Efficiency of active labour market policy in Hungary

Anotace: The present study sets out to examine Hungary's active labour market policy tool, i.e. the effectiveness of supported public employment and leaving opportunities on a territorial basis as its most important objective. The relevance of the territorial examination of leaving supported public employment is explained by the fact that there are marked differences in this respect in Hungary, which can be attributed to the different level of development of the labour market. Building on this, the research intends to reveal settlements which are less prone to supported public employment detransitivity. The chance of leaving the employment policy tool can be determined by means of demotivating factors (endogenous factors) and factors outside of public employment behind the lock-in in supported public workers, as well as the vulnerability of the primary labour market (exogenous factors). The method of investigation was a complex geographical delimitation. The detransitive settlement structure of supported public employment shows significant cohesion with the respective beneficiary regions and settlements in Hungary. In the areas of Southern Transdanubia, in the border area of North-Eastern Hungary and Central Tisza Region, the greatest vulnerability can be found, hence in these regions, the low level of transition from the active labour market tool is more pronounced. The disadvantage of small village settlements is particularly worrying, where more and more cumulative problems (deprivation of the local economy, low mobility tendency, etc.) further reinforce the high degree of lock-in within the employment policy tool.