Crisis, adjustment and resilience in the Greek labour market: an unemployment decomposition approach

Monastiriotis, Vassilis and Martelli, Angelo (2021) Crisis, adjustment and resilience in the Greek labour market: an unemployment decomposition approach. International Regional Science Review, 44 (1). pp. 85-112. ISSN 0160-0176

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Abstract

The crisis in Greece led to one of the largest economic shocks in European history. Drawing on micro-data from the Greek Labour Force Survey, we utilise standard micro-econometric methods and non-linear decomposition techniques to measure the size of the shock exerted on the Greek regional and national labour markets and the compositional and price adjustments in response to this. We find elements of economic dynamism, with some sizeable price adjustments in the economy of the Greek capital, Athens; but overall our results show that compositional adjustments (in labour quality/characteristics) have been partial and limited, becoming stronger only in the more recent recovery. Our results suggest a significant metropolitan advantage with regard to economic resilience, coming predominantly from a more efficient functioning of the labour market in metropolitan areas vis-a-vis other regions. Our use of the decomposition techniques for the analysis of macro-level developments in the labour market offers a novel perspective to the application of the decomposition methodology.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://journals.sagepub.com/home/irx
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Authors
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2020 08:36
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 16:34
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106209

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