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Place and Role of Public Employment in Improving the Situation of the Homeless of Budapest

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  • Károly Pirisi

    (Szent István University)

  • Norbert Szalay-Komka

    (Budapest Esély Nonprofit Kft.)

  • Tea Erdélyi

    (Budapest Esély Nonprofit Kft.)

Abstract

The article presents the labour market situation of the homeless in Hungary and the role of public employment as an employment policy measure in improving their life situation. The relevant research, based on empirical data surveys, provides a complex analysis of the situation of homeless people in public employment, living in the capital, and examines their attitudes and expectations concerning public employment. The article is meant to show the special significance of public employment in preserving and enhancing the life skills of the homeless who are ready to work, and it highlights the other support policies that could lead to their long-term reintegration through complex rehabilitation. The participants of the research were the homeless clients in public employment of Budapest Esély Nonprofit Kft (Budapest Chance Nonprofit Ltd.). The survey covered a decisive part of the total reference population in employment in the survey interval; the survey was conducted on two occasions, in 2013-14, with the questionnaire-based-survey method. Capital-level comparisons were based on the data series of the Homeless Concept of Budapest, the Country Report on Homelessness of 2013, the flash reports for 2013 and 2014 of the “February 3rd” Panel of Menhely Alapítvány (Shelter Foundation) and the results of the participatory action research “Street and

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  • Károly Pirisi & Norbert Szalay-Komka & Tea Erdélyi, 2015. "Place and Role of Public Employment in Improving the Situation of the Homeless of Budapest," Proceedings- 11th International Conference on Mangement, Enterprise and Benchmarking (MEB 2015),, Óbuda University, Keleti Faculty of Business and Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:pkk:meb015:405-418
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