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Title: |
Income Inequality In
Hungary |
Authors: |
Ildiko Gelanyi,
Andras Oliver Nemeth, Erzsebet
Terez Varga |
Published in: |
2020). ECMS 2020 Proceedings
Edited by: Mike Steglich, Christian Muller, Gaby
Neumann, Mathias Walther, European Council for Modeling and Simulation. DOI: http://doi.org/10.7148/2020 ISSN:
2522-2422 (ONLINE) ISSN:
2522-2414 (PRINT) ISSN:
2522-2430 (CD-ROM) ISBN: 978-3-937436-68-5 Communications of the ECMS , Volume 34, Issue 1, June 2020, United Kingdom |
Citation
format: |
Ildiko Gelanyi, Andras
Oliver Nemeth, Erzsebet Terez
Varga (2020). Income Inequality In Hungary, ECMS 2020 Proceedings Edited By: Mike Steglich, Christian Mueller, Gaby Neumann, Mathias
Walther European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi: 10.7148/2020-0116 |
DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.7148/2020-0116 |
Abstract: |
In this
article, we describe the income inequality situation in Hungary from two
different perspectives: inequalities among income deciles, and regional
differences. Both types of inequalities have increased in the last few years
due to changes in the tax and benefit system. An im-portant
contributing factor of increasing income inequlat-ies
was the introduction of a linear personal income tax, together with the
increased role of tax allowances in the family support system. Regional
differences have been traditionally significant in Hungary (despite the small
size of the country), and the positions of the least devel-oped
regions of the country have continued to worsen in the last few years. After
assessing the role of the tax and benefit system, we also briefly try to give
some insight to possible interventions in order to decrease inequalities
among income deciles. |
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