Research Interests
Gábor Hajdu, PhD, is a senior research fellow at the ELTE Center of Social Sciences in Budapest. He earned his PhD in sociology from Eötvös Loránd University in 2015. He holds an MSc in Sociology and an MSc in Political Science, both from Eötvös Loránd University. His current research interests include the social determinants of subjective well-being, social inequalities, and the social effects of climate change.
Selected Publications
Hajdu, G. [2025]: Perceived income inequality, perceived unfairness and subjective social status in Europe. Socio-Economic Review, 23(2), 955-977. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwae055
Hajdu, G., Hajdu T. [2024]: Does the unemployment rate moderate the well-being disadvantage of the unemployed? Within-region estimates from the European Social Survey. Kyklos, 77(1), 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12357
Hajdu, T., Hajdu, G. [2023]: Climate change and the mortality of the unborn. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 118,102771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102771
Hajdu, G., Hajdu, T. [2021]: The long-term impact of restricted access to abortion on children’s socioeconomic outcomes. PLoS ONE, 16(3): e0248638. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248638
Hajdu, T., Hajdu, G. [2021]: Post-conception heat exposure increases clinically unobserved pregnancy losses. Scientific Reports, 11(1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81496-x
Research Projects
Reproduction of social inequalities at the top of the class structure, NKFIH ADVANCED, 2026-2029, PI: Ákos Huszár
The impact of climate change on job supply and labor productivity, NKFIH ADVANCED, 2026-2029, PI: Tamás Hajdu
Social context, social inequalities, and subjective well-being, NKFIH FK, 2020-2024, PI: Gábor Hajdu
Climate change and human health in Hungary, NKFIH FK, 2020-2024, PI: Tamás Hajdu
The impact of micro and macro income inequalities on subjective well-being, János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2022-2025