Alexandros Polycarpou
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Employment

10/07 –                         Economics Research Centre, University of Cyprus                
                                     Senior Research Officer

09/06 – 10/07               Economics Research Centre, University of Cyprus               
                                     Research Officer

02/06 – 05/06              Economics Research Centre, University of Cyprus                
                                     Research Officer

09/03 – 07/04              Economics Research Centre, University of Cyprus               
                                     Research Assistant

09/02 – 05/04              Department of Economics, University of Cyprus                        
                                    Teaching Assistant

07/02 – 09/02              Department of Economics, University of Cyprus                
                                     Research Assistant 

Education

University of Cyprus                                        
PhD Candidate in Economics, expected 2017                                      
University of Wisconsin-Madison                                        
MSc in Economics, December 2005; Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3,35/4                                        
University of Cyprus                                        
MSc in Economic Analysis, July 2004; Cumulative Grade Point Average: 8,95/10                                       
University of Cyprus                                       
BSc in Economics, July 2002; Cumulative Grade Point Average: 8,5/10

Publications

Articles in Books
“Tax-free income vs. In-work tax allowances: Effects on Labour Market Participation in Cyprus”, in H. Sutherland and O. Lelkes (eds), Tax and Benefit Policies in the Enlarged Europe: Assessing the Impact with Microsimulation Models, Farnham, Ashgate, 2009, Vienna (with Panos Pashardes).

Articles in Journals

“Developing a food basket for fulfilling physical and non-physical needs in Cyprus. Is it affordable?”, European Journal of Public Health, forthcoming, 2017 (with Stavri Chrysostomou and Sofia N. Andreou). (pdf)

“The Output Gap in Cyprus and EU-28”, Cyprus Economic Policy Review 10(1), 87-104, 2016. (pdf)

“The Distributional Consequences of the Cypriot Crisis”, Cyprus Economic Policy Review 7(1), 47-61, 2013 (with Christos Koutsampelas). (pdf)

“Gender Wage Gaps, ‘Sticky Floors’ and ‘Glass Ceilings’ in Europe”, Labour Economics, 21, 86-102, 2013 (with Louis Christofides and Konstantinos Vrachimis). (pdf, appendix)

“An Econometric Analysis of Residential Water Demand in Cyprus”, Water Resources Management, 27, 309-317, 2013 (with Theodoros Zachariadis). (pdf)

“Students' Expectations about Earnings and Employment and the Experience of Recent University Graduates: Evidence from Cyprus” International Journal of Educational Development, 32, 805-813, 2012 (with M. Menon-Eliophotou, N. Pashourtidou and P. Pashardes). (pdf)

“Poverty and Labour Market Participation of Public Assistance Recipients in Cyprus”, Cyprus Economic Policy Review 5(1), 23-42, 2011 (with Panos Pashardes). (pdf)

“Peer Review vs Metric-Based Assessment: Testing for Bias in the RAE Ratings of UK Economics Departments”, Economica, 78, 565-583, 2011 (with Sofronis Clerides and Panos Pashardes). (pdf)

“Income Tax Evasion, Inequality and Poverty”, Cyprus Economic Policy Review 2(2), 37-49, 2008 (with Panos Pashardes). (pdf)

Cyprus Economic Policy/Analysis Papers

“Methodologies for estimating the output gap with an application to Cyprus”, Economic Analysis Papers 10-15, Economics Research Centre, December 2015. (pdf)

“A Backward-Bending and Forward-Falling Semi-log Model of Labour Supply”, Working Paper Series: 03-15, Department of Economics, University of Cyprus, March 2015 (with Panos Pashardes). (pdf)

“Child Poverty, Family Policies and the Effect of Economic Crisis”, Economic Analysis Papers 10-13, Economics Research Centre, December 2013 (with Christos Koutsampelas and Panos Pashardes). (pdf)

“The Distributional Consequences of the Cypriot Crisis”, Economic Policy Papers 03-13, Economics Research Centre, June 2013 (with Christos Koutsampelas). (pdf)

“Austerity and the Income Distribution: The Case of Cyprus”, EUROMOD Working Paper Series: EM4/13, Institute for Social & Economic Research, March 2013 (with Christos Koutsampelas). (pdf)

“The Labour Market Behavior of Public Assistance Recipients in Cyprus”, Economic Policy Papers 09-12, Economics Research Centre, December 2012 (with Panos Pashardes). (pdf)

“The Unified Database of Household Budget Surveys 1984/85, 1990/91, 1996/97, 2003 and 2009”, Economic Analysis Papers 02-12, Economics Research Centre, March 2012 (with Sofia Andreou and Christos Koutsampelas). (pdf)

“Taxation, Labour Supply and Welfare: A micro-simulation analysis for Cyprus”, Economic Policy Papers 09-10, Economics Research Centre, December 2010 (with Panos Pashardes). (pdf)

“Labour Supply in Cyprus”, Economic Analysis Papers 05-10, Economics Research Centre, October 2010 (with Panos Pashardes). (pdf)

“Wage gap in Cyprus and the European Union”, Economic Policy Papers 06-09, Economics Research Centre, December 2009 (with Constantinos Vrachimis, Louis Christofides and Panos Pashardes). (pdf in greek)

“Tax-free income vs. in-work tax credits: Effects on labour market participation”, Economic Analysis Papers 01-08, Economics Research Centre, March 2008 (with Panos Pashardes). (pdf)

“Tax-benefit microsimulation model for the Cyprus economy”, Economic Analysis Papers 12-07, Economics Research Centre, December 2007 (with Maria Andreou, Nadia Nikolaidou and Soteroula Hadjispyrou). (pdf in greek)

“Students´ employment and earnings expectations in Cyprus”, Economic Policy Papers 09-07, Economics Research Centre, December 2007 (with Maria Eliophotou-Menon, Nicoletta Pashourtidou and Michales Socratous). (pdf in greek)

“Unified Database of Family Expenditure Surveys of Years 1984/85, 1990/91, 1996/97 and 2002/03”, Economic Analysis Papers 06-05, Economics Research Centre, October 2005 (with Anastasis Georgiou and Demetra Komodromou). (pdf in greek)
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
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