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Systematic Literature Review on Overspending and Sustainable Budgeting: Insights for Hungarian Households

Boglárka Eisingerné Balassa Tímea Vastag

Publication Name: Sustainability Switzerland

Publication Date: 2024-11-01

Volume: 16

Issue: 21

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

This study overviews the keywords overspending, family, and sustainable budget from different perspectives in the existing literature. Its goal is to identify the gap through keyword analysis and formulate a methodological direction for the future, using an overview of the methodologies used for researching individual keywords. This publication is based on a systematic literature review, including articles from the Web of Science, Science Direct, and Scopus databases. The resulting publications are analyzed from several angles, such as the number of publications per keyword per year, which methodologies were applied, and at which level (micro, meso, macro) the topic was previously researched. As an output of the partial analyses, both the lack of research on the sustainable spending habits of Hungarian households and the need for a methodology that can be applied for this purpose emerges. The results enable the development of a combined method, with which current research can be carried out on a micro level regarding sustainable spending habits in Hungary.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.3390/su16219509

A Systematic Review of Urban Mobility and Preliminary Research of Transportation Trends in West Hungary †

Tímea Vastag Fanni Lőrincz

Publication Name: Engineering Proceedings

Publication Date: 2024-01-01

Volume: 79

Issue: 1

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

Based on the available statistical data, most employees travel by car, which results in traffic jams, hurts the environment, and increases household expenditures. As a result of this phenomenon, our investigation aimed to present the global trends in urban mobility. It is also considered preliminary research of Hungarian transportation habits and trends by summarizing the standard fees of taxi service, parking, and maintaining a driving license. As our research methodology, we chose a systematic literature search and a summary of the available secondary data to present the main global trends characterizing urban mobility and the standards typical of Hungarian transport. The results enable the expansion of the research and provide an opportunity to learn about consumers’ attitudes at the national level.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.3390/engproc2024079007

What Does Hide the Basket of West-Hungarians? – An Analysis of the Basket Composition of Different Households in West Hungary

Boglárka Eisingerné Balassa Tímea Vastag Boglárka Eisinger-Balassa

Publication Name: International Scientific Business Conference Limen Leadership Innovation Management and Economics Integrated Politics of Research

Publication Date: 2024-01-01

Volume: 2024

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 519-526

Description:

The economic changes of recent years have had a significant impact on household consumer behavior. Following the changes caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, consumers had to face high inflation. These macro-level changes significantly impacted households and made budget planning difficult. This study aims to prepare and validate the methodology aimed at the composition and sustainability analysis of consumer baskets in different regions of Hungary. As a pilot study, the Reference Budget is determined based on focus group discussions with family types specified by the statistical office of the Western Hungary region, which represents the threshold value that households need for subsistence. Using the Hypothetical Household Tool (HhoT), this value compares the after-tax income for each type of household and analyses whether there is overspending in the examined cases. After that, based on the research participants’ answers, sustainability calculations are performed based on the consumer basket’s composition, thus validating that overspending is not sustainable.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.31410/LIMEN.2024.519