Heft36 1 - SFB 580 - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Heft36 1 - SFB 580 - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Heft36 1 - SFB 580 - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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ATTITUDES TOWARDS LABOUR MARKET<br />
REGULATION IN HUNGARY<br />
active policies than women, while women<br />
are more likely to support the passive policies<br />
than men. The results supported the second<br />
hypotheses.<br />
2.8. Liquidation vs. toleration of illegal<br />
work 12<br />
If the labor market is regulated too rigidly<br />
and the cost of hiring or laying off is too<br />
high while the supervision of the labor market<br />
is weak, some people will be employed<br />
without paying taxes. The issue of illegal<br />
work is extremely relevant in Hungary, as the<br />
main problem is not the high unemployment<br />
rate, but the low activity rate (the number of<br />
legally employed people). With its 53.7%<br />
activity rate among 15-64 year olds, Hungary<br />
is lagging behind the EU members, where the<br />
mean activity rate is 64.5%.<br />
The following question concerns what<br />
people think of illegal work. This question<br />
was measured on a seven degree scale. One<br />
indicates that the respondent strongly agrees<br />
with the following statement: ‘Government<br />
should prevent all illegal work’. Seven means the<br />
respondent strongly agrees with the following<br />
statement: ‘Government should not do anything<br />
against illegal work’. The results of each<br />
questioning session are shown in Table 40.<br />
Table 40. What do people think: government should prevent all illegal<br />
work vs. government should not do anything against illegal work? Measured on a 7 degree scale<br />
1-7 degree<br />
scale %<br />
Government should<br />
prevent all illegal work<br />
(1-3)<br />
The middle of the<br />
scale (4)<br />
Government should not do<br />
anything against<br />
illegal work (5-7)<br />
Mean<br />
In the survey<br />
research<br />
Pre-deliberation<br />
in the small groups<br />
Post-deliberation in<br />
the small groups<br />
61.8% 18.3% 19.8% 2.78<br />
65.4% 20.2% 14.4% 2.61<br />
64.6% 20.4% 15% 2.57<br />
T1 – T2: Statistically not significant change (t=-0.932, p>0.05)<br />
T2 – T3: Statistically not significant change (t=0.292, p>0.05)<br />
The deliberation did not bring any<br />
page 188 significant change in this issue, as<br />
we can see in table 40. In all three<br />
sessions, more than 60% of the people<br />
said that the government should prevent all<br />
illegal work, while less than 20% declared that<br />
the government should not do anything against<br />
illegal work. Table 41 shows which socialdemographic<br />
variables have significant effects<br />
on choosing one of the statements.