The effect of positive feedback on primary school students’ academic self-concept: Gender heterogeneity in a light-touch randomized intervention
Tamás Keller Acta Sociologica Online first First published online January 31, 2025 Abstract This study analyzes the causal effect of positive feedback on students’ task-specific math self-concept using data from a randomized field experiment conducted among rural Hungarian primary school students. It examines how academic self-concept (ASC) responds to the smallest possible dose of positive feedback—a […]
How to measure consumer’s inconsistency in sensory testing?
László Sipos – Kolos Csaba Ágoston – Péter Biró – Sándor Bozóki – László Csató Current Research in Food Science, 100982 Vol. 10. (2025), Available online 28 January 2025 Abstract Consumer sensory testing is the basis for determining directions of product development in the food industry. However, while compliance assessment by trained and expert assessors is well developed, few […]
The effects of a disability employment quota whencompliance is cheaper than defiance
Judit Krekó – Álmos Telegdy Economica Early view, First published: 24 January 2025 Abstract This paper evaluates the effects of the Hungarian disability employment quota, which requires firms over a size threshold to employ individuals with disabilities or pay a non-compliance tax. In 2010, the tax was raised from very low levels to 170% of […]
The effect of air pollution on fertility in 657 European regions
Árpád Stump – Ágnes Szabó-Morvai Journal of Environmental Economics and Management In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 January 2025 Abstract This study examines the impact of ambient air pollution on birth rates in Europe. We estimate the causal effect of air pollution on fertility by utilizing variations in wind speed and the number of heating […]
Cultural Homophily and Collaboration in Superstar Teams
Gábor Békés – Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano Management Science, Articles in Advance Published Online: 20 Jan 2025 Abstract One may reasonably think that cultural homophily, defined as the tendency to associate with others of similar culture, affects collaboration in multinational teams in general but not in superstar teams of professionals at the top of their industry. […]
Gender equality and green entrepreneurship in farms
Imre Fertő – Štefan Bojnec Sustainable Development – First published: 1 January 2025 Abstract Gender dynamics in agricultural sustainability, particularly within the framework of Agri-Environmental-Climate-Schemes (AECS), play a critical role in advancing green entrepreneurship. This study explores gender-based differences in the adoption and intensity of AECS practices among Hungarian farms, emphasising the implications for gender equality in sustainable […]
Does monetary policy stabilise food inflation in Hungary?
Imre Fertő – Tibor Bareith Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics – Vol. 16. No. 4. 2024. p. 69-77 Abstract This study examines the relationship between monetary policy and food price inflation in Hungary from January 2007 to December 2023 using the Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed Lag (NARDL) model. Our analysis reveals that although the […]
Shortcomings of social innovation definitions and a proposed new definition
Social innovation (SI) research still struggles with problems of definition (Edwards-Schachter and Wallace 2017) and lacks a shared analytical framework and measurement methods. This lack of coherence is reflected in two bold, diametrically opposing views on SI research. „SI is an eclectic area, since differences still prevail also within the same research communities, revealing some […]
The role of capital income in the Hungarian income distribution from 2007 to 2021
Judit Krekó – Csaba G. Tóth Intersections : East European Journal of Society and Politics, Vol. 10. No. 3. 2024. p. 199-200. Abstract Capital income represents a significant and growing share of total income at the aggregate level in most countries. However, the link between capital income and overall income inequality is not clear, as it […]
How sticky is the per capita income?
Adrián Csizmadia – Tibor Bareith Regional and Business Studies, Vol. 16. No. 2. 2024. p. 5-19. Abstract In our settlement-level study using the Markov chain method and dynamic regression panel models, we found that in the period 2011-2021, income in the previous year strongly affects income status, i.e., income shows high persistence. Despite the steady […]
Comparative analysis of the CE4 countries’ economic performance
This report compares the economic performance of four Central European countries, namely Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia (henceforth: CE4 countries). Many authors emphasise the similarities between the V4 countries – sometimes even the former planned economies of CEE –, i.e., the former ‘bloc approach’ is still dominant. However, key economic indicators – GDP, productivity, unemployment, […]
Firm Quality and Health Maintenance
We estimate the impact of firm quality — primarily measured by firm productivity — on the health maintenance of employees. Using linked employer-employee administrative panel data from Hungary, we analyze the dynamics of healthcare use before and after moving to a new firm. We show that moving to a more productive firm leads to higher […]
