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37 publications found, searching for 'Rania Antonopoulos '

• Research Project Report No. 8/26
  October 07, 2026

  Assessing the Impact of Social Care Expansion: Time Use, Employment, and Poverty

  Thomas Masterson, Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Fernando Rios-Avila, and Aashima Sinha
  Abstract

  In recent years, there has been increased interest in the expansion of social care services in Mexico as well as in other countries. This is due partly to the recognition…more

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• Policy Note No. 2024/4
  March 14, 2024

  European Job Guarantee

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  Despite the gradual economic recovery and positive policy responses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the problem of long-term unemployment continues to plague millions in Europe. To effectively address this and other…more

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• One-Pager No. 71
  December 14, 2023

  Has the Time Arrived for a Job Guarantee in Europe?

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  In comparison to the policy responses in the aftermath of the 2008–9 global financial crisis, the reactions of EU policymakers to the combined shocks of the COVID-19 crisis and Ukraine-Russia…more

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• Working Paper No. 1022
  July 12, 2023

  Has the Time for a European Job Guarantee Policy Arrived?

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  As country after country in the European Union is called to respond to the current challenge of our time—high inflation and declining real wages—governments must engage in a transformative agenda…more

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• Research Project Report
  June 30, 2022

  Assessing the Impact of Childcare Expansion in Mexico

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, Fernando Rios-Avila, and Luiza Nassif Pires
  Abstract

  There is broad consensus in both research and policy circles that one of the key reasons for a lack of progress in reducing gender gaps in employment and wages is…more

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• Working Paper No. 865
  May 05, 2016

  Measuring Poverty in the Case of Buenos Aires

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Valeria Esquivel
  Abstract

  We describe the production of estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Buenos Aires, Argentina, and use it to analyze the incidence of time…more

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• Research Project Report
  May 19, 2015

  Responding to the Unemployment Challenge: A Job Guarantee Proposal for Greece—An Addendum

  Rania Antonopoulos, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Thomas Masterson, Kijong Kim, and Sofia Adam
  Abstract

  This addendum to our June 2014 report, “Responding to the Unemployment Challenge: A Job Guarantee Proposal for Greece,” updates labor market data through 2014Q3 and identifies emerging employment and unemployment…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 138
  October 23, 2014

  After Austerity: Measuring the Impact of a Job Guarantee Policy for Greece

  Rania Antonopoulos, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Thomas Masterson, Kijong Kim, and Sofia Adam
  Abstract

  To mobilize Greece’s severely underemployed labor potential and confront the social and economic dangers of persistent unemployment, we propose the immediate implementation of a direct public benefit job creation program—a…more

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• Research Project Report
  June 23, 2014

  Responding to the Unemployment Challenge: A Job Guarantee Proposal for Greece

  Rania Antonopoulos, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Thomas Masterson, Kijong Kim, and Sofia Adam
  Abstract

  This report presents the findings from a study undertaken by the Levy Institute in 2013 in collaboration with the Observatory of Economic and Social Developments of the Labour Institute of…more

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• Book Series
  December 17, 2013

  Gender Perspectives and Gender Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  With the full effects of the Great Recession still unfolding, this collection of essays analyzes the gendered economic impacts of the crisis. The volume, from an international set of contributors,…more

• Public Policy Brief No. 128
  April 20, 2013

  Από τα δίχτυα ασφαλείας στην οικονομική ενδυνάμωση

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  Τα προγράμματα κοινωνικής προστασίας περιλαμβάνουν δημόσιες πολιτικές που είναι σχεδιασμένες για να εμποδίσουν ή να απαλείψουν την ανασφάλεια και τη φτώχεια. Σε όλο τον αναπτυσσόμενο κόσμο, οι στρατηγικές κοινωνικής προστασίας…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 128
  April 20, 2013

  From Safety Nets to Economic Empowerment

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  Social protection systems comprise public policies designed to prevent or alleviate economic insecurity and poverty. Throughout the developing world, social protection strategies and the dialogue surrounding them have recently been…more

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• Working Paper No. 757
  March 11, 2013

  Expanding Social Protection in Developing Countries

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  This paper discusses social protection initiatives in the context of developing countries and explores the opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women’s empowerment. The paper begins with…more

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• Research Project Report
  December 21, 2012

  The Interlocking of Time and Income Deficits

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  This report is published as part of the “Undoing Knots, Innovating for Change” series, issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 126
  November 06, 2012

  Εργασία, οικιακή παραγωγή και χρονικές απαιτήσεις

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Δεν μπορούμε να εκτιμήσουμε επαρκώς πόση πολύ ή πόση λίγη πρόοδος έχει γίνει για την αντιμετώπιση της κατάστασης των πιο ευάλωτων στις κοινωνίες μας, ή να παρέχουμε σωστή καθοδήγηση στους…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 126
  November 06, 2012

  It's About "Time"

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  We cannot adequately assess how much or how little progress we have made in addressing the condition of the most vulnerable in our societies, or provide accurate guidance to policymakers…more

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• One-Pager No. 34
  October 04, 2012

  Αποκαλύπτοντας τους αόρατους φτωχούς

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Τα τυπικά πρότυπα για τη μέτρηση της φτώχειας υποθέτουν ότι όλα τα νοικοκυριά και τα άτομα διαθέτουν αρκετό χρόνο για να ασχοληθούν επαρκώς με τις ανάγκες των μελών του νοικοκυριού…more

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• One-Pager No. 34
  October 04, 2012

  Uncovering the Hidden Poor

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Standard poverty measurements assume that all households and individuals have enough time to engage in the unpaid cooking, cleaning, and caregiving that are essential to attaining a bare-bones standard of…more

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• Research Project Report
  August 16, 2012

  Why Time Deficits Matter

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Customarily, income poverty incidence is judged by the ability of individuals and households to gain access to some level of minimum income based on the premise that such access ensures…more

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• Research Project Report
  November 30, 2011

  Direct Job Creation for Turbulent Times in Greece

  Rania Antonopoulos, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, and Taun Toay
  Abstract

  Countries in crisis round the world face the daunting task of dealing with abrupt increases in unemployment and associated deepening poverty. Greece, in the face of her sovereign debt crisis,…more

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• Working Paper No. 691
  October 12, 2011

  Unpaid and Paid Care

  Rania Antonopoulos and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  Transforming care for children and the elderly from a private to a public domain engenders a series of benefits to the economy that improve our standard of living. We assess…more

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• One-Pager No. 11
  August 05, 2011

  Investing in Social Care Delivery

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  There is little mystery to explaining our current high levels of unemployment. The Bureau of Economic Analysis recently revised its figures on GDP growth, and revealed that not only was…more

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• Working Paper No. 671
  May 19, 2011

  Public Job-creation Programs: The Economic Benefits of Investing in Social Care

  Rania Antonopoulos and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  This paper demonstrates the strong impacts that public job creation in social care provisioning has on employment creation. Furthermore, it shows that mobilizing underutilized domestic labor resources and targeting them…more

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• Working Paper No. 610
  August 13, 2010

  Investing in Care

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  Massive job losses in the United States, over eight million since the onset of the “Great Recession,” call for job creation measures through fiscal expansion. In this paper we analyze…more

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