A magyarországi munkaerőpiac szerkezeti változásának térbeli sajátosságai 2001 és 2016 között
The changing Hungarian labour market structures and spatial features between 2001 and 2016

Summary/Abstract: In the current economy, cross-border competition between countries and regions for skilled workers is intensifying, and technological and social transformations also have a significant impact on employment. These processes have generated different spatial patterns in the European Union and in Hungary. Therefore, from both a scientific and a policy making point of view, it is current to examine the structure of the Hungarian labour market and its changes, as well as to determine how specialised our NUTS3 counties are regarding employment. Consequently, the present study aimed to examine the sectoral, geographical, and temporal characteristics of the NUTS3 level labour market structure between 2001 and 2016, based on the Hungarian Standard Classification of Occupations. Thus, with the help of the location quotient, the Theil index, and Shift-share analysis, we explored the employment peculiarities of the counties of Hungary and their transformations. The main message of the research is that the change in the structure of the labour market is a slower process, in which the existence of geographical differences and the effects of local, regional processes are more pronounced than general structural changes. Therefore, in the future, place-based, bottom-up and integrated development can compensate for frictional or structural unemployment resulting from possible economic changes and shocks.

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