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Daniel Gros

Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium

The increasing trend in labor force participation rates across Europe, especially for the elderly, is a neglected phenomenon. I am excited to be part of a project to uncover the root causes of this surprising development

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Author

Current position

Director, Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium

Research interest

Monetary policy, trade policy, climate, taxation, migration

Website

https://www.ceps.eu/profiles/daniel-gros

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Economic Adviser to the European Commission; Adviser to the European Parliament, International Monetary Fund

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of Chicago, 1984

Selected publications

  • "Greece and the Troika: Lessons from international best practice cases of successful price (and wage) adjustment." European Journal of Comparative Economics 14:2 (2017): 177–195 (with A. Belke).

  • "The economic impact of Brexit: Evidence from modelling free trade agreements." Atlantic Economic Journal 45:3 (2017): 317–331 (with A. Belke).

  • "The future of eurozone fiscal governance." EconPol Policy Reports 1 (2017) (with A. Delette, C. Fuest, F. Heinemann, M. Kocher, and R. Tamborini).

  • The Golden Economy in 2030: Trends and Strategies for Europe. Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies, 2015 (with C. Alcidi).

  • Banking Union as a Shock Absorber: Lessons for the Eurozone from the US. Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies, 2015 (with A. Belke).

article(s)

  • Improvement in European labor force participation

    Do structural reforms or educational expansion drive higher employment and participation rates?

    Daniel Gros, February 2019
    Employment and labor force participation (LFP) rates have increased throughout Europe since the 1990s, with little interruption from the Great Recession. While many credit labor market reforms for this progress, ongoing educational expansion might actually be more important. This implies that the overall employment rate of an economy can change if the share of the population with tertiary education increases, even in the absence of any labor market reforms or effects of the business cycle. Taking this compositional effect into account makes it possible to disentangle the impact of reforms.
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