Dr Ilias Livanos

TITLE

Research Fellow

CONTACT

Institute for Employment Research
Room B0.30
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL

Tel: 024 765 75765
Fax: 024 765 24241
Email: I.Livanos@warwick.ac.uk

RESEARCH PROFILE

Ilias' research interests are in the area of labour economics and economics of education. Ilias has developed an expertise in the area of anticipating future skill needs and he is particularly interested in the labour market prospects of graduates of different fields across Europe.

BACKGROUND

Ilias holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Piraeus (Greece), an MA in Industrial Relations from Warwick Business School, and a PhD in economics from the University of Warwick. Prior to his appointment in IER in 2006 Ilias had been involved in various research and teaching activities in Greece. In 2002-2003, Ilias was employed in the Greek Parliament as a researcher appointed to an MP. Ilias has also worked for the Research Centre of the University of Piraeus, the Greek Centre of Educational Research, and the Labour Institute of the Greek General Confederation of Labour (INE-GSEE), and he has taught at the Department of Economics of the University of Piraeus.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Analysis of the Future Labour Supply and Demand in Germany, with Prof Robert A Wilson, Dr Yuxin Li - Institute for Employment Research, Funded by: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Project Start Date: 16/12/2011 Project End Date: 30/12/2016
Forecasting Framework 2011 Work Assignment, with Prof Robert A Wilson, Institute for Employment Research, Funded by: CEDEFOP, Project Start Date: 26/12/2011 Project End Date: 21/12/2012
Skills for a low carbon Europe: the role of VET in a sustainable energy scenario, with Mr. Terence Hogarth, Institute for Employment Research, Dr Ilias Livanos - Institute for Employment Research Prof Robert A Wilson - Institute for Employment Research, Funded by: CEDEFOP, Project Start Date: 01/09/2011 Project End Date: 30/11/2012
Forecasting Skill Supply and Demand in Europe, with Rob Wilson, Institute for Employment Research, Funded by: CEDEFOP, Project Start Date: 01/10/2008 Project End Date: 31/10/2012

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Livanos, I. and A. Zangelidis(2012) 'Multiple Job-holding among Male Workers in Greece' Regional Studies 46 (1), 119 - 135 (0034-3404) [article]
I. Livanos and K. Pouliakas(2011) 'Wage returns to university disciplines in Greece: are Greek higher education degrees Trojan horses?' Education Economics 19 (4), 411 - 445 (0964-5292) [article]
Livanos, I.(2010) 'The wage - local unemployment relationship in a highly regulated labour market: Greece' Regional Studies 44 (4), 389 - 400 (0034-3404) [article]
Nunez, I. and I. Livanos(2010) 'Higher education and unemployment in Europe: an analysis of the academic subject and national effects' Higher Education 59 (4), 475 - 487 (0018-1560) [article]
Livanos, I., Yalkin, C. and Nunez, I.(2009) 'Gender employment discrimination: Greece and the United Kingdom' International Journal Of Manpower 30 (8), 815 - 834 (0143-7720) [article]