The Democratic Coalition stated that the alarming high emigration rate could only be reduced by increasing minimum wages sustainably in the long term. The party has prepared a programme to annually increase the minimum wage at least until it reaches the living wage. The proposal is a reaction to recent statistics showing that the number of citizens leaving to work abroad has been on the rise in recent years. The Central Statistical Office’s (KSH) Demographic Research Institute found that the young and highly educated are the primary groups leaving. The research found that single citizens are more likely to seek work abroad and that they are more likely to go to the UK, whereas skilled workers and the elderly more likely go to Germany.
English: http://www.politics.hu/20151127/dk-calls-for-minimum-wage-increase …
http://budapestbeacon.com/public-policy/hungarys-brain-drain-young-and-highly-educated …
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