Personal Details
Education
Employment
Distinctions - Other Educational and Professional Qualifications
Publications
  I. Articles
  II. Chapters in Books
  III. Discussion Papers - Mimeos
Conferences - Research Seminars
Research and Consultancy Projects
Citations
Refereeing
Research Interests

Personal Details

Date of birth	17 April 1960
Nationality	Greek
Institutional Address	Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 76 Patission Street, Athens 10434 GREECE
Telephone Number	(+301) – 8203195
Fax Number	(+301) – 8214122
e-mail	panos@aueb.gr

Education

1984 - 1989	Ph.D. in Economics	Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K.
1983 - 1984	M.A. in Economics	Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K.
1978 - 1983	B.A. in Economics	Department of Economics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Employment

1998 to date	Associate Professor	Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
1993 - 1998	Assistant Professor	Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
1990 - 1993	Independent Consultant	Eurostat, Luxembourg
1987 - 1990	Lecturer	Department of Economics, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K.
1984 - 1987	Teaching Assistant	Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K.

Distinctions - Other Educational and Professional Qualifications

2000 to date	Head	Department of International and European Economic Studies,  Athens University of Economics and Business.
2000 to date	Research Fellow	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany.
1999 to date	Council Member	European Society for Population Economics.
1997 (Feb. - Aug.)	Visiting Research Fellow	Department of Economics, University of Bristol, U.K.
1996 to date	Member	Editorial Board, Review of Income and Wealth.
1996 to date	Member	Editorial Board Economic Policy Studies (Meletes Oeconomikis Politikis).
1995 to date	Executive Board Member	Athens Institute of Economic Policy Studies (IMOP).
1995 (April)	Visiting Professor	Department of Economics, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain  (ERASMUS Program).
1995 (Jan - Feb.)	Visiting Professor	Department of Economics, University of Warwick, U.K.  (ERASMUS Program).
1994 (Jun - Jul.)	Visiting Professor	Department of Economics / Institute of Economics, Charles University, Czech Republic (TEMPUS Program).
1992 to date	Research Fellow	Athens Institute of Economic Policy Studies (IMOP).
1990 - 1994	Member	Eurostat Panel of Experts on Poverty Statistics.
1990 - 1992	Honorary Research Fellow	Department of Economics, University of Bristol, U.K.
1989 (Jul. - Aug.)	Participant	2nd Luxembourg Income Study Summer Workshop", Walferdange, Luxembourg  (Ford Foundation Fellow).
1986 - 1987	Postgraduate Scholarship	Alexander S. Onassis Foundation.
1983 - 1986	Postgraduate Scholarship	Greek State Scholarships Foundation.
1982 (Jul. - Aug.)	Participant	15th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection", University of Essex, U.K.
1978 - 1982	Undergraduate Scholarships	Greek State Scholarships Foundation.

Publications

I. Articles

• "The distributional impact of social transfers in the EU: Evidence from the ECHP", Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies Discussion Paper No 99-04, 1999, (with C. Heady and Th. Mitrakos, forthcoming Fiscal Studies). abstractpaper
• "Who benefits from public education in Greece? Evidence and policy implications", Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies Discussion Paper No 99-02, 1999, (with M. Antoninis, forthcoming Education Economics). abstract  paper
• "The redistributive impact of the Greek public education system", (with M. Antoninis, in Greek, forthcoming in Meletes Oekonomikis Politikis). paper
• "Changes in aggregate inequality and poverty in Greece after the restoration of democracy", Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics Discussion Paper No 97, 1998 (with Th. Mitrakos, in Greek, forthcoming in Meletes Oekonomikis Politikis). abstract  paper
• "Decomposing inequality under alternative concepts of resources: Greece 1988", Journal of Income Distribution 8, 2000, pp. 241-253, (with Th. Mitrakos).
• "Fertility and economic development: theoretical considerations and cross-country evidence", Applied Economics 31, 1999, pp. 1337-1351 (with G. Panopoulou).
• "The redistributive impact of excise duties", Economic Bulletin of the Bank of Greece 13, 1999, pp. 49-73 (with Th. Mitrakos, in Greek).
• "On the distributional impact of public education: evidence from Greece", Economics of Education Review 18, 1999, pp. 439-452 (with M. Antoninis).
• "Who are the poor in Greece? Analysing poverty under alternative concepts of resources and equivalence scales", Journal of European Social Policy 8, 1998, pp. 229-252 (with G. Panopoulou).
• "An anatomy of inequality: Greece 1988", Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute 57, 1997, pp. 595-598 (with Th. Mitrakos).
• "Elderly and non-elderly in the European Union: A comparison of living standards", Review of Income and Wealth 42, 1996, pp. 271-291.
• "Zur lage der alten in Griechenland: Eine empirische analyse", Sozialer Fortschritt 44, 1995, pp. 71-78 (with S. Nitis).
• "A family of decomposable poverty indices", Rivista Internationale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali 41, 1994, pp. 567-577.
• "Aspects of inequality in Greece: Measurement, decomposition and inter-temporal change: 1974, 1982", Journal of Development Economics 40, 1993, pp. 53-74.
• "Inequality and welfare in EEC countries", Bulletin of Economic Research 44, 1992, pp. 21-37.
• "Multivariate decomposition of inequality: Greece 1974, 1982", Greek Economic Review 14, 1992, pp. 89-102.
• "Estimation and comparison of two simple models of equivalence scales for the cost of children", Economic Journal 101, 1991, pp. 343-357.
• "Aspects of poverty in Greece", Review of Income and Wealth 36, 1990, pp. 381-402.
• "Some methodological problems in the measurement of poverty", Review of Social Studies 73A, 1990, pp. 79-105 (in Greek).
• "Economic development and the income of the poor: A comment", American Journal of Economics and Sociology 49, 1990, pp. 53-61.
• "Measurement and decomposition of inequality by population subgroups: A survey and an example", Spoudai Quarterly Economic Journal 39, 1989, pp. 23-47.
• "Development and inequality revisited", Applied Economics 20, 1988, pp. 509-531.
• "Economic development and income inequality: some new evidence", Spoudai Quarterly Economic Journal 35, 1985, pp. 57-93.

• “Social exclusion and social policy in Greece”, (with M. Matsaganis, forthcoming in D. Mayes, R. Salais and J. Berghman (eds) Social exclusion, social policy and the role of the EU, Edward Edgar, Aldershot and Cheltenham.
• "Poverty, material deprivation, multi-dimensional disadvantage during four life-stages: Evidence from the ECHP", (with F. Papadopoulos, forthcoming in C. Heady (ed) Poverty and social exclusion in Europe, Edward Edgar, Aldershot and Cheltenham). paper
• "Private returns to education in Greece", Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies Discussion Paper No 00-01, 2000, (with I. Cholezas, forthcoming in C. Harmon, I. Walker and N. Westergaard-Nielsen (eds) Education and Earnings in Europe, Edward Elgar, Aldershot and Cheltenham. abstract paper
• "Economic inequalities and poverty in Greece: Quantitative dimensions of the problem", Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Discussion Paper No 98-02 (with Th. Mitrakos and G. Panopoulou, in Greek, forthcoming in Th. Pakos (ed.) The 2/3 society). abstractpaper
• "Poverty and anti-poverty policies in Greece and comparisons with other Mediterranean EU member-states", in A. Mitsos and E. Mossialos (eds) Contemporary Greece and Europe, pp. 331-355, Ashgate, Aldershot etc., 2000. abstractpaper
• "Private returns to education in Greece: A review of the empirical literature", in R. Asplund and P. Telhado-Pereira (eds) Returns to human capital in Europe, pp. 147-162, ETLA, Helsinki, 1999 (with I. Cholezas). paper
• "Is there any alternative for Europe to the current EMU project? Comments on Huffschmid", in A. Vlachou (ed.) Contemporary economic theory: Radical critiques to neoliberalism, pp. 245-249, MacMillan, London 1999 (also in Greek, Typothito, Athens, 1999).
• "Inequality and poverty in Greece", in M. Matsaganis (ed.) The future of Welfare State in Southern Europe, pp. 97-117, Ellinika Grammata, Athens, 1999 (in Greek).
• "The structure of economic inequalities in Greece", in A. Kintis (ed.) The present and the future of the Greek economy, Vol. II, pp. 421-448, Gutenberg, Athens, 1997 (with Th. Mitrakos, in Greek).
• "Economic inequalities in Greece: Survey of evidence, methodological problems, trends and prospects", in G. Tsiakalos (ed.) Social Inequalities and Social Exclusion, pp. 241-265, Sakis Karayiorgas Foundation, Athens, 1998 (with Th. Mitrakos, in Greek).
• "Changes in inequality in Greece in the 1970s and the 1980s", in P. Gottschalk, B. Gustafsson and E. Palmer, (eds) Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare. An International Perspective, pp. 154-183, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge - New York - Melbourne, 1997.
• "Social Policy", in Th. Georgakopoulos and E. Tsakalotos (eds) Economic Policies of the European Union, pp. 205-234, Stamoulis, Athens 1996 (in Greek).
• "On the relative welfare position of older persons in the member-states of the European Union", in C. Paraskevopoulos, R. Grinspun and T. Georgakopoulos, (eds) Economic Integration and Public Policy: NAFTA, EU and beyond, pp. 154-168, Edward Elgar, 1996.
• "A critical evaluation of empirical investigations of the phenomenon of poverty in Greece", in N. Petralias (ed.) Dimensions of Social Policy today, pp. 369-390, Sakis Karayiorgas Foundation, Athens, 1993 (in Greek).
• "Economic inequality in Greece: Intertemporal change and cross-section analysis", in N. Petralias (ed.) Dimensions of Social Policy today, pp. 422-440, Sakis Karayiorgas Foundation, Athens, 1993 (with A. Livada, in Greek).

• “The risk of multi-dimensional disadvantage and social exclusion during four life stages in a dynamic perspective: Evidence from the ECHP”, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies, 2000 (mimeo). paper
• "Estimating extreme poverty in Greece and the cost of eliminating it through a minimum guaranteed income scheme, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies Discussion Paper No 00-02, 2000, (with M. Matsaganis and F. Papadopoulos). abstractpaper
• "On the distributional impact of excise duties: Evidence from Greece", Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies Discussion Paper No 99-03, 1999, (with Th. Mitrakos). abstractpaper
• "Income, consumption or something else? Selecting a welfare indicator for distributional studies", Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies Discussion Paper No 98-05, 1998, (with Th. Mitrakos).abstractpaper
• "Analyzing and comparing the impact of alternative concepts of resources in distributional studies: Evidence from Greece", Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies Discussion Paper No 96-02, 1996.
• "A comparison of poverty rate estimates using expenditure and income data", Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No 71, 1991.
• "Forecasting poverty in the EEC", University of Bristol, Department of Economics Discussion Paper No 91/289, 1991.
• "Estimating the Barten model of equivalence scales for the cost of children from microdata", University of Bristol, Department of Economics Discussion Paper No 90/273, 1990.

Conferences - Research Seminars
Sixty three presentations in international conferences and seminars and three public lectures. Among them are included presentations in the conferences of the Royal Economic Society, the International Economic Association, the European Economic Association, the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, the European Society for Population Economics, the Applied Econometrics Association, the International Statistical Institute and the World Congress of Sociology, as well as seminars at the L.S.E. and Universities such as Warwick, Bristol, Frankfurt, Prague (Charles), Lisbon (Catolica) and Florence (EUI). Full list of papers presented in Conferences and Research Seminars can be found in Appendix I.

Research and Consultancy Projects
Participated in a large number of research and consultancy projects, most of them financed by international organizations such as the European Union (DG V, DG XII, DG XVI, Eurostat and the European Parliament), and the OECD as well as in projects supported by the Greek Secretariat for Research and Technology. Detailed list of research and consultancy projects can be found in Appendix II.

Citations
Sixty two citations (excluding own-citations) in non-Greek journal articles and books. Among others, cited in works of A.K. Sen, A.B. Atkinson, R. Kanbur, M. Lipton, M. Ravallion, S. Danzinger, J.E. Foster and A. Glyn. Detailed list of citations can be found in Appendix III.

Refereeing
Acted as academic referee for the following journals: Review of Income and Wealth (six times), Journal of Public Economics (five times), Journal of European Social Policy (three times), Capital and Class (three times), Economic Journal (once), Journal of Development Economics (once), Scandinavian Journal of Economics (once), World Bank Economic Review (once), Bulletin of Economic Research (once), Journal of Population Economics (once), Demography (once), Economic and Social Review (once), Spanish Economic Review (once), European Urban and Regional Studies (once), Journal of Rural Studies (once), Economic Issues (once), Vima Oeconomikon Epistimon (once) and Greek Review of Political Research (once). Also refereeing for books published by Cambridge University Press, MacMillan, Edward Elgar and Ashgate.

Languages
Greek (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (poor).

Research Interests
Personal Distribution of Income (Analysis of inequality, poverty, income mobility and social exclusion).
Economics of Social Policy (Redistributive role of the Welfare State; social policies of the European Union).
Education Economics (Private and social returns to education; distributional impact of public education).
Development Economics (Income inequality and economic development; fertility and economic development).
Consumer Economics (Equivalence scales for the cost of children).
Health Economics (Determinants of private health care expenditures).

Teaching Interests
Economics of Inequality and Poverty
Development Economics
Microeconomics
Labour Economics

Supervision of Ph.D. dissertations
Th. Mitrakos: "Economic inequalities in Greece: Measurement, structure, inter-temporal changes and international comparisons" (awarded, June 2000).

Memberships
Royal Economic Society
American Economic Association
European Economic Association
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
European Society for Population Economics
 

Last updated 20/12/2000
 
 

PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES AND RESEARCH SEMINARS

• November 2000, International Conference on “Fighting Poverty and Inequality through Tax-Benefit Reform: Empirical Approaches”, Barcelona, Spain. "The impact of means tested assistance in Southern Europe" (with C. O’ Donoghue et al).
• August 2000, 56^th World Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Seville, Spain. "Who benefits from public education in Greece? Evidence and policy implications", (with M. Antoninis).
• June 2000, 14^th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, Bonn, Germany. "Identifying groups at high risk of social exclusion: evidence from the ECHP" (with F. Papadopoulos).
• April 2000, CEPR/CEMFI Workshop on "Inequalities, labour market regulation and redistribution", Madrid, Spain. "Inequality in Greece after the restoration of democracy (1974-1994)" (with Th. Mitrakos).
• September 1999, International Conference on "Unemployment, Poverty and Social Exclusion in the European Union", Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. "Poverty in Greece: Decomposition analysis, determining factors and inter-temporal change" (with G. Panopoulou).
• August 1999, 12^th World Congress of the International Economic Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina. "Income, consumption or something else? Selecting a welfare indicator for distributional studies" (with Th. Mitrakos).
• June 1999, 13^th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, Turin, Italy. "Poverty in Greece: Decomposition analysis, determining factors and inter-temporal change" (with G. Panopoulou).
• May 1999, LXVI^th International Conference of the Applied Econometrics Association, Pau, France. "Poverty in Greece: Decomposition analysis, determining factors and inter-temporal change" (with G. Panopoulou).
• March 1999, Royal Economic Society Conference, Nottingham, UK. "The distributional impact of social transfers in the EU: Evidence from the ECHP" (with C. Heady and Th. Mitrakos).
• November 1998, Research Seminar, Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Athens, Greece. "The redistributive impact of public education in Greece: Empirical evidence and policy implications" (with M. Antoninis).
• August 1998, 25^th General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Cambridge, U.K. "Income, consumption or something else? Selecting a welfare indicator for distributional studies" (with T. Mitrakos).
• June 1998, 12^th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. "Analysing inequality under alternative concepts of resources: Greece 1994" (with Th. Mitrakos).
• May 1998, 5^th Economic Policy Studies Conference, Economic Policy Studies Institute (IMOP), Athens, Greece. "The redistributive impact of public education in Greece" (with M. Antoninis).
• May 1998, 5^th Economic Policy Studies Conference, Economic Policy Studies Institute (IMOP), Athens, Greece. "Changes in inequality and poverty in Greece after 1974" (with Th. Mitrakos).
• March 1998, International Conference on "The contribution of a changing Greece to the European Union", London School of Economics, U.K. "Poverty and anti-poverty policies in Greece and comparisons with other Mediterranean EU member-states".
• December 1997, International Conference on "Welfare State Perspectives in Southern Europe", Athens, Greece. "Inequality and poverty in Greece".
• November 1997, 4^th Economic Policy Studies Conference, Economic Policy Studies Institute (IMOP), Athens, Greece. Discussant of Th. Magoula and G. Psacharopoulos "Returns to education in Greece".
• November 1997, Joint Departmental Seminar, Departments of Economics and International and European Economic Studies, Athens Graduate School of Business and Economics, Greece. "Aspects of poverty in Greece: A survey of recent empirical results".
• November 1997, International Conference on "The society of 2/3", Panteion University, Athens, Greece. "Economic inequalities and poverty in Greece: Quantitative dimensions of the problem", (with Th. Mitrakos and G. Panopoulou).
• October 1997, Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET) Meeting, Marseilles, France. "Decomposing inequality by population sub-groups: Evidence from a Greek Household Budget Survey", (with Th. Mitrakos).
• September 1997, International Conference on "Contemporary Economic Theory: Critical Perspectives", Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece. Discussant of J. Huffschmid "Is there any alternative for Europe to the current EMU project?".
• August 1997, 51^st Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Istanbul, Turkey. "An anatomy of inequality: Greece 1988", (with Th. Mitrakos).
• August 1997, 51^st Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Istanbul, Turkey. Discussant of L. Osberg and K. Xu "International Comparisons of poverty incidence: Index decomposition and inference".
• July 1997, 33^rd International Congress of Sociology, Cologne, Germany. Discussant of D. Avramov "Research on homelessness: State of the art and issues to be tackled".
• June 1997, International Conference on "Wealth, Inheritance and Intergenerational Transfers", University of Essex, U.K. "Prospects for research on asset holdings in Greece".
• May 1997, The European Institute, London School of Economics, U.K. "Aspects of poverty in Greece".
• April 1997, Conference on Formulation of Policies for the Future of the Greek Economy, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece. "The structure of economic inequalities in Greece", (with Th. Mitrakos).
• January 1997, Seminar on The State of the Debate on Social Protection for Dependency in Old age in the 15 EU Member-States and Norway, University of Leuven, Belgium. Discussant of Th. Georgakopoulos and J. Yfantopoulos "Recent developments in Greece".
• December 1996, Joint Departmental Seminar, Departments of Economics and International and European Economic Studies, Athens Graduate School of Business and Economics, Greece. "On the distributional impact of public education: evidence from Greece".
• December 1996, Joint Departmental Seminar, Departments of Economics and International and European Economic Studies, Athens Graduate School of Business and Economics, Greece. "An anatomy of inequality: Greece 1988".
• November 1996, 6^th Conference in memory of S. Karayiorgas, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. "Economic inequalities in Greece: Survey of evidence, methodological problems, trends and prospects" (with Th. Mitrakos).
• October 1996, International Conference on Household Savings and Portfolios in Developed and Emerging Markets, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. "The structure of inequality in Greece".
• August 1996, 24^th General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Lillehammer, Norway. "An anatomy of inequality: Greece 1988" (with T. Mitrakos).
• February 1996, International Conference on Comparing Social Welfare Systems in Southern Europe, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Discussant of E. Bandres and A. Cuenca "Annuities and transfers in Spanish Social Security pensions"
• January 1996, Departmental Seminar, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki. "Economic inequality in Greece: Regional and other aspects".
• January 1996, International Workshop on Institutional Reform and Political Economy of European Integration, CERGE (Charles University) and EI (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), Prague, Czech Republic. "Inequality and poverty estimates for Greece using alternative concepts of income and expenditure: Lessons for Transition Economies".
• December 1995, 11^th World Congress of the International Economic Association, Tunis, Tunisia. "Elderly and non-elderly in the European Union: A comparison of living standards".
• May 1995, 4^th Biennial International Conference of the European Community Studies Association, Charleston, SC, U.S.A. Discussant of the papers in the session "Problems of Southern EU member-states".
• August 1994, 23^rd General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, St. Andrew's, Canada. "Elderly and non-elderly in the European Union: A comparison of living standards".
• May 1994, International Conference on Economic Integration and Public Policy, York University, Canada. "Elderly and non-elderly in the European Communities: A comparison of living standards".
• May 1994, International Conference on The Socio-economic Impact of the Transition, CERGE (Charles University) and EI (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), Prague, Czech Republic. Discussant of T. Garner, M. Lubyova and K. Terrell "Changes in expenditure and income inequality in the Czech and Slovak Republics, 1989 vs 1992".
• April 1994, ASEG Project Seminar, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. "Elderly and non-elderly in the European Communities: A comparison of living standards".
• March 1994, European Seminar, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. "On the social consequences of the EMU: the case of Greece".
• October 1993, European Seminar, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. "Relative welfare position of elderly persons in EC member-states".
• September 1993, Departmental Seminar, Department of Economics, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal. "Changes in inequality in Greece in the 1970s and the 1980s".
• September 1993, International Conference on Geographies of Integration - Geographies of Inequality in a post-Maastrich Europe, Syros Island, Greece. "Inequality in the EC: How much between and how much within regions?".
• June 1993, International Conference on the Distribution of Economic Well-Being in the 1980s, Fiskebackskil, Sweden. "Changes in inequality in Greece in the 1970s and the 1980s".
• June 1993, International Conference on the Distribution of Economic Well-Being in the 1980s, Fiskebackskil, Sweden. Discussant of B. Gustafsson and E. Palmer "The development of the distribution of well-being in Sweden during the 70s and the 80s".
• November 1991, 3^rd Conference in memory of S. Karayiorgas, Panteion University, Athens, Greece. "Poverty in Greece: Methodological problems, survey of literature and possible future developments".
• November 1991, 3^rd Conference in memory of S. Karayiorgas, Panties Graduate School of Political Sciences, Athens, Greece. "Economic inequality in Greece: Intertemporal change and cross-section analysis" (with A. Livada).
• April 1991, Departmental Seminar, Department of Economics, Athens Graduate School of Business and Economics, Greece. "Measurement, decomposition and inter-temporal change in inequality: Greece 1974, 1982".
• September 1990, 5^th Congress of the European Economic Association, Lisbon, Portugal. "Measurement, decomposition and inter-temporal change in inequality: Greece 1974, 1982" (Chairman of session on "Income distribution, welfare, justice and poverty").
• June 1990, 4^th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, Istanbul, Turkey. "Estimation and comparison of two simple models of equivalence scales for the cost of children".
• March 1990, Royal Economic Society Conference, Nottingham, UK. "Estimation and comparison of two simple models of equivalence scales for the cost of children".
• December 1989, Departmental Seminar, Department of Economics, University of Hull, UK. "Estimating equivalence scales for the cost of children".
• October 1989, Seminar on Poverty Statistics in the European Community, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Discussant of M. Wolfson's "Poverty measurement in Canada".
• August 1989, 21^st General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Lahnstein, Germany. "Aspects of poverty in Greece".
• April 1989, Royal Economic Society Conference, Bristol, UK. "A family of decomposable poverty indices".
• February 1989, Staff Seminar, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK. "Measurement, decomposition and inter-temporal change in inequality: Greece 1974, 1982".
• August 1988, 3^rd Congress of the European Economic Association, Bologna, Italy. "A family of decomposable poverty indices".
• May 1987, ESRC Development Economics Study Group, London School of Economics, UK. "Estimating equivalence scales for the cost of children from microdata".
• February 1987, Development Economics Research Workshop, Department of Economics, University of Warwick, UK. "Estimation and comparison of the Engel, Rothbarth and Barten models of equivalence scales for the cost of children".

PUBLIC LECTURES

• May 1999, Centre of Planning and Economic Research and National Centre for Social Research, Athens, Greece "The distributional impact of social transfers: Greece and EU compared".
• October 1996, Central Bank of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, "On the distributional impact of public education: The case of Greece".
• December 1992, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. "Dangers arising from a two-speed Europe: the North-South division" (with I. Stratos, President of the Confederation of Greek Industries and L. Kanellopoulos, President of the Confederation of Greek Trade Unions).
 

RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY PROJECTS
 

• May 2000 – October 2000: "Employment option for the future: Actual and preferred working hours". Financed by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Project co-ordinator: Dr Mia Latta.
• May 2000 – December 2000: "Evaluation of the Greek National Action Plan for Employment 2000", financed by the European Union (DG V).
• February 1999 – January 2001: "Social Exclusion and Social Protection: The Future Role of the EU (EXSPRO)", TSER Project financed by the European Union. Project co-ordinator: Prof. I. Begg (South Bank University, U.K.).
• February 1999 – January 2001: "Public funding and private returns to education (PURE)", TSER Project financed by the European Union. Project co-ordinator: Dr. R. Asplund (ETLA, Finland).
• October 1998 – September 2001: "Poverty and social exclusion in Greece: Measurement, structure, inter-temporal changes and international comparisons", YPER Project financed by the Greek Secretariat for Research and Technology.
• April – August 1998: "Income distribution statistics for Greece: 1974-94", financed by the OECD. Project co-ordinator: Dr. M. Forster (OECD).
• February 1997 – January 2000: "Family structure, labour market participation and the dynamics of social exclusion", TSER Project financed by the European Union. Project co-ordinator: Prof. C. Heady (University of Bath, U.K.).
• September 1996 – December 1997 "Reform of the Moldovan Social Protection System with a particular attention to the Pension System". Project financed by the European Union (TACIS Program). Project co-ordinator: Dr P. Coates (Planet S.A.).
• January 1996 – December 1999: "Economic inequalities in Greece: Measurement, structure, inter-temporal changes and international comparisons", YPER Project financed by the Greek Secretariat for Research and Technology.
• January 1996 – December 2000: "EUROMOD: An Integrated European Benefit-Tax Model", TSER Project financed by the European Union. Project co-ordinator: Dr H. Sutherland (University of Cambridge, U.K.).
• January 1996 – December 1996: "Regional policies and poverty alleviation policies: Effectiveness and cost of two alternative approaches in the case of Greece", PENED Project financed by the Greek Secretariat for Research and Technology.
• May – September 1995: "Evaluation of the impact of structural policies on the economic and social cohesion of the European Union: the case of Greece", financed by the European Union (DG XVI). Project co-ordinator: Prof. A. Skouras (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece).
• January 1995 – December 1996: "Inequality and poverty in early transition economies: Comparisons with pre-transition period and with less developed EU countries", financed by the European Union (ACE Program). Project co-ordinator: Prof. M. Tegze (Charles University, Czech Republic).
• November 1993 – March 1994: "The social Consequences of the EMU: the case of Greece" (with Prof. N. Christodoulakis), financed by the European Parliament. Project co-ordinator: Dr I. Begg (University of Cambridge, U.K.).
• September – December 1993: "Living standards of elderly persons in Greece", financed by the Volkswagen-Stiftung. Project director: Prof. R. Hauser (University of Frankfurt, Germany).
• July – December 1993: "The impact of the EC R&D policy in Greece", financed by the Confederation of Greek Industries. Project director: Prof. Y. Katsoulakos (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece).
• January 1992 – June 1993: "Living conditions of the elderly in EC countries on the eve of the single market", financed by the European Communities (EUROSTAT).
• October 1990 – March 1991: "A comparison of poverty rate estimates using expenditure and income data", financed by the European Communities (EUROSTAT).
• July – October 1990: "Monitoring the living conditions of the least privileged in the European Community", financed by the European Communities (EUROSTAT). Project director: Prof. R. Teekens (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands).

"Aspects of Inequality and Poverty in Greece: 1974, 1982" (Ph. D. dissertation)

1. Atkinson A. B. "Poverty, statistics and progress in Europe", in R. Teekens and B. S. M. van Praag (eds) Analysing poverty in the European Community, Eurostat, Luxembourg, 1990.
2. Haddad L. and Kanbur R. "How serious is the neglect of intra-household inequality?", Economic Journal 100, 1990, pp. 866-881.
3. Atkinson A. B. Incomes and the Welfare State, Cambridge University Press, 1995.

1. Lipton M. and Ravallion M. "Poverty and Policy" in J. Behrman and T. N. Srinivasan Handbook of Development Economics Vol. 3B, North Holland 1995.
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