Publications & Documents

Regional Outlook 2014: Hungary

Getting regions and cities 'right', adapting policies to the specificities of where people live and work, is vital to improving citizens’ well-being. View the country factsheets from the publication OECD Regional Outlook 2014.

Hungary: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD

Biographical note of Hungary's Permanent Representative to the OECD.

Measuring Innovation in Education - Hungary

The ability to measure innovation is essential to an improvement strategy in education. This country note analyses how the practices are changing within classrooms and educational organisations and how teachers develop and use their pedagogical resources.

Enhancing competition and the business environment in Hungary

Over the past decade, the growth potential of the Hungarian economy has declined substantially. Trend productivity has ceased to increase, and investment has fallen to historically low levels.

Tackling labour mismatches and promoting mobility in Hungary

Significant labour market mismatches and insufficient mobility penalise employment and productivity. Mismatches have above all a skills dimension, with an excess of low-skilled workers and a possible lack of skilled workers in certain domains.

Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Hungary

This note presents key findings for Hungary from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a “stress test” for societies and for social policies.

OECD Central Government Debt Statistics 2012

Assessing the sensitivity of Hungarian debt sustainability to macroeconomic shocks under two fiscal policy reactions

Hungarian debt level has steadily increased since 2001, with the debt-to-GDP ratio reaching about 84% at end-2011.

Work incentives and recent reforms of the tax and benefit system in Hungary

Reducing the extent of inactivity and promoting labour supply is essential to foster labour market outcomes in Hungary in the medium term.

Non-Keynesian effects of fiscal consolidation: an analysis with an estimated DSGE model for the Hungarian economy

Using an estimated DSGE model for Hungary, the paper identifies the possible non-Keynesian channels through which a fiscal consolidation may manifest as expansionary.