Prof. Harry Papapanagos

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Professor Harry Papapanagos Department of Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies University of Macedonia, 156 Egnatia Str, Thessaloniki, 540 06, Greece Telephone: +302310891471 Fax: +302310891377 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Date of Birth: 23 November 1963 Marital Status: Single, No Children Citizenship: Greek and British Languages: English, French, Greek

HIGHER EDUCATION

1988 - 1993: UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX – DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

PhD in Economics.

Thesis Title: On the Analysis of Tax Reform: A Microsimulation Tax-Benefit Model for Greece.

Supervisors: A. F. Shorrocks και M. J. Keen

1985 - 1987: UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

MA in Economics

Dissertation Title: «The Analysis of Tax Reform»

1981 - 1985: UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

BA in Economics 2(i)

1983 - 1985: GREEK PRODUCTIVITY CENTER – COMPUTING DEPARTMENT

Diploma in Computer Science

HONOURS AND AWARDS

1982-1983: Students Honours, Organisation of ERGATIKI ESTIA.

1984-1985: Students Honours, Organisation of ERGATIKI ESTIA.

1986-1987: Students Honours, SCHILIZZI FOUNDATION.

APPOINTMENTS

20/12/99 – today

- Professor of Economics of Transition, Department of Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

- Honorary Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

01/11/02 - today

External Faculty Member of the Academic Program ‘Business and Organisations Management’, Hellenic Open University

19/09/00 - 19/12/02

Acting President of the Department of Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

01/09/93 - 20/12/99

Lecturer in Economics, Senior Scale B (permanent position), Tenured on 31^st August 1995. University of Kent at Canterbury, Department of Economics

01/06/91 - 31/08/93

Lecturer in Economics, Scale A (permanent position), The Queen’s University of Belfast, Department of Economics

01/10/90 - 30/05/91

Teaching Instructor in Economics, University of Essex, Department of Economics

(British Household Panel Study, Research Centre of the Economic and Social Research Council (Economic and Social Research Council-ESRC, UK)

01/09/88 - 30/05/90

Teaching Assistant in Economics, University of Essex, Department of Economics

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Macedonia 1999 – TODAY

- Economics of Transition I and ΙΙ (third year, 2000 - )

- Economic Analysis Ι - Microeconomics (second year, 2000 - )

- Quantitative Methods Ι – Mathematics (first year, 2000 - )

- Introduction to East European Studies (first year, 2003-2004)

- Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies, (first year, 2003-2004)

- Introduction to Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies (2004 - )

- Supervisor of a PhD Thesis and Member of three Consulting Committees for the submission of PhD Thesis

HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY 2002 - today

- Economic Analysis and Policy (third year)

UNIVERSITY OF ΚΕΝΤ 1993 - 1999

- Microeconomics (postgraduate, second and third year)

- Public Economics (second and third year)

- Economic Management (second and third year)

- Mathematics and Statistics for Business and Economics (first year)

- Introduction to Economics (first year)

- Supervision of six postgraduate dissertations

THE QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST 1991 - 1993

- Mathematical Economics (third year).

- Public Economics (third year).

- Microeconomics (second year).

- Macroeconomics (second year).

- Economic Policy (second and third year).

UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX 1989 - 1991

- Microeconomics (second year classes).

- Quantitative Methods (graduate and second year classes).

- Economic Theory and Policy (first year classes).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS/GRANTS

1. ΟRGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, (OECD)

Research title: “Project on the Local Integration of Immigrants into the Labour Market - South Eastern European Countries: A focus on returning migrants - Case Study Report for Albania”

Duration: 11/10/04 - 30/06/06.

2. ACADEMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON CIVIL ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES – PANTION UNIVERSITY – ATHENS, GREECE

Study for the drafting of a program by the Ministry of the Interior (Home Office): “Migrants in Greece”

Project Part PP4: «Development and Promotion of equal opportunities in the social incorporation of immigrants in the Greek Labor Market»

Duration: 01/01/02 - 01/09/02. Project Fund PP4: 40.000 €

3. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC) - RESEARCH

PROGRAMME: «ONE EUROPE OR SEVERAL?» L213-25-2042

Research title: “Borders, Migration and Labour Market Dynamics in a Changing Europe”.

Duration: 1999 – 2001, Total grant: £130,000.

4. EUROPEAN COMMISSION PHARE ACE-PROGRAMME P-96-6208-R

Research title: «Job creation, emigration and the speed of adjustment in economies of transition: A study of the impact of Albanian and Bulgarian emigration flows to Greece, and an evaluation of the wider implications for EU and economies in transition»

Duration: 01/11/97 - 30/06/99. Total grant: 80.910 ECU

5. EUROPEAN COMMISSION PHARE TEMPUS-PROGRAME P-JEP-01395

Research title: «Labour markets and unemployment in Russian Federation»

Duration: 01/01/95 - 31/08/95. Total grant: 45.000 ECU

6. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PHARE TEMPUS-PROGRAMME JEP-06130

Research title: «Labour markets and the speed of transition in Albania»

Duration: 01/01/93 - 01/12/96. Total grant: 431.400 ECU

7. UNIVERSITY OF KENT RESEARCH SUPPORT FUND

- 1996, Research Program: «Growth, unemployment and migration in transition economies»

Total grant: £ 950

- 1997, Research Program: «Economic development in Albania»

Total grant: £ 1476

PUBLICATIONS

- INTERNATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS

Bitzenis A., Papapanagos H., Vlachos V.

International Encyclopedia of Public Policy: Governance in a Global Age, Editor O'Hara A., pp. 1-21, Routledge, London, forthcoming May 2010

Papapanagos H., Siokis F., Stubos G., Fotopoulos S., Persaki I.

Focus on Transition, Bank of Austria, pp. 1-22, forthcoming May 2010

Papapanagos H.

Οrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, (OECD) pp.1-50,

June 2006

Papapanagos H.

European Prospects, Vol. 6, Issue 6, pp. 27-47 June 2004

Papapanagos H., Sanfey P.

Review of International Economics, Vol. 11, Issue 3, pp. 541-554 August 2003

Cuka E., Papapanagos H., Polo N., Sanfey P.

Review of Development Economics, Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp. 217-227, May 2003

Papapanagos H., Kule D., Mançellari A., Qirici S., Sanfey P.

International Migration Review, Vol. 36, No 1, pp. 229-239, Spring 2002

Papapanagos H., Sanfey P.

Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 14, pp. 491-504, 2001

Papapanagos H., Vickerman R.

European Research in Regional Science, Vol. 10, pp. 32-46, August 2000

Delipalla S., Papapanagos H.

Contributions to Economic Analysis, Vol. 247, pp. 115-132, April 2000

Keen M., Papapanagos H., Shorrocks A.

Economic Journal, Vol. 110, No. 460, pp. 50-68, January 2000

Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 27, pp. 534-552, 1999

Haderi S., Papapanagos H., Sanfey P., Talka M.

Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 127-141, 1999

(former Communist Economies and Economic Transformation)

Mançellari A., Papapanagos H., Sanfey P.

The Economics of Transition, Vol. 4(2), pp. 471-490, December 1996

PAPERS ACCEPTED AND PUBLISH IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF REFEREED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Papapanagos H., Kule D., Mançellari A., Qirici S., Sanfey P.

International Conference on Recent Economic Developments and Problems

In Transition Economies, Proceedings, pp. 243-258, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2000

Published also in International Migration Review, Spring 2002

Delipalla S., Papapanagos H.

International Conference on Combinatories Information Theory and Statistics,

Proceedings, pp. 1-14, Portland, Maine, USA, July 1997

Published also in Contributions to Economic Analysis, 2000

RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Papapanagos H., Kule D., Mançellari A., Qirici S., Sanfey P.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, WP 46, pp. 1-21, January 2000

Published also in International Migration Review, Spring 2002

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, WP 34, pp. 1-17, December 1998

Published also in Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999

Οrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Microsimulation of Taxes

and Benefits, Document 14, pp.1-53, January 1995

RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SERIES (also published in international refereed journals)

Papapanagos H., Kule D., Mançellari A., Qirici S., Sanfey P.

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 00/04, pp. 1-23, April 2000

Published also in:

- International Migration Review, Spring 2002

- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, January 2000

Papapanagos H., Sanfey P.

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 98/18, pp. 1-14, September 1998

Published also in Journal of Population Economics, 2001

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 98/6, pp. 1-19, March 1998

Published also in:

- Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999

- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, December 1998

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 97/10, pp. 1-26, December 1997

Published also in Review of International Economics, August 2003

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 96/13, pp. 1-38, September 1996

Published also in Post-Communist Economies, 1999 (former Communist Economies

and Economic Transformation)

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 96/8, pp. 1-17, March 1996

Published also in Contributions to Economic Analysis, 2000

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 95/9, pp. 1-30, June 1995

Published also in The Economics of Transition, 1996

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 94/11, pp. 1-53, October 1994

Published also in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,

January 1995

RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED EXCLUSIVELY IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SERIES

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 96/17, pp. 1-34, December 1996

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 96/14, pp.1-26, October 1996

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 96/12, pp. 1-19, August 1996

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 95/10, pp. 1-31, August 1995

University of Kent, Studies in Economics, 94/12, pp. 1-19, November 1994

The Queen’s University of Belfast, Papers in Economics, 92/39, pp. 1-36, June 1992

The Queen’s University of Belfast, Papers in Economics, 91/35, July 1992

PAPERS PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES / REFEREED NETWORKS

- European Economics and Finance Society, Prague, May 2008

“The Impact of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) on Economic Growth: The Role of Greek FDI in South East Europe”

- ILO LED and OECD LEED activities on local development in Albania, Tirana, Albania, June 2006

“South Eastern European Countries: A focus on returning migrants, Case Study Report for Albania”

- FCI - Export Factoring Promotional Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2005

“Η Ελληνική Οικονομία: Επιχειρηματική Επέκταση και Επενδύσεις στα Βαλκάνια”

- IFA International Forfaiting Association Annual Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2005

“The Greek Economy: Business Expansion and Investments in the Balkan Region”

- International Conference on Albanian Migration and New Transnationalisms που οργανώθηκε από το Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex και το Albanian Studies Programme (SSEES), University College London, Sussex, UK, September 2002

Albanian Emigration: Intentions versus Actual Behaviour

- Joint pan-European Conference of the International Economics and Finance Society and the European Economics and Finance Society, Heraklion, Greece, May 2002

Albanian Emigration: Intentions versus Actual Behaviour

- European Society for Population Economics, 15th Annual Conference, Athens, Greece,

June 2001

Albanian Emigration: Intentions versus Actual Behaviour

- Pan-European Conference of the International Economics and Finance Society on Finance, Trade and Factor Mobility Issues in the Global Economy, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2001

Emigration and the Optimal Speed of Adjustment

- International Conference of the Association of South Eastern Europe Economic Universities on Recent Economic Developments and Problems in Transition Economies, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2000

The Causes and Consequences of Albanian Emigration during Transition: Evidence from Micro Data

- International Economics and Finance Society Conference, London, UK, November 1999

The Causes and Consequences of Albanian Emigration during Transition: Evidence from Micro Data

- International Conference on Combinatorics Information Theory and Statistics, Portland, Maine, USA, July 1997

1. The Distributional Superiority of Tax-Credits

2. TAXBAS: Tax-Benefit Analysis Software

- European Society for Population Economics, 11th Annual Conference, Colchester, UK, June 1997

Work and Non-Work Related Child Care Costs and U.K. Mothers’ Employment Rates

- Royal Economic Society Conference, Staffordshire, UK, March 1997

1. Inflation and Stabilization in Albania

2. Work and Non-work Related Child Care Costs and UK Mothers’ Employment Rates

- European Network on the Distribution and Redistribution of Income, Bordeaux, France, December 1996

Progressivity Effects of Structural Tax Reforms

- European Network on the Distribution and Redistribution of Income, Leuven, Belgium, December 1995

The Distributional Superiority of Tax Credits: The Implementation of a Universal Tax Credit Scheme in Greece

- Employment Research Unit, (EMRU), Labour Economics Conference, Dundee, UK, July 1995

Lone Mothers' Participation and Full-Time Work Probabilities

- Economic and Social Research Council, Conference on Income Distribution, Taxes and Benefits, LSE, London, UK, May 1995

Microsimulation Modelling of Tax-Benefit Policies in Greece

- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Conference on Microsimulation Modelling of Tax-Benefit Systems in OECD Countries, Paris, France, January 1995

Microsimulation Modelling of Tax-Benefit Policies in Greece

- European Network on Income Taxation and Inequality, Bordeaux, France, June 1993

Microsimulation Modelling of Tax-Benefit Policies: A Flat Rate Tax and the Implementation of the UK Tax Schedule in Greece

- Irish Economic Association Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 1992

The Tax Unit Choice: A Series of Compromises

- European Economic Association, Ridracoli, Italy, July 1991

The Interactive Contribution of Income Tax Structure Components to the Overall Progression of Income Tax Systems

- Royal Economic Society Conference, Warwick, UK, April 1991

The Interactive Contribution of Income Tax Structure Components to the Overall Progression of Income Tax Systems

INVITED PAPERS IN ACADEMIC SERIES AND SEMINARS

- University of Sussex - Sussex European Institute, Sussex, UK, May 1999

Seminar on Neighbours and Borders in the New Europe

Managing Border Regions

- Brunel University, London, UK, January 1997

Tax Progressivity: Some New Theoretical Results

- Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent, UK, December 1994

The Interactive Contribution of Income Tax Structure Components to the Overall Progression of Income Tax Systems

- University of Kent at Canterbury, Kent, UK, December 1994

The Interactive Contribution of Income Tax Structure Components to the Overall Progression of Income Tax Systems

- Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent, UK, November 1993

Microsimulation Modelling of Tax-Benefit Policies

- University of Dublin - Dublin Economics Workshop, Dublin, Ireland, February 1993

Microsimulation Modelling of Tax-Benefit Policies: The Case of a Flat Rate Tax and the Implementation of the UK Tax Schedule in Greece

- The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK, November 1992

Microsimulation Modelling of Tax-Benefit Policies

- The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK, October 1991

The Interactive Contribution of Income Tax Structure Components to the Overall Progression of Income Tax Systems

BOOK CRITICS

The Distribution Impact of the Proposed Tax Reform on Greek Households, by Newbery D. and Kaplanoglou G., Centre of Planning and Economic Research (ΚΕΠΕ), July 2003

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH NETWORKS, ASSOCIATIONS, SOCIETIES, FORA

- Employment and Education Economics Group (former EMRU) funded by the Department of Education and Employment of the U.K.

- Research Network on Income Distribution, Taxes and Benefits funded by the British Economic and Social Research Council

- European Research Network on the Distribution and Redistribution of Income funded by the European Commission - Human Capital and Mobility Program

- European Research Network on Living Standards, Inequality and Taxation

funded by the European Commission - Framework IV

- Founding Member of the International Economics and Finance Society (IEFS), UK CHAPTER

- Founding Member and Member of the Advisory Board of the European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS)

- Member of the American Economic Association

- Member of the Royal Economic Society

- Member of the Athenian Policy Forum

REFEREEING IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

- Economic Journal

- Review of International Economics

- Journal of Public Economics

- International Tax and Public Finance

- Fiscal Studies

- Journal of Economics

- Bulletin of Economic Research

- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

- The Cyprus Journal of Economics

- Journal of Economic Integration

- South-Eastern Europe Journal of Ecnomics

EXPERT ADVISORY/ CONSULTING WORK

- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – 2005

- House of Lords, European Communities Committee, Sub-Committee F (Social Affairs, Education and Home Affairs) - 1999

Consulting services to the British House of Lords on immigration and labor mobility issues in relation to the Schengen Agreement and its impact in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe that are candidates for membership to the EU.

- Hellenic Ministry of Finance - 1996

Advisory and consulting work on microsimulation modelling of the Greek tax and social security system.

- Hellenic Railways - 1996

Consulting Services on the economic conditions in Albania within the framework of evaluating a large scale investment by the Hellenic Railways to the Albanian railroad network.

- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - 1995

on methodological matters concerning microsimulation modelling of tax and social security systems, computation of replacement ratios, poverty and unemployment traps. Also, I have provided advises on issues concerning reliability and compatibility of results derived from sixteen microsimulation models in OECD member countries.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

- Member of the Scientific Board in the Council of Hellens Abroad, which acts as an advisor to the Greek government in relation with issues of Greeks leaving Abroad (01/06/01 – 30/05/03)

UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA 2000 - today

- Acting President of the Department of Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies (19/09/00 - 19/12/02)

- Member of the University Senate (19/09/00 - 19/12/02)

- Member of the Informatics Committee (20/03/01 - today)

- Member of the Research Committee (23/06/03 - today)

- Member of the Strategic Planning and Development Committee (11/10/00 - 19/12/02)

- Member of the Committee for the drafting and publication of the academic programs of the University (13/09/02)

UNIVERSITY OF KENT 1993 - 2000

- Member of the Equal Opportunities Committee

- Member of the Committee for Undergraduate Studies

- Representative of the Department of Economics in the Economics and Business Society

THE QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST 1991 - 1993

- Member of the Equal Opportunities Committee

- Member of the Committee for Undergraduate Studies

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