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» Bitter medicine
17/04/2009 - News

"Wage cuts and unemployment are (...) like bitter medicine: unpleasant but a necessary part of the cure. There is no cure, no way to return to a higher growth path without accepting wage cuts and higher unemployment. This is a condition for raising labour demand." - explained Ágota Scharle in a programme on Duna Television.

» Our partners do their bit to rejuvenate teaching undergraduate Economics in Hungary
15/04/2009 - News

Osiris Press has published two textbooks: Price Theory and Applications by Jack Hirshleifer, Amihai Glaezer and David Hirshleifer and Analysis of Economic Data by Gary Koop. At the joint book launch, on April 16th, our partner, Zsombor Cseres-Gergely, who translated Gary Koop's text will introduce it. Balázs Váradi, another partner of Budapest Institute, who proofread the translation of the Hirshleifer tome will act as the host of the event.

» Need detailed impact analyses
07/04/2009 - News

"Some families may be hit by more than one of the reform measures, e.g. a reduction in their child benefit, the loss of a 13th month' salary, and a cut in the gas price subsidy (...) which increases the need for preparing and publishing detailed impact analyses." Népszabadság interviewed BI expert Ágota Scharle on the expected effects of the government's crisis-package.

» BI publishes proposal to improve efficiency of Hungarian welfare system
03/04/2009 - News

The Budapest Institute has published a set of policy proposals entitled "Need a Scalpel Not an Axe: Towards a Sustainable Welfare System in Hungary".

The proposals aim to reduce labour supply disincentives, improve the targeting of welfare provisions and strengthen institutions that may curb unsustainable spending.

A detailed English summary can be downloaded here.

» Contract to review methods of measuring undeclared work in Hungary
02/04/2009 - News

The Budapest Institute has signed a contract with GHK Consulting to act as country expert in an EU-wide research project on indirect measurement methods for undeclared work.

» Tax compliance cannot be explained fully by rational choice
02/04/2009 - News

BI expert talks about reasons behind the high depencency ratio and tax evasion in an interview on RTL Klub.

» The Budapest Institute hosts an expert consultation for officers of the DG EMP
25/03/2009 - News

Budapest Institute has hosted an expert briefing with the participation of DG EMP officers. The presentation of BI is available in Hungarian at the moment here!

» BI successfully bids on a tender called by the National Development Agency
23/02/2009 - News

As member of the IFUA Horváth & Partners Ltd. led consortium, the Budapest Institute has been successfully listed in the tender called by the National Development Agency to evaluate governmental programmes in the period 2007-2013. Our consortium will sign a framework contract with the Agency in March 2009.

» Contract to study the feasibility of the evaluation of the "START Plusz" and "START Extra" programme
20/12/2008 - News

Budapest Institute is contracted by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment to prepare the evaluation of the START, START Extra és START Plusz wages-cost subsidy programmes based on administrative data.

» Presentations at the annual conference of the Association of Hungarian Economists, 2008
18/12/2008 - News

Researchers of the Budapest Institute present working papers at the 2008 annual conference of the Hungarian Economists' Association.

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