Immigrants and their Integration into the Labor Market in Interwar Hungary Cover Image

A bevándorlók és munkaerőpiaci beilleszkedésük a két világháború közötti Magyarországon
Immigrants and their Integration into the Labor Market in Interwar Hungary

Author(s): Penka Pejkovszka, Gábor Demeter
Subject(s): Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Migration Studies
Published by: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont Történettudományi Intézet
Keywords: immigration to Hungary; immigration and labor market; Horty era;

Summary/Abstract: The study aims at investigating the socio-demographic characteristics of immigrants arriving to Hungary and their integration into the labor market in the Interwar period. Based on the original data sheets (as the material remained unpublished) of the Central Statistical Bureau from 1930 we analyzed, whether the newcomers occupied separate niche, or there was a conflict between the indigenous and immigrant society for occupations. (Due to the lack of data we were unable to make temporal comparisons.) The results show, that the language skills (most of the investigated 81,000 people – or 1 % of the population – living in Hungary without Hungarian citizenship mastered the Hungarian language, even if they were not ethnic Hungarians) and religion helped the integration of this stratum (including their children born in Hungary), which was overrepresented in certain occupations.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 261-281
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Hungarian