TY - JOUR AU - Janky, Béla AU - Kisfalusi, Dorottya AU - Réz, Anna TI - Household Chores: Egalitarian Norms and Unequal Outcomes JF - JOURNAL OF FAMILY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES J2 - J FAMILY ECON ISSUE PY - 2026 PG - 11 SN - 1058-0476 DO - 10.1007/s10834-025-10068-2 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36910488 ID - 36910488 N1 - Published online: 23 January 2026 Funding Agency and Grant Number: Nemzeti Kutatsi Fejlesztsi s Innovcis Hivatal [K144625] Funding text: Nemzeti Kutatasi Fejlesztesi es Innovacios Hivatal, K144625, Bela Janky. AB - In most industrialized societies, gender inequality in household division of labor has diminished but persisted in the last fifty years. This seems to be at odds with widespread acceptance of principles of fairness and egalitarian gender ideologies in those societies today. This paper aims at identifying the direct effects of traditional gender norms that imply unequal rights and the consequences of role expectations (congruent with egalitarian essentialism) as distinct mechanisms leading to inequality. In a series of survey experiments (pooled n = 3191) conducted in Hungary, respondents evaluated the division of chores in a fictitious dual-earner household presented on a vignette. Versions of the vignette differ in gender typicality, and in whether chores are described in text or in number of hours worked. Our data indicate that discriminatory patriarchal norms could contribute to cultural foundations of unequal family relations in present-day Hungary. However, we also show that unbalanced division of tasks can be supported even in those social milieus where inequality—when becomes salient—is perceived as equally amoral, regardless of whether the woman or the man does more housework. In this latter case, inequality is an unreflected consequence of traditional expectations of masculinity and femininity. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Janky, Béla TI - Polarization of social attitudes in Hungary in the 2010s: a survey-experiment on the role of partisan identity JF - JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE J2 - J Cont Cent East Eur PY - 2025 PG - 17 SN - 2573-9638 DO - 10.1080/25739638.2025.2597799 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36718708 ID - 36718708 N1 - Published online: 10 Dec 2025 AB - Since the mid-2010s, public discourse in Hungary has undergone significant changes, characterized by a shift in focus towards issues less relevant to voters’ daily lives and increased polarization of public attitudes along political lines. This paper explores the role of partisan identity in shaping attitude polarization. It posits that, beyond material interests or stable moral values, partisan identity independently influences social attitudes. Using a series of survey experiments conducted between 2016 and 2018, the effect of the salience of political conflict on attitudes about politically salient issues, such as immigration policy and the regulation of foreign-funded NGOs is investigated. Results indicate that partisan identity independently contributes to the polarization of attitudes, with respondents exposed to certain politicized issues aligning their views more closely with stereotypical partisan positions on other issues. The paper critiques existing experimental paradigms in political behaviour research and highlights the importance of incorporating social psychological approaches to understand the interplay between partisan identity and public opinion formation. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Janky, Béla TI - Magyar folyóiratok, nyílt adatok és a globalizált tudományos diskurzus JF - SZOCIOLÓGIAI SZEMLE J2 - SZOCIOLÓGIAI SZEMLE VL - 34 PY - 2024 IS - 3 SP - 93 EP - 99 PG - 7 SN - 1216-2051 DO - 10.51624/SzocSzemle.16110 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35433584 ID - 35433584 AB - - LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Herke, Boglárka AU - Janky, Béla TI - The Role of the Deservingness Criteria in the case of Single Mothers’ Perceived Welfare Deservingness in Hungary JF - JOURNAL OF SOCIAL POLICY J2 - J SOC POLICY VL - 52 PY - 2023 IS - 3 SP - 560 EP - 580 PG - 21 SN - 0047-2794 DO - 10.1017/S004727942100074X UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32526392 ID - 32526392 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: NKFIH (Hungarian Public Research Funding Agency) [K 120070] Funding text: The authors are grateful to Ivett Szalma, Wim van Oorschot, and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable feedback on earlier versions of the article. Data collections were funded by the grant K 120070 of NKFIH (Hungarian Public Research Funding Agency). AB - A growing number of studies investigate the relative importance of the major deservingness criteria (control, attitude, reciprocity, identity, need) in explaining the perceived welfare deservingness of different social groups. This paper addresses the roles of those criteria in predicting the perceived deservingness of a rarely examined group, single mothers. We conducted a survey in Hungary and compare the responses to direct questions about deservingness to the results of a vignette-based survey experiment in which the deservingness criteria were translated to characteristics of hypothetical mothers. Our results show that in the absence of deservingness cues (direct questions), respondents relied on the attitude, reciprocity/control, identity (measured by traditional family values), and need criteria to the same extent. On the other hand, in the presence of specific deservingness cues (vignette experiment), people disregarded their family values and stereotypes, and the perceived need became the strongest predictor of single mothers’ deservingness. These results support the existence of the deservingness heuristic, however, compared to previous literature that emphasized the role of perceived control and reciprocity of recipients, in the case of single mothers, the deservingness heuristic seems to direct people’s attention to the perception of need. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Gróf, Gyula István AU - Janky, Béla AU - Bethlendi, András TI - Limits of household's energy efficiency improvements and its consequence – A case study for Hungary JF - ENERGY POLICY J2 - ENERGY POLICY VL - 168 PY - 2022 PG - 20 SN - 0301-4215 DO - 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113078 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33628413 ID - 33628413 N1 - CODEN: ENPYA LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Janky, Béla AU - Kocsis, János Balázs TI - Really Trapped in the Heat?. Accounting for Occupants' Efforts in Panel Apartment Blocks TS - Accounting for Occupants' Efforts in Panel Apartment Blocks JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI VL - 30 PY - 2022 IS - 2 SP - 106 EP - 113 PG - 8 SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.13085 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32464883 ID - 32464883 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - BOOK AU - Keller, Tamás AU - Janky, Béla AU - Boda, Zsolt TI - Group Norms and Policy Preferences. From Bullying to Populist Attitudes TS - From Bullying to Populist Attitudes T3 - DEMOS Working Papers PB - [s.n.] CY - [s.l.] PY - 2022 SP - 20 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32698572 ID - 32698572 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kisfalusi, Dorottya AU - Janky, Béla AU - Takács, Károly TI - Grading in Hungarian Primary Schools: Mechanisms of Ethnic Discrimination against Roma Students JF - EUROPEAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW J2 - EUR SOCIOL REV VL - 37 PY - 2021 IS - 6 SP - 899 EP - 917 PG - 19 SN - 0266-7215 DO - 10.1093/esr/jcab023 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32096104 ID - 32096104 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CHAP AU - Janky, Béla ED - Kolosi, Tamás ED - Szelényi, Iván ED - Tóth, István György TI - Elit diskurzus, politikai identitás és polarizáció Magyarországon T2 - Társadalmi Riport 2020 PB - TÁRKI Társadalomkutatási Intézet Zrt. CY - Budapest SN - 9771216656206 T3 - Társadalmi riport, ISSN 1216-6561 PY - 2020 SP - 462 EP - 477 PG - 16 DO - 10.61501/TRIP.2020.20 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31785655 ID - 31785655 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - BOOK AU - Janky, Béla TI - Erkölcs, racionalitás, közösség. A morális dilemmák egy szociológiai elmélete TS - A morális dilemmák egy szociológiai elmélete PB - Gondolat Kiadó CY - Budapest PY - 2020 SP - 184 SN - 9789635560899 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31791237 ID - 31791237 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER -