Education & Human Capital
Analyses related to improving the education system and strengthening human capital. Includes policy proposals aimed at increasing access to education, upgrading skills and lifelong learning, strengthening the link between the education system and the labor market, and ensuring a balance between broader education and practical skills.
Study on Soft Skills in Vocational Education and Training in Greece
The main scope of the study is the measurement of soft (socio-emotional) skills of non- compulsory secondary education students in Greece. The aim is to compare the levels of these skills among students attending the country’s general [...]
Intergenerational Mobility in Education in Greece: An Exploration into Socioeconomic Determinants of Students’ Performance and Future Career Plans Before, During and After the Crisis
Education plays a central role in social mobility. The Greek education system is believed to have for decades functioned as a mechanism of, mainly upward, intergenerational social mobility. Greece exhibits a relatively high rate of intergenerational mobility [...]
Vocational education and training in Greece
Reducing the high unemployment in the country remains one of the main challenges for the Greek economy today. In addressing this challenge, active employment policies and actions to improve the skills of the working population have an [...]
Educational inequalities in Greece: Access to higher education and impact of the crisis
The purpose of the study is to examine the evolution of the social characteristics of the student population in Greece and to explore the impact of the crisis on: a) the access of young people to Greek [...]
Exploring the effects of the economic crisis on the public and private financing of Greek education
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of the economic crisis that began in 2009 on public and private expenditure on education. In particular, the study: a) analyses the evolution of public and private [...]
Economic crisis, demographic changes and impact on education
The purpose of this study is twofold. First, the study examines the changes that have occurred in the key operation figures of the education system before and after the outbreak of the crisis in 2009. Second, the [...]
Education and the labour market in Greece: Impact of the crisis and key challenges
The aim of this study is to identify and analyse the effects of the crisis that began in 2009 on the relation between education and the labour market in Greece. In addition, the study analyses the challenges [...]
Tertiary education in Greece: Impact of the crisis and challenges
The scope of the study is to analyse the challenges faced by the higher education sector in Greece, in order to contribute to the formation of the new production model of development of the Greek economy, based [...]
Public and Private Education : Comparative Analysis
This study aims at the comparative analysis of per capita costs in primary and secondary education in public and private schools, in order to investigate the importance of the level and variations of the cost in the [...]
Improving the Internship Scheme in the Educational Sector
In Greece, there are different state regulations about internship during studies in each educational level. The regulations are explained in the first chapter of the survey. Internship regulations as well as best practices from other European countries are cited [...]
