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23 of July, 2015Research
Where do I want to continue my studies? The further education plans of students from the best national high schools - 2015

Only few of the Hungarian high school students intend to attend undergraduate programmes abroad, although their numbers show a growing trend in recent years. This is what IEER research examining the intentions of continuing education reveals, in addition to the fact that the Hungarian school system is unable to overcome the disadvantages caused by family background, that is, promote social mobility. Based on the 2013 National Skills Assessment the best national high schools receive only a very small proportion of students whose father has a low level of education or low labour market status. Our results also suggest that at the post-secondary level the education system reinforces existing inequalities. This can be concluded from the fact that the ratio of students who apply to the prestigious universities in Budapest is significantly lower in the lagging northern and lowland regions (even in the best high schools of these areas) than in the region of Central Hungary. The study was based on 770 responses conducted among the graduate students of thirty Hungarian public high schools, which were the best within their region according to the 2013 National Skills Assessment.

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16 of July, 2015Research
Business Cycle Research for Enterprises Database, 1998-2015

The business climate survey of HCCI Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research (HCCI IEER) have been operating since April 1998, and monitor enterprises in every April and October, which is supported by regional chambers. This research enquires the business situation, short term expectations of enterprises and the effect of economic and institutional environment on them. In Hungary, the Business Cycle Research of HCCI IEER surveys the highest number of enterprises. The research is in association with Eurochambres, who is monitoring the business cycle of approximately 14 millions of companies.

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7 of July, 2015Research
IEER Monthly Bulletin of Economic Trends

Our analysis examines the factors that domestic entrepreneurs deem important in assessing a bank, and to what extent were companies hampered by the bankruptcies of some financial institutions at the beginning of 2015. The April 2015 HCCI Research Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship (IEER) business climate study database was used which was based on the responses from 3,224 business leaders.

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25 of June, 2015Research
Zambia or Luxembourg? - An international comparison of developed and underdeveloped micro-regions of Hungary

The idea for this study was provided by the social analysis of the differences between the white and non-white populations of the US in an article of The Economist. Below are shown some existing differences within Hungarian society regarding basic regional characteristic indicators, and based on these some graphs were drawn. We dubbed the 33 most disadvantaged micro-regions as "Lower-Hungary" and the most developed regions (11 in Budapest and the most advanced small rural areas) as "Upper-Hungary." We employed six indicators for the international comparison of the two types of Hungary: the abortion rate (i); infant mortality (ii) income per capita (iii), the number of motor vehicles (iv) the number of telephone lines (v) and average life expectancy at birth (vi).

The comparison of the data is designed to show the magnitude of the disparities between the regions of today's Hungary. In an international comparison, independent Upper-Hungary is in a better situation to a large extent than the national average. However, for several of the indicators the 33 most disadvantaged micro-regions of Lower-Hungary are far behind Upper-Hungary and the standards of developed countries.

Abortion rate

Abortions per 1,000 live births

Year:

2013 (Hungary: 2011)

Source:

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/wrjp335pd.html

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/hungary/ab-hungarysr2.html

Infant mortality

Infant deaths under one year old per 1,000 live births

Year:

2012

Source:

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN

http://www.regionaldata.org/hu_HU/territorial_data/

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/04/daily-chart-16

Income per capita (USD)

Income per capita is gross domestic product in U.S. dollars divided by midyear population

Year:

2010

Source:

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD

http://www.regionaldata.org/hu_HU/territorial_data/

The number of motor vehicles

The number of road motor vehicles per 1000 inhabitants

Year:

2008

Source:

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.VEH.NVEH.P3

http://www.regionaldata.org/hu_HU/territorial_data/

The number of telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions per 100 people

Year:

2013 (Hungary: 2012)

Source:

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.MLT.MAIN.P2

http://www.regionaldata.org/hu_HU/territorial_data/

Life expectancy at birth in years

Average life expectancy at birth in years for both sexes

Year:

2010

Source:

data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN

http://www.regionaldata.org/hu_HU/territorial_data/

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/04/daily-chart-16

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24 of June, 2015Research
The number of articles related to the real estate market and real estate market transactions

At the end of 2014 and into 2015 we often experienced in the online media news about the growth of the real estate market. This gave us the idea to examine articles related to the housing market and how they are related to developments in the real estate market. The data is based on the online content analysis software Textplore developed by the IEER (http://textplore.org/).

Try our interactive chart!

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16 of June, 2015Research
Regional breakdown of changes in firm liquidations in Hungary from 2008-2014: info-graphics

A previous GVI study examined the number of liquidation procedures of Hungarian companies in different parts of the country. The following figure illustrates this using the study's database to present a breakdown by county of the dynamics in the trend of liquidations by GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity in 2008, as well as regional changes in the launches of liquidation processes. The figure shows that in poorer areas of the country liquidations were more prevalent, but the increase in levels due to the financial crisis did not affect either poorer or richer areas specifically. The timeline on a regional level shows that the relationship between changes in the number liquidations and their geographical locations is not clear.

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4 of June, 2015Research
IEER Monthly Bulletin of Economic Trends

According to the results of the April IEER business sentiment survey, the positive changes observed since April 2013 continued and strengthened: Hungarian entrepreneurs judged their business situation to be better than half a year ago, and business expectations also continued to improve. The 2015 spring survey data suggest that this is in line with European trends: in two key countries for the European economy, Germany and France, business expectations improved in the first quarter of 2015. For our questionnaire in April 2015 a total of 3 614 companies responded.

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3 of June, 2015Research
Data on the employment of graduates

Our analysis presents graduates and their socio-economic role and labour market situation based on facts from several researches and correlations that followed from the data. With this we would like to help individuals, institutes and policymakers. The overview is a continuation, the actualization of certain points, and extension of a similar study published two years ago by the Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research (IEER).

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26 of May, 2015Research
The business climate of Hungarian enterprises continued to improve Results of the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Survey

The results of the latest quarterly business climate survey reveal a more favourable economic condition compared to the previous quarter: the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Index increased from 19 to 24points. This is the highest level since the beginning of the research (January 2010). The Uncertainty Index is at a current level of 39 points, which is higher than in the previous quarter (it was 35 points in January 2015), this indicates the growth of uncertainty. The current level of 39 points is higher than one year before (it was 36 points in April 2014). In addition, the value of the Uncertainty Index indicates that the current trend is not uniform within the private sector, and that the recovery will continue to be confined to one part of the economy and will not be felt by all companies.

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21 of May, 2015Research
Results of the IEER SME Outlook Survey April 2015 – Improving business climate, favourable outlook

The HCCI Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research (IEER) business climate survey in April 2015 shows that the level of business confidence in Hungary continued to improve compared to that seen in the previous quarter. The IEER Quarterly Business Climate Index has risen from the January level of 16 to 23 points. The current level is the highest since the beginning of the research (January 2005). The current level of the indicator is higher than it was one year earlier. The Uncertainty Index level is at a current level of 38 points, which is three points higher than the level in January; this indicates increase in uncertainty. The current level is the same as the value recorded one year before and higher than the value recorded two years before (in April 2013 it was 37 points). In addition, the value of the Uncertainty Index indicates that the current trend is not uniform within the private sector, and that the recovery will continue to be confined to one part of the economy and will not be felt by all companies.

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