CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Ferkovics, Attila András |
|---|---|
| Title | The Socio-economic Situation of Roma in Hungary Before and After the Political Regime Change: Significant Policies and Their Effects |
| Summary | During my analysis I found that due to different reasons, these policies in relation to Roma socio-economic or labour situation could not be effective enough during the revised time period in the history. The Communist policies could bring the aimed result since they were very aggressive, miss implemented or even not served the interest of Roma at all. However, the Communist systems had one positive common feature by which the Roma could be more integrated after the regime change: It was the policy which made the work obligatory, resulting in high employment rate among Roma. As a result, the working class of Roma people was much broader than today and could afford to be more integrated to the society. Next to many other Hungarian public policies, I have found that the Public Work Program (PWP) is one of the possible ways to change the socio-economic status of Roma. Although the program in itself is still missing many elements to be effective, just like in case of the previous policies. I suggest six alternative ways to improve the current performance: a, Ensure temporary employment; b, Provide income support; c, Encourage on the job employment search; d, Combine with training and skill accumulation; e, Establish an independent evaluator institution; f, Produce for real goods market. Out of these ways, I consider a, and f, as the most implementable since the infrastructures are already built up, and thus there is no need for a huge financial cost. Roma as the greatest minority group do need the support from the governmental level to make these policy changes in order to help to integrate them throughout changing socio-economic status. |
| Supervisor | Bokros, Lajos |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/ferkovics_attila.pdf |
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