20 September 2011

Research on Corruption

I offer some links that can be useful on corruption related research:

19 September 2011

Other Countries (Non EU-US-Canada)

Other Countries:



8 September 2011

Data for Greece only

Thanks to a recent paper that I had to write on Greece I managed to collect a broad but very useful selection on public agencies that publish statistics related to the Greek social, economic and political environment.


Greek Data suffer usually from bias and sometimes especially for the years 2004-2007 their validity has been questioned by Eurostat. Hence a user of the statistics should be aware of potential problems that might be caused due to the non-scientific collection of the data from the various statistical bodies in Greece.


Having said that I will offer a list of the useful agencies that i have retrieved, stating the type of statistics each body publishes.



3 September 2011

The effects of the IMF era on Greece - by Manos Matsaganis and Chrysa Leventi

Greek financial crisis has alarming effect on poverty levels


21 August 2011


 


New research from members of ISER’s EUROMOD project shows that levels of poverty among the Greek population have risen alarmingly since the financial crisis hit last year. The research concludes that policies to reduce Greece’s deficit need to be redesigned and stresses the importance of fighting tax evasion.

The research by Manos Matsaganis and Chrysa Leventi from the Athens University of Economics and Businessshows that as a result of the austerity measures and the wider recession in Greece, relative poverty (as measured conventionally, by reference to a poverty threshold of 60% of median incomes) has increased from 20.1% in 2009 to 20.9% to 2010. Extreme poverty (measured by reference to a threshold of 40% of median incomes) has followed a similar pattern, rising from 7.3% to 8.0%.

The researchers say that while these figures may appear unimpressive, poverty was shown to have risen to 25.5% if anchored in pre-crisis terms (measured by reference to a threshold of 60% of median incomes in 2009, adjusted for inflation). They argue that the latter indicator is better suited to periods of rapid change in living standards, better approximating the experience of impoverishment when nominal incomes fall and prices rise (as was the case in Greece in 2010 relative to 2009).

2 September 2011

Community Data

Local and Regional Data from England and Scotland:

 

1 September 2011

Iceland has won - by Krugman

September 1, 2011, 9:01 AM

Iceland Exits




Iceland is no longer under an IMF program; here’s the IMF report (pdf) pronouncing the adjustment program successful. Indeed. Iceland still has high unemployment and is a long way from a full recovery; but it’s no longer in crisis, it has regained access to international capital markets, and has done all that with its society intact.

And it has done all that with very heterodox policies — debt repudiation, capital controls, and currency depreciation. It was as close as you can get to the polar opposite of the gold standard. And it has worked.

 

The original article on: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/iceland-exits/