at the Budapest Institute

18/03/2019

The Budapest Institute is looking for summer interns for at least 4-week periods. Based on our past experience application to our internship programme is highly competitive.

Closer outpatient care reduces hospitalisation rates in Hungary

18/03/2019

Our study on the impact of opening new outpatient centres in Hungary shows a substitution effect between outpatient and inpatient care.

Rehabilitation services: a viable alternative to sheltered employment

05/12/2018

In a recently published paper, BI experts find that supported employment programmes can increase reemployment, based on the analysis of a program implemented in Hungary in 2009-2013.

High quality IT systems to improve coordination of employment and social services

06/11/2018

Employment and social services need to be better coordinated to be able to support jobseekers in fast-changing labour markets. 

The Budapest Institute expresses its solidarity with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

13/09/2018

The Budapest Institute expresses its full solidarity with our colleagues employed by the research institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and especially the Institute of Economics.

How can we use administrative data?

27/04/2018

Although the Visegrad states have a tradition of extensive data collection, these data are seldom used to support evidence based policy. BI senior researcher Ágota Scharle talked about the causes and solutions in Prague on 27 April.

Summer Internship at the Budapest Institute

05/04/2018

The Budapest Institute is looking for summer interns for at least 4-week periods. Based on our past experience application to our internship programme is highly competitive.

Drivers and barriers to integrating employment and social services

06/03/2018

Integrated service provision is a challange for most EU member states. BI researchers present the main results of a project that explored drivers and barriers to effective reform at a conference in Brussels on 8 March 2018.

On the learning curve – still room to improve the transparency of municipality-owned enterprises in Szeged

14/12/2017

Budapest Institute researcher Petra Reszkető presented our research results on the transparency of municipality owned enterprises in Szeged at the Academic Conference on Open Government on 18 November in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Where does the money come from and where does it go? – data visualization and transparency in budget spending

13/11/2017

Data visualization can facilitate monitoring budget spendings, increasing local government’s efficiency and motivating citizens to participate in public decision making processes. 

BI is seeking to hire a junior analyst

11/11/2017

Knowledge of Hungarian is a requirement in this position. Please see the Hungarian version of the ad.

We are seeking to hire a junior research assistant - Roma policy fellow

26/07/2017

BI and the Romaversitas Foundation are seeking to hire a junior research assistant for a fixed term position.

How to promote equal opportunities for women and men through desegregation of vocational secondary education?

26/04/2017

Girls hardly ever enrol technical studies in vocational secondary education, which is one of the main drivers of women’s disadvantageous position in the labour market.This was the main message of participants of the international worshop organised in Prague as the closing event of the project „Girls can do it!” 

The Budapest Institute stands with CEU

31/03/2017

Risks of keeping the European Pillar of Social Rights to the Eurozone

09/01/2017

In March 2016, the European Commission launched a public debate on formulating an agreement on establishing common standards for social rights across the EU. In their comments on the first draft for the European Pillar of Social Rights, BI experts called attention to two main issues: first, that the initiative will succeed only if the agreement estabishes sufficiently concrete expectations towards Member States, and second, if it applies to all Member States.

Does a cut in sick pay lead to more employees being “fit for work”?

20/12/2016

A decrease in sick pay is effective in reducing the number of days spent on long-term sick leave in the short run in Hungary. However less is known about whether it leads to a deterioration of affected employees’ health in the long run.  

A better education and training system would be essential for increasing employment

15/11/2016

In the 2016 edition of the Hungarian Social Report, Ágota Scharle analyzed the employment changes in Hungary since 2008. The main findings of the study are available here.

Long-term unemployed do not receive enough attention

02/06/2016

As public employment services often focus on those who just lost their jobs, the long-term unemployed face additional barriers as a consequence of limited resources.

How does poverty limit one’s opportunities? Who manages to break out?

10/05/2016

Inclusive and quality schools today imply fewer unemployed tomorrow

18/04/2016

The economic dependency ratio may soon reach an unsustainable level in Hungary. 

Bureaucracy cannot be reduced in a rush

18/03/2016

This content is only available in Hungarian.

What impacts do we expect from cultural heritage investments?

23/02/2016

We used quantitative techniques to estimate the socio-economic impacts of cultural heritage (CH) investments. We did not find any effect, however, the reason for this might be that not enough time passed since the investments for these effects to materialise.

Transparency should be part of the corporate culture

18/02/2016

The transparency of municipally owned companies is important not just as a way for citizens to learn about the use of public funds, but also because transparency can improve efficiency and the quality of services provided.

The Our Money website is up to date!

08/02/2016

The Our Money website has been updated with the 2013 figures on the budgetary expenditures of Hungary. We invite you to explore the new data.

On a mother-friendly proposal for family policy reform

04/12/2015

This content is only available in English.

Open governance in Hungary – Civil day at the Budapest Institute

25/11/2015

Civil society organisations discussed the state of play and the future of open government in Hungary at the event hosted by the Budapest Institute and the Opengovernment.hu.

Comments on the government proposal to replace family daycare with 'mini nurseries'

21/10/2015

This content is only available in Hungarian.

Decision makers need to be familiar with impact evaluation methods

25/09/2015

The Centre for Research on Impact Evaluation (CRIE) has launched a series of workshops in order to foster the creation of a community of practice for counterfactual impact evaluation of policy interventions financed under the European Social Fund. A recent workshop held in Budapest brought together decision makers from Central and Eastern Europe.

Immigrants do not take our jobs.

24/09/2015

Labour market research results seems to contradict claims that immigration would harm the labour market prospects of native workers. 

Why are public works programmes ineffective? BI experts explore the reasons in new publication

29/06/2015

Public works schemes play a key role in Hungarian employment policy. BI experts contributed to several subchapters of the latest volume of The Hungarian Labour Market series that explores the practice and effectivity of public works.  

Is there an alternative to public works?

19/06/2015

BI was invited to comment on the proposal of the András Váradi Foundation (affiliated to the Together - Party for Change of Era) to reform unemployment benefits and employment services in Hungary. While we agree with the general aims and directions of the proposal, we have raised a number of issues regarding the argumentation and some of the proposed measures as well. Our detailed comments are available in Hungarian.

New BI publication: a Czech solution to promoting social inclusion

02/06/2015

The problem of social exclusion is not unique to Hungary. Budapest Institute experts discuss the success of a remarkable Czech policy response to the problem in the ’Esély’ Journal of Social Policy. 

Open Budget – Where are the stakeholders?

22/05/2015

The involvement of key national stakeholders in the planning of a country’s central budget is a critical ingredient of truly open government.

Did EU-financed new outpatient centres make visits to physicians more frequent?

19/05/2015

A number of new outpatient centres were set up in poor micro-regions. Our study, exploiting this to figure out the effect of easier access on case numbers has just been published in Health Economics. 

Summer Internship at the Budapest Institute

08/05/2015

The Budapest Institute is looking for summer interns for at least 4-week periods. Based on our past experience application to our internship programme is highly competitive.

Involvement and action research – methodological tricks and tips

23/04/2015

In the framework of FRA LERI project, the Budapest Institute organises a two-day workshop with the participation of national experts and local stakeholders.

Do benefits reach the poor? Do field social workers help in that?

15/04/2015

According to estimates, 59% of people in deep poverty do not have access to social benefits in Slovakia (World Bank 2011).

Who should care for the elderly and children? Are immigrants a problem or the solution?

26/01/2015

Providing care for children, elderly or for any dependent member of the family is a growing concern in rapidly ageing Europe. 

CEU Summer University course: Policy Design and Evaluation (call for applications)

22/01/2015

A ten-day long course offered by senior staff of Budapest Institute - along with distinguished researchers from CEU, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, and European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research - will be held on policy design and evaluation at the CEU Summer University between 20 July - 31 July, 2015. Who should apply? Students finishing their social science studies at an MA or MSc level and planning to enter civil services, civil servants early in their careers, and those working for NGO’s. The deadline for application is 14 February, 2015.

Public expenditure and service quality in Hungary and in the EU

27/10/2014

This content is only available in Hungarian.

BI evaluation presented at an international conference

08/09/2014

Péter Elek presents a paper at the 23. European Econometrics – Health Economics Workshop in Munich. The study, co-authored with Balázs Váradi and Márton Varga is based on a programme evaluation of the Budapest Instute for the Hungarian National Development Agency.

Are self-employment or entrepreneurship real alternatives for disadvantaged people?

28/05/2014

Petra Reszkető – senior researcher at the Budapest Institute – participates in an international expert workshop organized within the LEED programme of OECD on 28^th May, 2014. The workshop aims at collecting the lessons learnt from a selected pool of European programmes that help disadvantaged people (the elderly, women, ethnic minorities, immigrants, etc.) to become entrepreneurs.

Self-employment of disadvantaged groups – European good practices

15/05/2014

Petra Reszkető – senior researcher at the Budapest Institute – introduces the Snétberger Music Talent Programme in a workshop about inclusive entrepreneurship programmes co-organized by the European Commission and the OECD. The workshop collects European good practices that help disadvantaged people to become entrepreneurs.

Transparify! – Our steps to develop our own financial transparency

12/05/2014

The Budapest Institute joined the call of the international initiative, the Transparify, because we think that the financial transparency is important beyond the public sector as well.

Cooperation between geographically dispersed think-tanks: what’s the secret behind?

27/04/2014

Delegates of the member institutions of The Exhange initiative - among them a researcher of the Budapest Institute - participated in a knowledge exchanging and experience sharing workshop organised in Lima, Peru.

Summer internship positions 2014

09/04/2014

The Budapest Institute is looking for summer interns for at least 4-week periods. Based on our past experience application to our internship programme is highly competitive.

Standing up for the principle of an open and transparent government should be a priority concern of Hungarian politicians

19/03/2014

Transparency International Hungary, K-Monitor and Atlatszo.hu, three watchdog associations jointly launched a campaign, which calls on parties and candidates running for office in the 2014 parliamentary elections in Hungary to formally commit themselves to create a more transparent government. Among other individuals and organisations, the Budapest Institute – as an independent think-tank dedicated to support and to promote transparency – also committed itself to participate in this initiative. The project can be supported with electronic signatures on the website of the „Ez a Minimum” campaign.

Administrative simplification – Where Hungary stands?

25/02/2014

Two of our colleagues – Petra Reszkető and Lili Márk – consulted with the representatives of the DG Enterprise and Industry about the progress in administrative simplification reforms that were introduced as part of the Europe 2020 European semester.

The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe

04/02/2014

'The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe' written by Rik van Berkel, Willibrord de Graaf and Tomáš Sirovátka discusses details, patterns of change and effectiveness of labour market policy developments of the 2000’s in nine European countries. A review about the tome by Balázs Váradi (Budapest Institute), has recently been published in the latest issue of the Czech Sociological Review.

Success of the 'Our Money!' posters

24/10/2013

The posters of the Our Money! project have won the second round of the data visualisation competition organised by the on think tanks British blog. 

The 'Our Money!' project is now in a ‘Data Visualisation Competition’

04/10/2013

Among many other master-ideas, the posters of the Our Money! project now compete for the title ’the best data visualisation idea’ among the think-tanks of developing countries. 

Fellowship opportunity for young roma researchers

25/07/2013

The Open Society Foundations Think Tank Fund and Roma Initiatives Office have launched their Roma Policy Research Fellowship Call for Roma Graduates.

Are there common financial issues in Europe which could be solved with a technical helping hand?

12/07/2013

Open Knowledge Foundation’s expert and blogger Lucy Chambers set out in the summer of 2012 on the adventurous journey to find out how the work of budget monitoring organisations, investigative journalists, academic researchers and think-tanks differs in the various countries of East-Central Europe.

BI presentation at International Evaluation Conference in Vilnius

08/07/2013

Anna Adamecz, researcher at the Budapest Institute gave a presentation at the International Evaluation Conference in Vilnius.

Personalized ALMP tools help people with disabilities to find a job

29/06/2013

This content is available in Hungarian only.

How to provide an option to a real way out of poverty?

27/06/2013

What are the benefits of an effective inclusive entrepreneurship policy? How does inclusive entrepreneurship relate to other policy areas? What does an inclusive entrepreneurship strategy consist of?

BI quits Ministry anticorruption working group

30/04/2013

Since the Hungarian Parliament passed a bill today restricting public access to government information, our Institute, along with other organisations, decided to withdraw from the anticorruption working group of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice.

The Budapest Institute is searching for Junior researcher

26/04/2013

This content is only available in Hungarian.

Public administration in Hungary: sharing best practices

23/04/2013

Belorussian public administration profesionals visit BI.

The Budapest Institute is searching for senior researcher

10/04/2013

This content is only available in Hungarian.