Czechoslovakia provided more job opportunities by construction of roads, regulation of rivers and building construction. The projects were stopped after the arbitration. Unemployment rates increased, and unlike Czechoslovakia, Hungary did not provide any unemployment benefits or state health insurance for workers in agriculture. Retirement and disability pensions were also lower. Unemployed workers who received support under Czechoslovak rule requested the same from Hungary. Salaries and as working conditions worsened, but taxes meanwhile increased. Money conversion at exchange rates disadvantageous for local citizens (7-1) automatically decreased salaries by 20%. Hungarian soldiers profited from the exchange rate and bought up the remaining cheap Czechoslovak goods at the expense of their sellers. New goods from Hungary were 20–30% more expensive. Electricity, radio and railway tickets became also more expensive.