This article examines the effects of the economic crisis and the institutional reforms undertaken in the Greek private sector labour market using Social Security Fund (IKA) data. The data used are classified by the number of insured employees, their wages as well as the number of active firms....

The paper challenges the accuracy of the high rates of uninsured employment i.e., one in three, that emerge from the investigations of the Inspectorate of Labour, because they are based on biased samples. Comparing those insured with the Social Security Foundation (IKA) with those estimated from...

This paper, using data from the Labour Force survey, examines the decline of employment by sector of economic activity as well as the size and profile of the corresponding worker flows since the beginning of the recent financial crisis. It shows that the 433,500 employment losses until spring...