Education

PhD, Economics, University of Patras, 2006

MSc, Economics and Managment, CIHEAM-MAICh, 2000

BA, Economics, University of Patras, 1999

Research Interests

Labour Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Referred Publications

Vlassas, I., Giannakopoulos, N., and Kallandranis, C. (2025). SMEs Employment Growth under Heterogeneous Credit Constraints.  Journal of Small Business Management, 1-42.

Mourelatos, E., Giannakopoulos, N., & Tzagarakis, M. (2025). Productivity and Task Heterogeneity in Online Labor Markets: A Bonus Payment Experiment. Bulletin of Economic Research. 77:198–218.

Djinovic V. & Giannakopoulos, N. (2024). Home computer ownership and educational outcomes of adolescents in Greece. Education Economics. 32 (4),  523–537. 

Mourelatos, E., Giannakopoulos, N., & Tzagarakis, M (2023). Payment schemes in online labour markets. Does incentive and personality matter?  Behaviour & Information Technology. in press.

Betcherman, G., Giannakopoulos, N., Laliotis, I., Pantelaiou, I., Testaverde, M., & Tzimas, G., (2023) The short-term impact of the 2020 pandemic lockdown on employment in Greece. Empirical Economics.  65, 1273–1307. (older versions IZA; World Bank; CEPR).

Raftopoulou, A., & N, Giannakopoulos (2023) Unemployment and health: a panel event study. Applied Economics Letters. 30, (10). 1275–1278.

Mourelatos, E., Giannakopoulos, N., & Tzagarakis, M (2020). Personality traits and performance in online labour markets. Behaviour & Information Technology, 41(3), 468–484.

Giannakopoulos, N., & Laliotis, I. (2020). Industrial Relations Reform, Firm‐Level Bargaining and Nominal Wage Floors. Manchester School, 88(1), 37-59.

Kontogeorgos, A., Giannakopoulos, N., & Chatzitheodoridis, F. (2018). Exploring the Quality Management Systems on Cooperatives' Performance before the Economic Crisis. Quality-Access to Success, 19, 48-54 .

Drakos, K., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2018). Self and bank credit rationing: a trivariate probit with double selection. Research in International Business and Finance, 44, 124-134.

Demoussis, M., Drakos, K., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2017). The impact of sovereign ratings on euro zone SMEs’ credit rationing. Journal of Economic Studies, 44(5), 745-764.

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., Giannakopoulos, N., & Laliotis, I. (2017). The wage curve before and during the Greek economic crisis. Empirical Economics, 52(1), 59-77.

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., Giannakopoulos, N., & Laliotis, I. (2016). The 2011 industrial relations reform and nominal wage adjustments in Greece. Journal of Labor Research, 37(4), 460-483.

Drakos, K., Giannakopoulos, N., & Konstantinou, P. T. (2015). Investigating Persistence in the US Mutual Fund Market: A Mobility Approach. Review of Economic Analysis, 7(1), 54-83.

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., Giannakopoulos, N., & Lampropoulou, N. (2015). The ins and outs of unemployment in the current Greek economic crisis. South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 13(2).

Daouli, J., Davillas, A., Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2014). Obesity persistence and duration dependence: evidence from a cohort of US adults (1985–2010). Economics & Human Biology, 12, 30-44.

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., Giannakopoulos, N., & Laliotis, I. (2013). Firm‐Level Collective Bargaining and Wages in Greece: A Quantile Decomposition Analysis. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 51(1), 80-103.

Salamaliki, P. K., Venetis, I. A., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2013). The causal relationship between female labor supply and fertility in the USA: updated evidence via a time series multi-horizon approach. Journal of Population Economics, 26(1), 109-145.

Drakos, K., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2011). On the determinants of credit rationing: Firm-level evidence from transition countries. Journal of International Money and Finance, 30(8), 1773-1790.

Demoussis, M., Giannakopoulos, N., & Zografakis, S. (2010). Native–immigrant wage differentials and occupational segregation in the Greek labour market. Applied Economics, 42(8), 1015-1027.

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2010). Mothers, fathers and daughters: Intergenerational transmission of education in Greece. Economics of Education Review, 29(1), 83-93.

Drakos, K., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2009). An econometric analysis of counterterrorism effectiveness: the impact on life and property losses. Public Choice, 139(1-2), 135-151.

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2009). Sibling-sex composition and its effects on fertility and labor supply of Greek mothers. Economics Letters, 102(3), 189-191.

Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2008). Employment dynamics of Greek married women. International Journal of Manpower, 29(5), 423-442.

Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2008). Analysis of domain satisfactions: evidence from a panel of Greek women. Journal of Socio-Economics, 37(4), 1347-1362.

Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2007). Exploring job satisfaction in private and public employment: empirical evidence from Greece. Labour, 21(2), 333-359.

Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2006). The dynamics of home computer ownership in Greece. Information Economics and Policy, 18(1), 73-86.

Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2006). Facets of the digital divide in Europe: Determination and extent of Internet use. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 15(03), 235-246. 

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2004). Participation of Greek married women in full-time paid employment. South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 2(2), 19-33.

Damianos, D., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2002). Farmers’ participation in agri-environmental schemes in Greece. British Food Journal, 104(3/4/5), 261-273.

Ongoing Research

Earnings Inequality from Greek Social Security Data (with E. Adamopoulou, M. Galenianos, P. Kammas and I. Laliotis)

Dictatorship and education: unraveling the effects of reducing compulsory schooling years in Greece  (with I. Laliotis)

Wages, collective bargaining, monopsony power (with I. laliotis. V.  Monastiriotis and A. Moustakas)

Minimum wage adjustments and household consumption (with I. Kontogianni and I. Laliotis)

Employers’ associations and trade unions: co-existence or more? (with Nicolitsas D.)

The labor market outcomes of working from home in Greece during the 2020 pandemic (with Pouliakas K.)

The rise and fall of sector-specific wage floors (with Volianaki E.)

Labor mobility and the employment structure of local labor markets (with Adam N.)

Chapters in Books

Giannakopoulos, N., & Laliotis, I. (2019). Firm-Level Bargaining and Wage Adjustments Before and During the Crisis: Evidence from the 2011 Industrial Relations Reform, in H. Voskeritsian, P. Kapotas and C. Niforou, (eds). Greek Employment Relations in Crisis: Problems, Challenges and Prospects, Routledge Studies in the European Economy. April 2019.

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., Giannakopoulos, N., & Laliotis, I. (2010) Firm size and wages in Greece, The Greek Labour Market: Features, Developments and Challenges, Bank of Greece (BoG). Athens, 2010. (in Greek).

Demoussis, M., Giannakopoulos, N., & Zografakis, S. (2008) Native-immigrant wage differentials in Greece , in J. Cavounidou et al., (eds). Migration in Greece: Experiences, Policy and Prospects, Hellenic Migration Policy Institute (IMEPO), Athens, 2008. (in Greek).

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N.  (2004) Labour supply of Greek married women, in T.P. Lianos, (ed). Essays in Economic Analysis, Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), Papazisis. Athens, 2004. (in Greek).

Textbooks

Giannakopoulos, N. & Demoussis, M. (2015) Economics of Education, Hellenic Academic Libraries Link, Athens, 2015. (in Greek).

Unpublished Manuscripts

Giannakopoulos, N. (2015). The added worker effect of married women in Greece during the Great Depression. MPRA Paper No. 66298 (media: LSE Business Review).

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., Giannakopoulos, N. L., & Lampropoulou, N. (2015). The incidence of long-term unemployment in Greece: Evidence before and during the recession. Crete 14th Conference on Research on Economic Theory & Econometrics Chania (pp. 12-16).

Daouli, J., Davillas, A., Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2013). The determinants of body mass in Greece: Evidence from the National Health Survey. University Library of Munich, Germany. MPRA Paper No. 66392.

Daouli, J., Davillas, A., Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2010). Exploring gender specific wage differentials between obese and non-obese adults: evidence from the NLSY. Available at SSRN 1544426.

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., & Giannakopoulos, N. (2004). Child care costs and employment decisions of Greek women. Available at SSRN 917681.

Policy/Techical Reports

Opinion of the Committee of Independent Experts on the Minimum Wage (2025), Ministry of Labour and Social Security, (2025, February), In Greek. Athens. Greece

Schnitzer P, Betcherman G, Giannakopoulos N, I. Tzimas, P. Zervas and I. Pantelaiou, (2024) Assessment of DYPA's Profiling System,. Support on the implementation of a national skills framework for learning pathways, The World Bank (07-11-2024).

Schnitzer P, Betcherman G, Giannakopoulos N, (2024) Transition analysis in and out of registered unemployment in Greece. Support on the implementation of a national skills framework for learning pathways, The World Bank (30-05-2024).

Schnitzer P, Betcherman G, I. Tzimas, P. Zervas and Giannakopoulos N, (2024) Statistical profiling models based on a machine learning approach. Support on the implementation of a national skills framework for learning pathways, The World Bank (30-05-2024).

Opinion of the Committee of Independent Experts on the Minimum Wage (2024), in Center for Planning and Economic Research, (2024). "Consultation Report on the Process of Establishing the Current Legislated Minimum Wage and Daily Wage", In Greek. (2024, March). Athens.

Opinion of the Committee of Independent Experts on the Minimum Wage (2023), in Center for Planning and Economic Research, (2023). "Consultation Report on the Process of Establishing the Current Legislated Minimum Wage and Daily Wage" In Greek. (2023, February). Athens.

Opinion of the Committee of Independent Experts on the Minimum Wage (2022), in Center for Planning and Economic Research, (2022). "Consultation Report on the Process of Establishing the Current Legislated Minimum Wage and Daily Wage" In Greek. (2022, April). Athens.

Schnitzer P, Betcherman G, Giannakopoulos N, Laliotis I, Kanavitsa E (2021) Indicative Analysis, Technical support to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Greece: Greece Minimum Wage, The World Bank (12-02-2021).

Schnitzer P, Betcherman G, Giannakopoulos N, Laliotis I, Kanavitsa E (2020) Microdata source review and recommendation note, Technical support to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Greece: Greece Minimum Wage, The  World Bank (06-08-2020).

Schnitzer P, Betcherman G, Giannakopoulos N, Laliotis I, Kanavitsa E (2020) Analytical plan, Technical support to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Greece: Greece Minimum Wage, The World Bank (18-09-2020).

Conferences/Workshops

Athens Winter Econ Meeting, 20 December 2024, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece.

Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID), 8 November, 2024, University of Minnesota, US (Virtual).

1st Patras Applied Microeconomics Workshop (PAM), 1-3 July, 2024, in Ancient Olympia, Greece.

9th International Ioannina Meeting on Applied Economics and Finance, 17-19, 2024, in Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece.

Interdisciplinary Seminar in Economic History (diesoi), Bank of Greece, 16 April 2024, Athens, Greece.

The presence, role & economic impact of employers’ associations in Europe, EmpRep Workshop, 18 February 2022 (Virtual).

Labor market effects of working from home, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), 2 February 2022 (Virtual).

Working from Home Conference, International Centre for Economic Analysis (ICEA), 17-18 November 2021 (Virtual) .

Applied Economics Conference: Labour, Health, Education and Welfare, October 28-29, 2021, Belgrade, Serbia (Virtual) .

Spanish Association of Labour Economics, 20-21 June 2021 (Virtual).

European Economic Association, 2020, Annual Congress (Virtual).

European Economic Association and Econometric Society, 2016, Geneva, Switzerland.

European Society for Population Economics, 2016,Berlin, Germany.

Greek Labour Market Research Network, 2015, London School of Economics, United Kingdom.

European Association of Labour Economists, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

European Economic Association and Econometric Society, 2013, Toulouse, France.

International Ioannina Meeting on Applied Economics and Finance, 2013, Corfu,Greece. 

European Economic Association and Econometric Society, 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden.

IZA/World Bank Conference on Employment and Development, 2013, Bonn, Germany.

International Finance and Banking Society, 2013, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Hellenic Statistical Authority, 2012, Athens, Greece.

Bank of Greece, The Greek Labour Market in the ongoing Crisis, 2012, Athens, Greece.

Scottish Economic Society, 2012, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Bank of Greece, The Greek Labour Market: Features, Developments and Challenges, 2010, Athens, Greece.

Hellenic Migration Policy Institute, 2006, Athens, Greece.

European Economics and Finance Society, 2006, Heraklion, Greece.

XIX Convegno Nazionale di Economia del Lavoro, Conference of Labour Economics, 2004, Modena, Italy.

European Association of Agricultural Economists, 2001, Chania, Greece. 

Membership

American Economic Association, European Economic Association, The Society of Labor Economists, European Association of Labour Economists 

Administration

Director, Post-Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Economics, University of Patras, 2017-2020 and 2024- today.

Member of the Research Council , University of Patras, 2023-today.

Coordinator of the Internal Evaluation Committee, Department of Economics, University of Patras, 2020-today.

Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Economics, University of Patras, 2015-today. 

Member of the Council of Centre for Vocational Training , University of Patras, 2018-today.

Member of the Committee for Undergraduate Program Certification, Department of Economics, University of Patras, 2018.