Hungary is a reliable NATO member and partner in peacekeeping
In the context of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s visit to Budapest in June, we provide a brief overview of how Hungary…
It is a fallacy that Hungary is emptying out – the proportion of Hungarians who have moved abroad is average in the EU
The perception that a large part of Hungary’s population has already moved abroad and that only a fraction of the census population…
#Oecomment – 3,2,1, start! The new nuclear arms race is on
According to the Swedish SIPRI Institute, the number of nuclear weapons and the amount of development spending on them is on the…
ESG – Danger or Opportunity? Hungary’s Sustainable Economy Conference
On December 12, 2023, the Hungarian National Assembly adopted the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) law in line with Hungary’s EU obligations….
#Oecomment – Two incomes without children – more and more people are choosing the DINK lifestyle
In the developed countries of the world, in recent decades there has been an increasing number of couples who consciously choose…
Do Romanians really earn more?
According to Eurostat’s wage statistics for 2023, Hungarian wage levels in euros were ahead of those in Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria, and…
The EU is in a dangerous trilemma – green transition, re-arming and cutting spending at the same time?
Economics knows several practically unsolvable triple dilemmas, or trilemmas. The common feature of these is that we can only influence two of…
Hiking trails and national parks are good for economic growth
Hiking is not only one of the most popular forms of exercise, but also an activity with many positive social and economic…
The Hungarian employment rate has increased by nearly 19% since accession to the European Union
On 1 May 2004, ten new member states, including Hungary, joined the European integration. Free movement of labour is one of the…
The impact of demographic trends on competitiveness
Nowadays, companies, municipalities and states have to compete in a global market where the workforce is a key competitive factor. The competitiveness…
Hungary has the third lowest youth poverty rate in the European Union
In a previous article, we showed that the proportion of people living in poverty in Hungary is lower than in many advanced…
Demography and Competitiveness in the European Union – Workshop Conference
On Thursday, May 23, the Oeconomus Economic Research Foundation and the Kopp Mária Institute for Population and Families (KINCS) organized a joint…
