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.
Unity in diversity: Protecting the common market with divergent macroprudential policies
Houben, A., Kakes, J., (2013), “Unity in diversity: Protecting the common market with divergent macroprudential policies”, www.voxeu.org , 30 Ιουλίου. Financial cycles have increasingly diverged across members of the Eurozone. National macroprudential tools are thus key to managing financial imbalances and protecting Europe’s economic integration. This column discusses research suggesting that reasonable macroprudential policies by the GIIPS countries in the euro’s first decade would have helped avoid much pain in …Read More
Η Ελληνική Οικονομία 2/2013
ΙΟΒΕ, (2013), “Η Ελληνική Οικονομία 2/2013”, Αθήνα. Το ΙΟΒΕ εκδίδει τη δεύτερη έκθεσή του για το 2013, στο πλαίσιο των περιοδικών επισκοπή-σεων της ελληνικής οικονομίας. Πραγματοποιείται αμέσως μετά τους πρόσφατους έντονους κυβερνητικούς κλυδωνισμούς στην Ελλάδα, με φόντο την υλοποίηση διαρθρωτικών αλλαγών στο δημόσιο τομέα, οι οποίοι οδήγησαν σε μεταβολή της πολιτικής στήριξης της κυβέρνησης, ακριβώς ένα χρόνο μετά τις τελευταίες εκλογές. Όπως όλες οι εκθέσεις του ΙΟΒΕ, έτσι και αυτή …Read More
Combining the Entry of Young People in the Labour Market with the Retention of Older Workers
IZA, (2013), “Combining the Entry of Young People in the Labour Market with the Retention of Older Workers”, IZA Report, N. 53. This study provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting out the most recent developments during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both groups. The evidence collected shows that there is no …Read More
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
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