A Race to the Bottom: Measuring Income Loss and Poverty in Greece

Vlassis Missos, Nikolaos Rodousakis and George Soklis

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Abstract: More than a decade after the 2009 crisis, the standards of living of the Greek population are still contracting and the prospects are gloomy. In this policy note, Vlassis Missos, Research Associate Nikolaos Rodousakis, and George Soklis deal with how to approach the measurement of income loss and poverty in Greece and argue for the use of household disposable income (HDI) in estimating adjustments, which offers a more accurate appreciation of the burden falling on the Greek population. They underline the significance of replacing a "southern-European model" of social protection with a passive safety net model--and the centrality to the latter model of embracing ideas of internal devaluation and fiscal consolidation--and suggest a better measure of poverty, for the case of Greece specifically and in general for developed economies in which front-loaded neoliberal policies are imposed. Finally, they comment on the sacrifice that would be required if fiscal discipline were to return in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Date: 2022-04
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