A szürkeállomány területi különbségei - Katedrán innen és túl

2012

The constant preoccupation on behalf of researchers, theoreticians and other agents involved in the public discourse on the problems of social and educational inequalities prove the genuineness of these themes which can be found in the areas of sociology of education that deal with the construction mechanisms of social structure and the characteristics of social stratification and mobility. The scientific debates and explications focus on the way the educational system and participation in the educational process itself contribute to accessing the destination statuses, both occupational and social, consequently blocking the social reproduction processes.

In my lecture I put special emphasis on the regional relationship systems of Budapest based on the 2012 DPR (Hungarian Graduate Tracking System) database. In the case of the ’14-year-old residency,’ small towns are also present; whereas regarding workplaces, towns being in a higher position in the settlement hierarchy are dominant. Among the institutions, the movement of students graduated from NKE to rural areas stands out, which can be contributed to civil service jobs all over the country. Furthermore, the high percentage of employment of ELTE and BME graduate students in county seats is striking too. Extra point is in my lecture that I research the medical education in Hungary.

2018

Knowledge-intensive activities, such as business services are nowadays more and more concentrated in big cities or city regions. These activities require skilled labour, so young graduates in particular are present in these areas, while in rural areas labour force is less qualified. The study investigates whether this concentration phenomenon can be observed in Hungary, or rather regional equalization takes place. The authors analyse the spatial distribution of the population’s educational level, in particular the spatial distribution of graduates. Their investigation is based on the 1990, 2001 and 2011 censuses of settlement level. The study analyses the evolvement of education and its impact on regional inequalities at different regional levels (settlement, micro-regional and county levels) by using basic statistical and concentration indices.

HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES – Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2014

The present paper studies the spatial distribution of elementary and secondary schools in a particular Hungarian settlement, Debrecen, the second largest city of country. In the course of the analysis factors inuencing spatial distribution and the differences among certain historical periods are discussed. In the period before World War II location of elementary and secondary schools was inuenced primarily by religion. Following World War II the increase of the number of inhabitants outside the city centre and especially the construction of new housing estates resulted regarding elementary schools in a signicant decentralization. Urban plans prepared after World War II also regarded spatial decentralisation important in the case of the secondary schools, however, this was realized only in the case of vocational secondary schools and vocational schools. In the period after 1990 the appearance of new institute maintainers can be regarded as a determinant factor and this also resulted in decentralization.

The paper has been developed upon the invitation of the editors of the coming Springer International Encyclopedia of Higher Education. It serves as a background for a final (short) chapter about the HE in the country.

2006

Equality of opportunity in the current Hungarian education system is low by international standards. Highly selective educational institutions, especially the age of selection, play an important role in this. This paper presents and explicates the evolution of the contemporary education system in Hungary. Focusing on the pivotal years between 1985 and 1994, it asks why and how the country’s previously comprehensive education system transformed into a highly selective one during the process of post-communist transition. Bringing together data from a range of sources, the paper parses out the key factors that gave way to this transformation and analyzes the roles of those who had the largest impact on it. It argues that three intertwined factors led to the emergence of the present system and, especially, to the development of early selective tracks: historical conditions, decentralization, and democracy

Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting, 2010

The transition from the centralized economy to the market economy has determined important changes in higher education in the countries of the former socialist bloc. In a relatively short period an impressive growth in the number of students has been recorded without taking into account the evolution of the number of pupils in high school and demographic phenomena, such as increased migration, reduced birth rate, and so on. In a medium and long time horizon the current increases in the number of students cannot be sustained. For the analysis of the data series we used a number of econometric techniques.