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Greece and the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, 2021

Greece and the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, 2021

admin2026-03-17T10:50:10+00:00

Your Content Goes Here The European Commission in collaboration with the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research - IOBE organized a two-day online Conference on 29 and 30 September 2021, on Greece and the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The underlying theme of the conference was how the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) “Greece 2.0” can transform the coronavirus crisis into an opportunity for the Greek society and economy. Notably, the Conference highlighted policies combining investments with reforms, while exploiting the financial instruments put in place by the EU framework. The main policy priorities highlighted during the [...]

Greece and the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, 2021admin2026-03-17T10:50:10+00:00

Evaluating the impact of labour market reforms in Greece during 2010-2018

Evaluating the impact of labour market reforms in Greece during 2010-2018

Artemis Tzatzou2026-03-17T13:03:24+00:00

Your Content Goes Here In view of long-standing weaknesses in Greece’s labour markets, several labour market reforms were implemented during the economic adjustment programmes with two objectives. Firstly, to support the economy’s adjustment through more flexible labour markets and secondly, to enhance gains in cost competitiveness. In relation to their objectives, we find evidence that reforms largely fulfilled the second objective and partially the first, albeit left mostly unaddressed some of the long-standing weaknesses, such as low participation rate and high tax wedge. The analysis is backed by two distinct but complementary approaches. From a micro-founded analysis, while the [...]

Evaluating the impact of labour market reforms in Greece during 2010-2018Artemis Tzatzou2026-03-17T13:03:24+00:00

The role of structural reforms and the outlook for the Greek economy

The role of structural reforms and the outlook for the Greek economy

Artemis Tzatzou2026-01-12T09:57:02+00:00

The purpose of this study is, firstly, to record the progress made during 2010 - 2013 at implementing reforms in nine areas of administrative intervention (judicial procedures, tax-system, public insurance system, limitation of youth unemployment, education system, R&D, corruption-bureaucracy and overregulation, public procurement procedures, export procedures). Secondly, to highlight the priorities and actions for the future, in order to complete the necessary reforms in these nine areas.

The role of structural reforms and the outlook for the Greek economyArtemis Tzatzou2026-01-12T09:57:02+00:00