Organised by
Yale MacMillan Center - Hellenic Studies Program
in collaboration with
The Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research - IOBE
About the Conference
The Inaugural Hellenic Policy Papers Conference
Jointly organized by the Yale Hellenic Studies Program and the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE), this elite, single-day academic forum is styled after the prestigious Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.
The conference brings together leading Greek academics from the diaspora with their counterparts in Greece, alongside key policymakers and core researchers. By presenting and debating high-impact commissioned papers, the forum fosters an independent, data-driven dialogue on the most crucial economic and structural challenges facing Greece and Europe today.
Policy Papers
Download and review the official research papers presented at the HPP Conference 2026.
The 2019 Increase in the Greek Minimum Wage: Evidence on Wages, Employment, and Firm Reallocation
Authors: Efi Adamopoulou, Manolis Galenianos, Nicholas Giannakopoulos, Ioannis Laliotis
We study the labor market effects of the 11% increase in the Greek National Minimum Wage implemented in February 2019. The reform marked a major reversal of the labor market adjustments introduced during the Greek sovereign debt crisis, including the large reduction in the minimum wage enacted in 2012...
Public Education in Greece: What the Data Say
Authors: Sofoklis Goulas, Faidra Monachou
This paper provides a data-driven portrait of public education in Greece, documenting a series of stylized facts on learning trajectories, educational choices, university admissions, and student behavior. Drawing on newly linked administrative data that follow students across secondary education...
AI and the Labour Market in Greece
Authors: Evangelos V. Dioikitopoulos, Maria M. Mexi, Konstantinos Pouliakas, Stylianos Rousalis, Christianna Sintou
This paper provides the first causal estimates of the effects of artificial intelligence on labour market outcomes in Greece, exploiting the natural experiment created by the public release of ChatGPT in November 2022. Using large-scale supply- and demand-side data from the Greek labour market...
Agenda
Conference presentations feature expert discussants. Full list: Conference Organisers & Panelists.
09:30
Registration & Welcoming Coffee
10:00
The 2019 Increase in the Greek Minimum Wage: Evidence on Wages, Employment, and Firm Reallocation
Manolis Galenianos (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Efi Adamopoulou (ZEW, University of Mannheim & CEPR), Nikolaos Giannakopoulos (University of Patras), Ioannis Laliotis (University of Patras)
Discussant: David Lagakos (Boston University)
11:45
Coffee Break
12:15
Public Education in Greece: What the Data Say
Sofoklis Goulas (Yale University), Fraidra Monachou (Yale University, School of Management)
Discussant: Costas Meghir (Yale University)
13:45
Lunch Break
14:45
AI and the Labour Market in Greece
Evangelos V. Dioikitopoulos (AUEB)
Maria M. Mexi (Geneva Graduate Institute), Konstantinos Pouliakas (CEDEFOP), Stylianos Rousalis (PhD Student (Fall 2026), Princeton University), Christianna Sintou (PostDoc AUEB & Ministry of Labour)
Discussant: Elias Papaioannou (London Business School)
16:15
Concluding Remarks & Discussion on the Greek Economy
17:00
End of Conference
Contact
(+30) 210 9211233
(+30) 210 9211274
info@iobe.gr