'Periodica Polytechnica Budapest University of Technology and Economics'
Abstract
In this paper we try to fit the figures of the first Hungarian
social security arrangements into the Western-European trends. We concentrate on the date of introduction of such schemes
and the coverage of
industrial and factory workers. The major finding is that the beginnings of
the Hungarian compulsory
social security legislation were not belated compared to Western countries. At
the same time we see differences which the paper attempts to explain