CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Pogonyi, Csaba Gábor |
|---|---|
| Title | Unemployment and Public Transportation: Evidence from Hungarian municipalities |
| Summary | This thesis analyses the relationship between regional unemployment and transportation possibilities in Hungary, with focusing on public transportation. The first question it aims to answer is whether there is a significant link between transportation possibilities and unemployment rate. The second is interested in a policy problem: if the government wants to decrease regional unemployment rates by creating new transportation linkages, which type of connection should it choose. Models for commuting are tested on a two time-period village-city connection pair database. According to the results, there is a significant negative relationship between the transportation possibilities of a settlement and its unemployment rate. Moreover, establishing new public transportation connections towards subregion centers lowers unemployment rates the most effectively. The thesis ends with a policy recommendation that would decrease unemployment rates in the most underdeveloped regions of Hungary. |
| Supervisor | Bekes, Gabor |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/pogonyi_csaba.pdf |
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