Open AccessRelations between national-regional unemployment and employment policies for a sustainable development in Greece
Author(s) -
Κώστας Ρόντος,
John Vavouras,
Nikos Nagopoulos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
koinōnikī synochī kai anaptyxī/koinōnikī synochī kai anaptyxī
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2459-4156
pISSN - 1790-9368
DOI - 10.12681/scad.9974
Subject(s) - unemployment , sustainable development , order (exchange) , economics , national development , socioeconomic status , socioeconomic development , unemployment rate , youth unemployment , full employment , regional development , economic growth , development economics , labour economics , political science , regional science , geography , sociology , population , demography , finance , law
The extent of unemployment constitutes one of the most basic indicators of sustainable development and particularly in the field of socioeconomic development, given that the extended unemployment, especially of the youth, cannot be considered to be compromising with the concept of sustainable development, as it restricts the possibilities of an important part of society to satisfy its needs, in the present and in the future too. Labor, when using the linear regression analysis, defines the relations between regional and national employment and unemployment in Greece, in order to reveal the reactions of each of the 13 regions of the country to the national trends for a period of 16 years, between 1998 and 2013. The differentiations that are revealed are considered crucial in the implementation of a regional strategy against unemployment, in order to achieve better prospects of economic development, to reduce the unemployment rate of each particular area and to implement an integrated strategy of sustainable development of the country.