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Reforms for Stability and Sustainable Growth: An OECD Perspective on Hungary (Chapter 5 - Employment and Social Policies: Making Formal Employment More Attractive)

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10-Apr-2008

This chapter discusses options for labour market policy to increase labour utilisation in Hungary while also improving the conditions for formal employment.

Reforms for Stability and Sustainable Growth: An OECD Perspective on Hungary (Chapter 4 - Pension Reform: Providing Old-Age Income Security in the Face of Population Ageing)

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10-Apr-2008

This chapter reviews the challenges faced by the Hungarian pension system. It presents recommendations for reforms to improve fiscal and social sustainability and to strengthen the payout phase of mandatory private defined contribution (DC) pensions.

Hungary must consolidate its public finances and persist with structural reforms to ensure stronger growth, says new OECD report

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10-Apr-2008

constanza

"Reforms for Stability and Sustainable Growth: an OECD Perspective on Hungary"  emphasises the need to persevere in the ongoing programme of fiscal consolidation.

Senior budget officials reviews of budgeting systems

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29-Jan-2008

The objective of country reviews is to provide a comprehensive overview of the budget process in the country under examination, to evaluate national experiences in the light of international best practice and to provide specific policy recommendations.

Babies and Bosses - Key Outcomes of Hungary compared to OECD average

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21-Nov-2007

Key indicators on fertility, female and sole parent employment, childcare participation, child poverty and gender pay gap.

Family policy in Hungary: how to improve the reconciliation between work and family?

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16-Jul-2007

Philip Hemmings

This paper looks at how to shift the policy focus towards reconciling work and family life. Reasons for under-provision in childcare by local governments are discussed and recommendations for further central-government intervention to improve supply are made.

Encouraging sub-national government efficiency in Hungary

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16-Jul-2007

Alessandro Goglio

This paper looks at the challenges facing Hungary's counties and municipalities in modernising local infrastructures as well as dealing with cutbacks to administrative overheads and tough decisions in public services. Economics department working paper no. 565.

Pensions at a Glance 2007: how does your country compare? A selection of indicators

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07-Jun-2007

Gross pension replacement rates (pre and post reform), Net pension replacement rates and Pension wealth, from OECD Pensions at a Glance - Public Policies across OECD Countries 2007 Edition.

Economic survey of Hungary 2007: Encouraging sub-national government efficiency

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22-May-2007

Fiscal and development challenges for sub-national governments need to be helped by more transparent financing arrangements and greater use of scale economies in public services.

Hungary 2004 - Tax-benefit country chapter - Benefits and Wages

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03-Mar-2006

The “Country Chapters” provide detailed descriptions of tax and benefit rules in a consistent format across countries, summaries of policy trends, and example calculations of benefit entitlements and tax burdens.