Manos Matsaganis is Professor of Public Finance at Polytechnic University of Milan. He studied at the Athens University of Economics and Business (1986), the University of York (MSc 1988), and the University of Bristol (PhD 1992). He has worked at the London School of Economics (1990-93), the Greek Prime Minister’s Office (1997-2001), the University of Crete (1996-99 & 2001-04). His previous post was at the Athens University of Economics and Business (2004-16), where he founded and directed the Policy Analysis Research Unit. He has worked for the European Commission, the OECD, UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Friedrich Ebert and Heinrich Böll Foundations. He was a member of the Expert Group on Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion reporting to European Commissioner László Andor (2012-14). He has been Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University (2014) and University of California, Berkeley (2015), Visiting Scholar at Boston University (2017, 2018), and Visiting Professor at University of Vienna (2019). His current research focuses on technological change and the future of work, the changing fortunes of the middle class in Southern Europe, and the transformations of the European social model after the Eurozone crisis and Covid-19.
Manos Matsaganis
‘Stavros Costopoulos’ Senior Research Fellow; Head of the Greek and European Economy Observatory; Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Chair of the A. G. Leventis Foundation
September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2022
In focus - Matching skills
June 2, 2022
In focus - Labour market slack
May 20, 2022
In focus - Flight of human capital
April 29, 2022
In focus - Defence spending in Europe
March 24, 2022
In focus - Long term informal care
February 25, 2022
In focus - Public debt as countries exit the pandemic
February 18, 2022
In focus - Residential electricity: second highest price in Athens
February 4, 2022
In focus - Gender employment gap
January 28, 2022
In focus - Gender pay gap
January 21, 2022
In focus - National policies against rising energy prices
January 14, 2022
In Focus - The silent revolution of working from home
December 30, 2021
In focus - Health care has become unaffordable for too many Greeks
December 23, 2021
In focus - The European exception in inequality
December 17, 2021
In focus - Investment and the growth model of Greece
December 10, 2021
In focus - Low skills hamper economic recovery
November 26, 2021
In focus - Hiring Shortages in the Greek Labour Market
November 19, 2021
In focus - “The Great Resignation”
November 12, 2021
In focus - The minimum wage as anti-poverty device
November 5, 2021
In focus - Energy costs and inflation in the Euro area
October 15, 2021
Online discussion: "Youth Employment and Gender Equality”
December 14, 2021
The Greek debt - Manos Matsaganis
May 3, 2022
Crises and inequalities - Manos Matsaganis
April 21, 2022
The dark shadow of the brain drain - Manos Matsaganis
April 20, 2022
The economy in 2022 in Greece, Europe and the world - Manos Matsaganis
December 30, 2021
“Millennials have different value codes” – Manos Matsaganis
December 27, 2021
From discouragement to rising anew – Manos Matsaganis
December 18, 2021
“A minimum wage encourages everyone to try harder” – Manos Matsaganis
November 14, 2021