# Hungary expands a public-works (workfare) scheme

Date: 2011

From 2011 Hungary expanded a public-works scheme that moved many registered unemployed into low-paid municipal work. Evaluations are mixed on later private-job transitions. It is a completed labour-market instrument.

## People

- Viktor Orbán: https://factrail.ai/people/viktor-orban

## Drivers

- Labour-Market Tightness: https://factrail.ai/drivers/labour-market-tightness

## Sources

- https://www.oecd.org/hungary/public-employment-services.htm
- https://www.ksh.hu/public-works

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-work-fare-public-works