Papadimitriou, D., Nikiforos, M., Zezza, G., (2013), “The Greek Economic Crisis and the Experience of Austerity”, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Strategic Analysis, July 2013. Employment in Greece is in free fall, with more than one million jobs lost since October 2008—a drop of more than 28 percent. In March, the “official” unemployment rate was 27.4 percent, the highest level seen in any industrialized country in the free world …Read More
Παγκόσμιο Βαρόμετρο Διαφθοράς: Έκθεση για την Ελλάδα
Διεθνής Διαφάνεια Ελλάς, (2013), “Παγκόσμιο Βαρόμετρο Διαφθοράς: Έκθεση για την Ελλάδα”, Ιούλιος. Η κοινή γνώμη για τη διαφθορά είναι ιδιαίτερα σημαντική, διότι προσφέρει βαθιά γνώση για τον τρόπο επίδρασης της διαφθοράς στην καθημερινή ζωή των ανθρώπων. Η Διεθνής Διαφάνεια (ΔΔ) υπογραμμίζει την εξέχουσα σημασία της παρουσίασης των απόψεων της κοινής γνώμης για τη διαφθορά, διότι οι πολίτες είναι αυτοί που υποφέρουν έμμεσα ή άμεσα από τη μάστιγα αυτή. Παράλληλα, η …Read More
Whose economic reform?
Pisani-Ferry, J., (2013), “Whose economic reform?”, www.project-syndicate.org, 30 Ιουλίου. Together with fiscal consolidation, structural reform is the new European mantra. International organizations and European Union bodies regard such reform as a prerequisite of economic recovery, growth, and alleviation of the unemployment plague.
IMF: Fourth Review Under Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Greece, Approves €1.72 Billion Disbursement
IMF, (2013), “Completes Fourth Review Under Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Greece, Approves €1.72 Billion Disbursement”, Press Release No. 13/280. The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fourth review of Greece’s performance under an economic program supported by an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. The completion of this review enables the disbursement of SDR 1.51 billion (about €1.72 billion, or US$2.29 billion), which would bring …Read More
Τρίτη αξιολόγηση του δεύτερου Προγράμματος Οικονομικής Προσαρμογής της Ελλάδας από την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή
This report provides an assessment of the progress made by Greece with respect to its Second Economic Adjustment Programme, based on the findings of a two-part joint Commission/ECB/IMF mission to Athens between 4-19 June and 1-7 July 2013. The report examines current macroeconomic, financial and fiscal developments and assesses compliance with programme conditionality. πλήρες κείμενο
Fertility Reactions to the “Great Recession” in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific Data
Goldstein, J., Kreyenfeld, M., Jasilioniene, A., Karaman Örsal, D. (2013), “Fertility Reactions to the “Great Recession” in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific Data”, Demographic Research¸Vol. 29, Art. 4, pp 85-104. This paper provides recent cross-national evidence of the impact of the great recession on fertility in Europe in the context of the recent decade. Using data from the Human Fertility Database (HFD), from Eurostat, and from the OECD database, we …Read More
European business cycle indicators
European Commission, (2013), “European business cycle indicators”, 2nd Quarter 2013. Apart from useful tools for the assessment of the overall economic picture, the EU-wide harmonised survey programme for the business sector also provides more granular information about the factors underlying managers’ assessment of the business situation. Questions on ‘factors limiting production’ allow to investigate the sources of potential limitations to business activity, e.g. whether they are rooted in the demand …Read More
Eurostat: European social statistics
Eurostat, (2013), “European social statistics”, 2013 edition. The pocketbook European social statistics, intended for both generalists and specialists, provides a comparative overview of the social statistics available in 27 Member States and the Candidate Countries of the European Union, as well as in the EFTA states. Different areas of the social field are described here by a selection of indicators which are presented in tables and graphs and accompanied by …Read More
Youth Unemployment in Europe: What to do about it?
Eichhorst, W., Hinte, H., Rinne, U., (2013), “Youth Unemployment in Europe: What to do about it?”, IZA Policy Paper, N., 65. Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. This paper gives an overview of the current situation and assesses different policy options. It emphasizes the role of stronger intra- EU mobility of young workers, policies to make vocational training systems more effective and …Read More
A Levy Institute Model for Greece
Papadimitriou, D., Zezza, G., Nikiforos, M., (2013), “A Levy Institute Model for Greece”, Levy Institute. In this report, we present the main characteristics of a stock-flow consistent model for Greece, estimated on quarterly data over the last 30 years and built to provide us with a “tool for thinking,” in the words of Wynne Godley (the architect of such models), to explore the implications of alternative policy options for the …Read More