Child raising support (GYET or gyermeknevelési támogatás, which is generally available for large families with the youngest child aged between 3 and 8 and the oldest child aged under 18, was temporarily extended
Country
HungaryPolicy Area
Parental leaveMeasure
Paid parental leaveEligibility
Parents whose GYET finished during the state emergency situationType
Cash (social assistance)Start / Announced Date
16/03/2020 (retroactively from 11/03/2020)End Date
18/06/2020Amount
Ft28,500 per month regardless of the number of childrenTotal Cost
N/ARecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
Gábos, A and Makay Zs. (2020) ‘Hungary country note,’ in Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2020. Available at: http://www.leavenetwork.org/lp_and_r_reports/
Hajdú, J. (2017) The Hungarian maternity/paternity and family cash benefits system. Available at: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/69140/1/polay_068_157-170.pdfAccess the full dataset here