Unemployment Persistence Mechanisms and Stabilisation Policy: Greece on the Way to EMU.

The unemployment rate in Greece rose from a mere 2.2% in the 1970s to 6.4% in the 1980s and 10% approximately in the mid-1990s. Currently, it gravitates around that level. In this paper we present the stylized facts of unemployment in Greece and examine the causes of its abrupt increse in the early 1980s and 1990s.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Demopoulos, G.D. ; Kapopoulos, P.T. ; Lazaretou, S.
Institutions:	Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)
Subject:	UNEMPLOYMENT \| ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

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Series:	Athens University of Economics and Business.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	18 pages
Classification:	J60 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies. General ; E60 - Macroeconomic Policy Formation, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, Macroeconomic Policy, and General Outlook. General ; F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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