CURRICULUM VITAE. EDUCATION Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K. (Oct Jan 1989)

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Panos TSAKLOGLOU Date of birth: 17 April 1960 Nationality: Greek Sex: Male Institutional Address: Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 76 Patission Str., Athens GREECE Telephone Number: (+30) Fax Number: (+30) home page: EDUCATION Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K. (Oct Jan 1989) Degree: Ph.D. in Economics. Thesis: "Aspects of Inequality and Poverty in Greece: 1974, 1982" Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K. (Oct Sep 1984) Degree: M.A. in Economics. Dissertation: "Economic Development and Income Inequality" Department of Economics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece (Oct Jan 1983). Degree: B.A. in Economics. EMPLOYMENT 2003 to date Professor, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece Associate Professor, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece Assistant Professor, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece Independent Consultant, working for Eurostat, Luxembourg Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K Resident Tutor, Rootes Hall, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K Teaching tutorials in Economics (micro and macro), University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K. DISTINCTIONS - OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2011 to date Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, European Institute, London School of Economics, U.K to date Member of Editorial Board Journal of Economic Inequality 2005 (Jan-Jun) Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, European Institute, London School of Economics, U.K Head, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business to date Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany Council Member, European Society for Population Economics (Feb-Aug) Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, U.K to date Member of Editorial Board Review of Income and Wealth Member of Editorial Board Economic Policy Studies (Meletes Oeconomikis Politikis) Board member, Athens Institute of Economic Policy Studies (IMOP).

2 (April) Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain (ERASMUS Program) (Jan-Feb) Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Warwick, U.K. (ERASMUS Program) (Jun-Jul) Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Charles University, Czech Republic (TEMPUS Program) to date Research Fellow, Athens Institute of Economic Policy Studies (IMOP) Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Bristol (Jul-Aug) Participated in the "2nd Luxembourg Income Study Summer Workshop", Walferdange, Luxembourg (Ford Foundation Fellow) Awarded a post-graduate scholarship by the "Alexander S. Onassis Foundation" Awarded a post-graduate scholarship by the "Greek State Scholarships Foundation" (Jul-Aug) Participated in the "15th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection", University of Essex (Sponsored by a grant provided by the European Consortium for Political Research) Awarded under-graduate scholarships by the "Greek State Scholarships Foundation". ADVISORY POSTS HELD 2009 to date Head of Social Policy Unit in Prime Minister s Office Member of EU Economic Policy Committee 2009 to date Member of the Council of Economic Advisors of the Greek Government to date External Consultant, Bank of Greece Member of the Independent Authority for the Evaluation of Tertiary Education in Greece Member of the Council of Economic Advisors of the Greek Government Board member, Centre for Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) to date Member of the National Council for Research and Technology (Division of Humanities and Social Sciences), Ministry of Economic Development, General Secretariat for Research and Technology Member of the Council of Advisors on Employment and Social Policy of the Greek Government Member of Eurostat s panel of experts on Poverty Statistics. PUBLICATIONS I. Books Distributional effects of non-cash incomes in Greece, INE-GSEE, Athens, 2010 (with C. Koutsambelas, in Greek) Poverty dynamics in Greece, INE-GSEE, Athens, 2010 (with E. Andriopoulou, in Greek). Poverty in Greece: Similarities and differences using alternative approaches, INE-GSEE, Athens, 2008 (with G. Dafermos, A. Theofilakou and C. Mavrodimitrakis, in Greek). Social exclusion in European Welfare States, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002 (with R. Muffels and D. Mayes (eds)) Poverty and social exclusion in Europe, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002 (with M. Barnes, C. Heady, S. Middleton, J. Millar, F. Papadopoulos and G. Room). II. Articles Earnings Determination and Taxes: Evidence From a Cohort-Based Payroll Tax Reform in Greece, Quarterly Journal of Economics 127, 2012, pp (with M. Matsaganis and E. Saez). Distributional effects of imputed rents in five European countries, Journal of Housing Economics 19, 2010, pp (with J.R. Frick, M.M. Grabka and T. Smeeding). Determinants of hourly wages in the Greek labour market (with emphasis on the wages of tertiary education graduates), Economic Bulletin of the Bank of Greece 34, 2010, pp 7-42 (with I Cholezas and T. Mitrakos, in Greek).

3 3 Determinants of youth unemployment in Greece, with emphasis on tertiary education graduates, Economic Bulletin of the Bank of Greece 33, 2010, pp (with I Cholezas and T. Mitrakos, in Greek). The distributional impact of in kind public benefits in European countries, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 29, 2010, pp (with A. Paulus and H. Sutherland). The economic impact of immigration in Greece: taking stock of the existing evidence, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 9, 2009, pp (with I. Cholezas). Modelling household expenditure on health care in Greece, European Journal of Health Economics 10, 2009, pp (with T. Mitrakos and M. Matsaganis). Short run distributional effects of public education transfers in seven European countries, Education Economics 16, 2008, pp (with T. Callan and T. Smeeding). Reforming family transfers in Southern Europe: Is there a role for universal child benefits?, Social Policy and Society 5, 2006, pp (with M. Matsaganis, C. O Donoghue, H. Levy, M. Coromaldi, M. Mercader-Prats, C.F. Rodrigues and S. Toso). Aggregate level and determining factors of social exclusion in twelve European countries, Journal of European Social Policy 12, 2002, pp (with F. Papadopoulos). Indicators of social cohesion in the European Union: Thoughts and suggestions, Politica Economica 18, 2002, pp The distributional impact of social transfers in the EU: Evidence from the ECHP, Fiscal Studies 22, 2001, pp (with C. Heady and Th. Mitrakos). Who benefits from public education in Greece? Evidence and policy implications, Education Economics 9, 2001, pp (with M. Antoninis). Eliminating extreme poverty in Greece, Journal of Income Distribution 10, 2001, pp (with M. Matsaganis and F. Papadopoulos). The redistributive impact of the Greek public education system, Meletes Oekonomikis Politikis 5, 2000, pp (with M. Antoninis, in Greek) Changes in aggregate inequality and poverty in Greece after the restoration of democracy, Meletes Oekonomikis Politikis 5, 2000, pp 1-52 (with Th. Mitrakos, in Greek) Decomposing inequality under alternative concepts of resources: Greece 1988, Journal of Income Distribution 8, 2000, pp , (with Th. Mitrakos). Fertility and economic development: theoretical considerations and cross-country evidence, Applied Economics 31, 1999, pp (with G. Panopoulou). The redistributive impact of excise duties, Economic Bulletin of the Bank of Greece 13, 1999, pp (with Th. Mitrakos, in Greek). On the distributional impact of public education: evidence from Greece, Economics of Education Review 18, 1999, pp (with M. Antoninis). On the distributional impact of excise duties: Evidence from Greece, Public Finance/Finances Publiques 53, 1998, pp (with Th. Mitrakos). Who are the poor in Greece? Analysing poverty under alternative concepts of resources and equivalence scales, Journal of European Social Policy 8, 1998, pp (with G. Panopoulou). An anatomy of inequality: Greece 1988, Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute 57, 1997, pp (with Th. Mitrakos). "Elderly and non-elderly in the European Union: A comparison of living standards", Review of Income and Wealth 42, 1996, pp "Zur lage der alten in Griechenland: Eine empirische analyse", Sozialer Fortschritt 44, 1995, pp (with S. Nitis). "A family of decomposable poverty indices", Rivista Internationale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali 41, 1994, pp "Aspects of inequality in Greece: Measurement, decomposition and inter-temporal change: 1974, 1982", Journal of Development Economics 40, 1993, pp "Inequality and welfare in EEC countries", Bulletin of Economic Research 44, 1992, pp "Multivariate decomposition of inequality: Greece 1974, 1982", Greek Economic Review 14, 1992, pp "Estimation and comparison of two simple models of equivalence scales for the cost of children", Economic Journal 101, 1991, pp

4 4 "Aspects of poverty in Greece", Review of Income and Wealth 36, 1990, pp "Some methodological problems in the measurement of poverty", Review of Social Studies 73A, 1990, pp (in Greek). "Economic development and the income of the poor: A comment", American Journal of Economics and Sociology 49, 1990, pp "Measurement and decomposition of inequality by population subgroups: A survey and an example", Spoudai Quarterly Economic Journal 39, 1989, pp "Development and inequality revisited", Applied Economics 20, 1988, pp "Economic development and income inequality: some new evidence", Spoudai Quarterly Economic Journal 35, 1985, pp III. Chapters in books Accounting for the distributional effects of non-cash public transfers in five European countries, forthcoming in K. Couch and D.J. Besharov (eds) European Measures of Income and Poverty: Lessons for the U.S., Oxford University Press, New York, 2012 (with H. Sutherland). Education as a Screening Mechanism: Evidence from Contemporary Greece», forthcoming in N. Vettas, T. Lianos and N. Baltas (eds) Policy Studies for the Greek and International Economy, Sideris, Athens, 2012 (with I. Cholezas). Analyzing and Comparing the Impact of Alternative Concepts of Resources in Distributional Studies: Greece, 2004/5, pp in S. Balfoussias, P. Hatzipanayotou and C. Kanellopoulos (eds) Essays in Economics: Applied Studies on the Greek Economy, KEPE, Athens, Education and inequality in Greece (with emphasis on tertiary education, pp in POSDEP The University in the 21 st century: Vision, problems and prospects, Plethron, Athens (in Greek, with C. Koutsambelas). Unemployment, wages and private returns to education in Greece (with emphasis on tertiary education graduates), pp in POSDEP The University in the 21 st century: Vision, problems and prospects, Plethron, Athens (in Greek, with T. Mitrakos and I. Cholezas). Graduates and the labour market, pp in The Greek labour market Characteristics, recent developments and future challnges, Bank of Greece, Athens, 2010 (with T. Mitrakos and I. Cholezas, in Greek). Poverty and inequality in Greece: What do the data show?, pp in S. Koniordos and N. Fotopoulos (eds) Poverty, inequality and education in the framework of globalization, KANEP-GSEE, Athens, 2010 (with T. Mitrakos, in Greek). Earnings inequality in Europe: Structure and patterns of inter-temporal changes, pp in P. Dolton, R. Asplund and E. Barth (eds), Education and inequality across Europe, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2009 (with I. Cholezas). Social exclusion in the EU: Quantitative estimates and determining factors, in F. Comim, M. Qizilbash and S. Alkire The capability approach: Concepts, Measures and Applications, pp , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge etc., 2008 (with F. Papadopoulos). Pension incomes in the European Union: Policy reform strategies in comparative perspective, in O. Bargain (ed) Research in Labor Economics Vol. 25: Microsimulation in action: policy analysis in Europe using EUROMOD, pp 27-71, Elsevier, Amsterdam etc., 2006 (with D. Mantovani, F. Papadopoulos and H. Sutherland). Family transfers and child poverty in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, in O. Bargain (ed) Research in Labor Economics Vol. 25: Microsimulation in action: policy analysis in Europe using EUROMOD, pp , Elsevier, Amsterdam etc., 2006 (with M. Matsaganis, C. O Donoghue, H. Levy, M. Coromaldi, M. Mercader-Prats, C.F. Rodrigues and S. Toso). Inequality and Poverty in Greece in the last quarter of the twentieth century, in E. Mossialos and M. Petmesidou (eds) Social Policy in Greece, pp , Ashgate, Aldershot, 2006 (with Th. Mitrakos). Child poverty and family transfersin Southern Europe, in A. Spadaro (ed.) Microsimulation as a tool for the evaluation of public policies: Methods and applications, pp , Fundacion BBVA, Bilbao, 2006 (with M. Matsaganis, C. O Donoghue, H. Levy, M. Coromaldi, M. Mercader-Prats, C.F. Rodrigues and S. Toso). Education and inequality in Greece: A literature review, in Asplund, R. and E. Barth (eds) Education and Wage Inequality in Europe: A literature review, pp , ETLA, Helsinki, 2005, (with I. Cholezas).

5 5 Economic inequality and poverty in Greece: Structure and intertemporal changes in D. Venieris and Ch. Papatheodorou (eds) Social Policy in Greece: Challenges and Perspectives, pp , Ellinika Grammata, Athens, 2003 (with Th. Mitrakos, in Greek). The risk of multi-dimensional disadvantage and social exclusion during four life stages in a dynamic perspective: Evidence from the ECHP, in E. Apospori and J. Millar (eds) The dynamics of social exclusion in Europe: an analysis of Austria, Germany, Greece, Portugal and the UK, pp 16-40, Edward Edgar, Cheltenham, L impatto distributivo della spasa pubblica per assistenza nell Europa Meridionale, in V. Atella (ed.) The 2002 CNEL Report, pp , Consiglio Nazionale Dell Economia e del Lavoro, Rome, 2002 (with C. O'Donoghue, J. Albuquerque, M. Baldini, O. Bargain, P. Bosi, H. Levy, D. Mantovani, M. Matsaganis, M. Mercader-Prats, C. Rodrigues, S. Toso, and I. Terraz). Esclusione sociale: Una comparazione nei 15 paesi dell UE, in V. Atella (ed.) The 2002 CNEL Report, pp , Consiglio Nazionale Dell Economia e del Lavoro, Rome, 2002 (with C. D Ambrosio and F. Papadopoulos). Empirical approaches to analysing social exclusion in European Welfare States, in R. Muffels, P. Tsakloglou and D. Mayes (eds) Social Exclusion in European Welfare States, pp 1-18, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002 (with R. Muffels). Identifying population groups at high risk of social exclusion, in R. Muffels, P. Tsakloglou and D. Mayes (eds) Social Exclusion in European Welfare States, pp , Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002 (with F. Papadopoulos). Social exclusion at the crossroads of EU employment and inclusion policies, in R. Muffels, P. Tsakloglou and D. Mayes (eds) Social Exclusion in European Welfare States, pp , Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002 (with I. Begg and R. Muffels). Poverty, material deprivation, multi-dimensional disadvantage during four life-stages: Evidence from the ECHP, in M. Barnes, C. Heady, S. Middleton, J. Millar, F. Papadopoulos, G. Room and P. Tsakloglou Poverty and social exclusion in Europe, pp 24-52, Edward Edgar, Cheltenham 2002 (with F. Papadopoulos). Social exclusion and social policy in Greece, in D. Mayes, R. Salais and J. Berghman (eds) Social Exclusion and European Policy, pp , Edward Edgar, Cheltenham, 2001 (with M. Matsaganis). Greece, in C. Harmon, I. Walker and N. Westergaard-Nielsen (eds) Education and Earnings in Europe, pp , Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2001 (with I. Cholezas). 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 , Ashgate, Aldershot, Economic inequalities and poverty in Greece: Quantitative dimensions of the problem, in Th. Pakos (ed.) The 2/3 society, pp , Panteion University Press, Athens 2000 (with Th. Mitrakos and G. Panopoulou, in Greek). 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 , ETLA, Helsinki, 1999 (with I. Cholezas). Is there an alternative for Europe to the current EMU project? Comments on Huffschmid, in A. Vlachou (ed.) Contemporary economic theory: Radical critiques to neoliberalism, pp , 1999, MacMillan, London (also in Greek, Typothito, Athens, 1999). Inequality and poverty in Greece, in M. Matsaganis (ed.) The future of Welfare State in Southern Europe, pp , 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 , 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 , 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 , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge - New York - Melbourne, Social Policy, in Th. Georgakopoulos and E. Tsakalotos (eds) Economic Policies of the European Union, pp , Stamoulis, Athens 1996 (in Greek).

6 6 "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 , Edward Elgar, "A critical evaluation of empirical investigations of the phenomenon of poverty in Greece", in N. Petralias (ed.) Dimensions of Social Policy today, pp , 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 , Sakis Karayiorgas Foundation, Athens, 1993 (with A. Livada, in Greek). IV. Discussion Papers - Mimeos Short run distributional effects of public education transfers in Greece, IZA Discussion Paper 6283, 2012 (with C. Koutsampelas) Inequality, poverty and welfare: From the restoration of democracy to the current crisis, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business (mimeo, with T. Mitrakos, in Greek) Once poor, always poor? Do initial conditions matter? Evidence from the ECHP, IZA Discussion Paper 5971, 2011 (with Eirini Andriopoulou). The Determinants of Poverty Transitions in Europe and the Role of Duration Dependence, IZA Discussion Paper 5692, 2011 (with Eirini Andriopoulou). Accurate income measurement for the assessment of public policies EUROMOD Working Paper EM7/09. University of Essex, 2009 (with H. Sutherland, A. Decoster, and M. Matsaganis). Gender earnings differentials in the Greek labour market, unpublished manuscript, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2008 (with I. Cholezas). Aggregate distributional effects of non- cash incomes in Greece, unpublished manuscript, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2008 (with C. Koutsambelas). Distributional effects of public health care transfers in seven European countries, unpublished manuscript, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2008 (with T. Smeeding and G. Verbist). Once poor, always poor? Do initial conditions matter? Evidence from the ECHP, unpublished manuscript, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2008 (with Eirini Andriopoulou). The employability of teriary education graduates: Conceptual approaches and a review of the international and Greek empirical literature, unpublished manuscript, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2008 (with I Cholezas, in Greek). Distributional effects of public education transfers in Greece, unpublished manuscript, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2007 (with C. Koutsambelas). Health Services in Greece and the distributional impact of in-kind public transfers in Greece, unpublished manuscript, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2007 (with C. Koutsambelas). Estimates of imputed rents and their distributional impact in Greece, unpublished manuscript, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2007 (with C. Koutsambelas). Distributional effects of consumption of own production and fringe benefits: Greece 2004, unpublished manuscript, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2007 (with C. Koutsambelas). Inequality, poverty and social welfare in Greece: A thirty-year story, unpublished manuscript, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2007 (with T. Mitrakos). Inequality, poverty and cash transfers in the EU in a longitudinal perspective, mimeo, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies, 2006, (with F. Papadopoulos). EUROMOD Country Report: Greece 1998, mimeo, University of Essex, 2004 (with M. Matsaganis).

7 7 EUROMOD Country Report: Greece 2001, mimeo, University of Essex, 2004 (with M. Matsaganis). Social Exclusion and Social Protection in the European Union: Policy Issues and Proposals for the Future Role of the EU, 2001, European Institute, South Bank University, London (with I. Begg, J. Berghman, Y. Chassard, P. Kosonen, P.K. Madsen, M. Matsaganis, D. Mayes, R. Muffels, and R. Salais). Indicators of social exclusion in EUROMOD, University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Economics, EUROMOD Discussion Paper Series No EM8/01, 2001 (with F. Papadopoulos). Actual and preferred working hours Greece, Background paper for the research project Employment Options of the Future, Dublin, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2000 (with M. Katsimi). 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). "A comparison of poverty rate estimates using expenditure and income data", Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No 71, "Forecasting poverty in the EEC", University of Bristol, Department of Economics Discussion Paper No 91/289, "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, V. Book Reviews T Giannitsis (ed) The Greek Economy: Crucial issues of economic policy (Alpha Bank, Athens, 2007), Epistimi kai Koinonia 20, 2008 (in Greek). VI. Other Publications Asset management in Social Insurance Organisations, pp in A. Stergiou amd T. Sakellaropoulos (eds) Social insurance reform, Dionikos, Athens, 2010 (in Greek). For a new architecture of the pension system, pp in A. Stergiou amd T. Sakellaropoulos (eds) Social insurance reform, Dionikos, Athens, 2010 (in Greek). Quality assurance in Greek Universities: Challenges and prospects, pp in A. Dimtropoulos, N. Maraveyias and A. Mitsos (eds) The University today: facets of crisis and steps of adjustment, Themelio, Athens, 2010 (with S. Katsikas and V. Papazoglou, in Greek). "Public and non-public universities, pp in T. Veremis and V. Papazisis (eds) A discourse on tertiary education, Papazisis Publishing, Athens, 2007 (in Greek). CONFERENCES RESEARCH SEMINARS 128 presentations in international conferences and seminars and eleven 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 European Society of Labour Economists, Society for Social Choice and Welfare, 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). RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY PROJECTS Participated in a large number of research and consultancy projects, most of them financed by international organisations 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. CITATIONS 558 citations (excluding own or co-author citations) in non-greek journal articles and books (h-index=14; Harzing s h-index: 18). Among others, cited in works of A.K. Sen, A.B. Atkinson, F. Bourguignon, R. Kanbur, M. Lipton, M. Ravallion, J.E. Foster, G. Esping-Andersen, G. Psacharopoulos, A. Shorrocks, P. Lambert and A. Glyn.

8 8 REFEREEING Acted as academic referee for the following journals: Bulletin of Economic Research (once), Capital and Class (three times), Contemporary Economic Policy (once), Social Cohesion and Development (once), Demography (once), Eastern Economic Journal (once), Economic and Social Review (once), Economic Issues (once), Economic Journal (once), Economics of Education Review (once), Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training (once), European Urban and Regional Studies (once), Greek Review of Political Research (once), International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research (once), International Journal of Manpower (once), Journal of Applied Statistics (once), Journal of Development Economics (once), Journal of Economic Inequality (seven times), Journal of European Social Policy (four times), Journal of Human Development (once), Journal of Income Distribution (once), Journal of Population Economics (twice), Journal of Public Economics (five times), Journal of Rural Studies (once), Labour Economics (once), Policy and Politics (once), Research in Labor Economics (once), Review of Income and Wealth (twenty one times), Scandinavian Journal of Economics (once), Spanish Economic Review (once), South Eastern European Journal of Economics (twice), Vima Oeconomikon Epistimon (once), World Bank Economic Review (once). World Development (once). Refereeing for books published by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, MIT Press, MacMillan, Edrward Elgar and Ashgate. Further, acted as evaluator for research proposals for the European Union, the World Bank, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC-UK), the Ministries of Development and Labour (Greece), the Research Promotion Foundation (Cyprus), IRISS (Luxembourg) and the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office. CONFERENCE ORGANISATION Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET) 2005 Conference, Crete, Member of the Programme Committee. 15 th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), Athens, Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee. Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET) 2001 Conference, Crete, Member of the Programme Committee. International Conference on Unemployment, Poverty and Social Exclusion in the European Union, Athens Co-chairman of the Programme Committee. 5 th Economic Policy Studies Conference, Economic Policy Studies Institute (IMOP), Athens, Chairman of the Programme Committee. LANGUAGES Greek (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (poor).

9 9 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). Labour Economics (Determinants of unemployment). 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). I. Cholezas: Private returns to education in Greece and the EU (awarded, December 2005). E. Andriopoulou Poverty dynamics in the EU: (awarded, April 2009). C. Koutsambelas The distributional effects of non-cash incomes in Greece, 2004 (awarded, October 2009)