Education
Ph.D: Department of Economics, University of Patras, Greece. (2001-2006)

M.Sc.:  Department of Economic and Management Sciences, CIHEAM-MAICh, Crete, Greece. (1999-2000)

B.A: Department of Economics, University of Patras, Greece. (1994-1999)

Current Employment
Adjunct Lecturer (P.D.407/80): Department of Economics, University of Patras, Greece. (Sept. 2006-)
Courses: Principles of Economics I (econ101), Introductory Econometrics (econ320), Principles of Economics II (econ102), Human Capital (econ391).

Research Interests
Microeconomics

Labor Economics

Applied Econometrics

Scholarships
Post-Doc, Research Fellowship, State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Greece, 2008-2009.

Research Grant "Karatheodori", University of Patras, Greece, 2001-2004.

CIHEAM, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Chania, Greece, 1999-2000.

IKY, State Scholarships Foundation, Greece, 1994.

Research Experience
Researcher (Sept. 2007-Sept. 2008), Research Project: "The Economic Impact of Immigration in Greece", Funding Institute: Hellenic Migration Policy Institute (I.ME.PO), Athens.

Independent Expert in the Peer Review Meeting (June 19-20, 2008), Meeting title: "Preventative measures against illegal labor migration to the Czech Republic: The assistance of employment of Ukrainians in the Czech Republic", Czech Republic, European Commission, General Directorate-Employment and Social Affairs, Project: "Mutual Learning, Program of the European Employment Strategy"

Publications
(in referred journals)
Daouli, J.J.  M. Demoussis, N. Giannakopoulos, (2009). Mother, fathers and daughters: intergenerational transmission of education in Greece, Economics of Education Review, (forthcoming).

Daouli, J.J. M. Demoussis, and N. Giannakopoulos, (2009). Sibling-sex composition and its effects on fertility and labor supply of Greek mothers, Economics Letters, (forthcoming).

Drakos, K., and N. Giannakopoulos, (2009). An econometric analysis of counterterrorism effectiveness: The impact on life and property losses, Public Choice, (forthcoming).

Demoussis, M., N. Giannakopoulos, and S. Zografakis, (2009). Native-immigrant wage differentials and occupational segregation in the Greek labour market, Applied Economics, (forthcoming).

Demoussis, M., and Giannakopoulos N, (2008). Employment dynamics of Greek married women, International Journal of Manpower, vol. 29, (5), 423-442.

Demoussis, M. and Giannakopoulos, N. (2008). Analysis of domain satisfactions: evidence from a panel of Greek women, Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 37, (4), 1347-1362.

Demoussis, M., and Giannakopoulos N, 2007. Exploring job satisfaction in private and public employment: empirical evidence from Greece. LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, vol. 21, (2), 333-359.

Demoussis, M. and Giannakopoulos, N. 2006. Facets of the digital divide in Europe: determination and extent of Internet use, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, vol. 15, (3), 235-246.

Demoussis, M., and Giannakopoulos, N. 2006. The dynamics of home computer ownership in Greece, Information Economics and Policy, vol. 18, (1), pp. 73-86.

Daouli, J.J., Demoussis, M., and Giannakopoulos, N. 2004. Participation of Greek married women in full-time paid employment. South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, vol. 2, (2), pp. 19-33.

Damianos, D., and Giannakopoulos N. 2002. Farmers' participation in agri- environmental schemes in Greece. British Food Journal, vol. 104, (3/4/5), pp. 261-273.

(in collective volumes)
Demoussis, M. N. Giannakopoulos, and S. Zografakis. (2008). Native-Immigrant Wage Differentials in Greece, in J. Cavounidou et al., (eds). Migration in Greece: Experiences, Policy and Prospects, Hellenic Migration Policy Institute (I.ME.PO.), (in Greek).

Daouli, J.J., Demoussis, M., and Giannakopoulos, N. 2004. Labour Supply of Greek Married Women, in T.P. Lianos, (ed.), Essays in Economic Analysis, Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), Papazisis, Athens (in Greek).

Current Research
Gender Differences in Labor Supply of Immigrants in Greece,  (with Daouli, J. and  Demoussis, M.).

So the Last Shall be First, and the First Last: Efficiency in the US Mutual Fund Market (with Drakos, K. and P. Th. Konstantinou).

A Microeconomic Analysis of Credit Rationing in Transition Countries (with Drakos, K.).

Working Papers (unpublished manuscripts)
Demoussis, M., K. Drakos and Giannakopoulos N, 2006. Hearts and minds: Labor productivity gains via job satisfaction, Department of Economics, University of Patras, Greece.

Demoussis, M., Fotopoulos, G. and Giannakopoulos, N. 2004. Assessing Household Income Mobility in Greece, Department of Economics, University of Patras, Greece.

Daouli, J., Demoussis, M., and N, Giannakopoulos, 2004. Child Care Costs and Employment of Married Mothers in Greece, Department of Economics, University of Patras, Greece.

Demoussis, M. and Giannakopoulos, N. 2004. Earnings Structure and Job Satisfaction, Department of Economics, University of Patras, Greece.

Conferences
"Migration in Greece: Experiences, Policies and Perspectives" organized by the Hellenic Migration Policy Institute (IMEPO), 23rd-24th November 2006, Athens, Greece.

"European Labour Markets, Trade & Financial Flows and Economic Growth"-5th Annual Meeting of the EEFS, May 2006, 18-21, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

"XIX National Conference of Labour Economics", September 2004, 23-24 , Modena, Italy.

European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) – 72nd Seminar on Organic Food Marketing Trends. Chania- Greece, 7-10 June, 2001.

Referee
Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Applied Economics, Ekonomia (former Cyprus Journal of Economics)

Links
University of Patras - Greece
Department of Economics-University of Patras

update: February, 2009


Nicholas Giannakopoulos

Department of Economics
University of Patras
University Campus, Rio 26504, Greece
Tel.: + 302610996134
Fax.: + 302610996134
Email: ngias@upatras.gr