Heft36 1 - SFB 580 - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

ATTITUDES TOWARDS LABOUR MARKET
REGULATION IN HUNGARY
1.4. The effect of information-awareness on
expecting and perceiving social services and
benefits
The empirical analysis between the level
of education and expectations from the
government shows that, in case of higher
education, expectations from the state
decrease. Both in the cases of job market
regulation [“It is the responsibility of the
state to ensure a job for everyone who wants
one”] and unemployment services [“It is the
responsibility of the state to ensure a
reasonable standard of living for the
unemployed”], respondents with advanced level
tertiary education expect less from the state:
significantly fewer highly educated respondents
say that social services and benefits are the duty
of the state than less educated respondents
(Table 12 and 13). The opposite is also true:
among highly educated respondents, more
explicitly say that the state is not responsible
for the given social measure than respondents
with only a basic level of education.
Table 12. Crosstabulation between the level of education and
“It is the responsibility of the state to ensure a job for everyone who wants one”
It is the responsibility of the state to ensure a job for
everyone who wants one
It is not the
responsibility of
the state
It is partly the
responsibility
of the state
It is the
responsibility
of the state
Total
Basic level education 12.2% 36.1% 51.7% 100.0%
Intermediate level
education
Advanced level
tertiary education
19.2% 39.3% 41.5% 100.0%
25.0% 42.6% 32.4% 100.0%
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