Workshops on the Evaluation of Employment Pacts in Hungary
András Csite participated in the employment policy workshops of the project called “Employment-partner – Partner in employment”. The director of HETFA presented the first results of the research on the situation of the employment pacts currently in force. The aim of...
A volume of studies was published with the contribution of HETFA: Water and Society in Hungary from the Middle Ages until the end of the 20th century
The volume examines the community development impact of the use of water and of water controls through historical case studies. The examples from the middle ages until the second half of the 20th century illustrate the Hungarian history. The studies in the volume can...
Balazs Szepesi awarded with the Bezeredj Prize of 2014
The strategic director and one of the founder of HETFA, Balazs Szepesi received this year the Bezeredj Prize, which is given to Hungarian prominent persons of artistic and scientific life, who live in Hungary or beyond its borders. This year, the Bezeredj Foundation...
Lecture of Klara Major at the conference of Rajk László College for Advanced Studies
Klara Major, the research director of HETFA held a lecture about the concept of today’s one of the most important macroeconomic index number, the GDP, that is the gross domestic product, at the “Sexy Economics” conference of Rajk László College for Advanced Studies....
New working paper at HETFA
Agnes Szabo-Morvai evaluated the effects of hiring tax credit program on the employment probability of mothers with kindergarten-age child. The cumulative effect of subsidies cannot be detected due to the low rate of demand and the small amount in the subsidy. In...
Gabor Balas held a lecture at the conference about the expected functioning of social urban rehabilitation in the 2014-2020 period
He emphasized that among the institutional and resources frameworks seen in the fall of 2014, the need for cooperation between the capital and its districts had valorised. The Social Urban Rehabilitation Thematic Development Programme created by the joint work of...
HETFA Expert’s contribution to the IMF Report on Hungary
In the series of the IMF Country reports on Hungary, the No. 14/156 issued in June 2014, refers to two papers prepared by HETFA expert, Agnes Szabo-Morvai. Concerning Hungary’s potential output growth, the report concludes that Hungary’s growth performance has been...
The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector by using ethanol and its costs
Pannonia Ethanol commissioned HETFA Research Institute to prepare a study focusing on the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction effects and costs of using ethanol in the transport sector. According to our conclusion, increasing the ratio of ethanol added to gasoline can be...
The judicial enforcement of contracts and the development of entrepreneurial economy
A new three-year research project commences at HETFA Institute in October 2014. The project is led by Karoly Mike, who has received a postdoctoral scholarship from the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund. The legal system plays a crucial role in any modern economy. An...
Researchers’ Night 2014
On the 26th of September Universities, Research Institutes and laboratories are open for the public, as they were on every last Friday of September, since 2005. The main objective of “FAWORIT 2014-2015” is to overcome the prevailing stereotypes about researchers and...