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Social and Economic Impacts of the Creative Industry are under Assessment

hetfa-admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:42:11 +0000

The main goal of Design Terminál is to enhance the competitiveness of the Hungarian creative industry. The overall analysis being prepared by HÉTFA is supposed to support this aim by presenting the significance of creative industry, its role in the national economy, as well, as its contribution to the competitiveness of the economy and thereof the country.

The analytic work is three-folded: it consists of statistical calculations, analysis of scientific papers, and interviews with stakeholders of the creative industry. By doing so, HÉTFA Center for Analysis prepares not only the evaluation of the current state-of-the-art of the Hungarian creative industry but elaborates the toolkit facilitating decision-making regarding the competitiveness of the industry in the future.

The work has started in March 2014 and lasts till the 15th of May. Preliminary results, as well, as content related topics and the theoretical background are supposed to be assessed by the relevant stakeholders at a conference organized by Design Terminál in May, 2014.

The article is availabe here. »

Competitiveness Presumes a Reinforced Cooperation

hetfa-admin — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:41:55 +0000

’The basic requirement of competitiveness is the reinforcement of cooperation, whereas corruption is a general contractual failure’ argues Károly Mike, senior research fellow of HETFA, in his interview given to the Financial Review Online [Pénzügyi Szemle Online].

Based on the theory of institutional economics, our research fellow suggests, first, to conduct a mapping on the functioning of the state and market economic rules and processes. Any steps aiming at the improvement of the related institutions can only take place afterwards.

The interview is available in Hungarian

Key Channels in Increasing Employment

hetfa-admin — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:25:54 +0000

Interview with Klára Major and Tamás Tétényi at portfolio.hu

Employability of labour force and macroeconomic conjuncture are channels of greater importance in increasing the rate of employment than direct job creation measures. Analyses conducted by our researchers proved that only a small part (less than ten percent) of jobs created by job creation programmes increased employment on the long run, moreover, the majority of them did not necessarily enhance the rates locally but in those neighbouring micro regions where labour force surplus was larger.

The interview was carried out by portfolio.hu following the publication of the study of Klára Major and Tamás Tétényi in the Economic Review. The summary of the study is available in English.

Greatest Challenge: Forecasting Human Behaviour

hetfa-admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 09:04:59 +0000

“In case of public policy programmes the assessment of awaited socio-economic impacts shall become part of our mindset; impact assessments are supposed to help decision-makers” highlighted Klára Major, economist, senior research fellow of HETFA Research Institute in her interview given to Financial Review Online [Pénzügyi Szemle Online].

According to the expert, the most important criterion of forecasts does not depend on whether it becomes true or not. On the other hand, the main role of impact assessment is to differentiate statistical co-movement from causation. The interview was carried out by Péter Pál Kolozsi for the Financial Review Online with Klára major, senior research fellow of HETFA.