An analysis of attitudes towards atypical employment among Hungarian and Slovak unemployed

Abstract

AIM OF THE PAPER

Our article examines the acceptance willingness of atypical employment among the unemployed living in microregions of Komarom Esztergom (Hungary) and Komamo and Stúrovo (Slovakia)

METHODOLOGY

The main objective of our research is to get an overview on differences of jobseekers concerning on their work attitudes and opinions to atypical employment in two countries. The employment centers in the surveyed border micro-regions both on the Slovak and Hungarian sides may offer more opportunities for job seekers at the same time.Despite the fact that the Danube River and the border separate them, geographically and as a labor market they form a single unit. Due to the permeability of national borders between EU states largely the same job opportunities are available to job seekers in both countries.

MOST IMPORTANT RESULTS

The evaluation methods were typically univariate and multivariate analysis, including frequency analysis; mean, standard deviations, as well as cross-table-analysis and independent sample t-test methods were used among others. The research involved 689 people, but those who actually claimed themselves unemployed - which means they were unemployed at the time of the research - were in total 279 people. So in the evaluation we only used this sub-sample. The multivariate analysis of the survey data indicates important similarities and it also shows significant differences in responses from both sides of the border regions.

RECOMMENDATIONS

During the research formulated hypotheses are considered as accepted. 80-90% of the respondents would not accept atypical jobs, or just in the case of being forced or just temporarily, only 15-20% would work willingly in the long run in one of these forms.