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Posts by Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Stock taking: Where is the Greek economy now?
The summer month of August is a good moment to sit back and reflect on the broader underlying events in our daily lives.[1] This also holds true for thinking about the macroeconomy of Greece. We can ponder and look at developments from a certain vantage point to ascertain what developments are probably transient and passing, and which ones are more durable and structural.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Politics (332), Economy (288), Greece (435)
Labour compensation and productivity in the EU-27 and Greece
This blog 7 concludes our three-part series on the crucial items of productivity and productivity growth by adding a further characteristic, namely comparing productivity per hour worked in the EU-27 and in Greece, and linking this to wages.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Economy (288), Society (108), Greece (435)
Productivity developments in the Greek public and private sector
In Blog 5 for Macropolis, we demonstrated that in Greece the government employment trend, in relative terms, is outstripping the hiring trend in the private sector almost irrespective of the economic cycle.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Economy (288), Greece (435)
The allocation of labor resources in Greece and the EU-27
Greece is trying to boost growth in real GDP and to transform the country into a more efficient and effective generator of economic wellbeing for its population.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (251), Politics (332), Economy (288), Greece (435)
Has external competitiveness been fixed in Greece?
This fourth blog in our series about the state of the Greek economy for Macropolis aims to improve our understanding of competitiveness, its drivers and the way it is measured. Greece continues to be in a process of economic adjustment, made even more pronounced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Economy (288), Greece (435)