Archive for September, 2011


Research on Corruption

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

Other Countries:

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.

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).

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Community Data

Local and Regional Data from England and Scotland: