FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- Figure 1.1 GDP growth in selected EU countries -- Figure 1.2 Public deficit and debt -- Figure 1.3 Share of exports outside the euro area out of total exports -- Figure 1.4 Share of exports by main products out of total exports -- Figure 1.5 Change in employment by occupational category and workforce skill level -- Figure 1.6 Growth rate of employment by professional status -- Figure 1.7 Employment by type of contract -- Figure 1.8 Unemployment rate by sex, age and educational level -- Figure 1.9 Long-term unemployment rate -- Figure 1.10 Share of the population at risk of poverty and social exclusion -- Figure 2.1 GDP growth and its decomposition in the pre-crisis period -- Figure 2.2 Resource gap by institutional sector -- Figure 2.3 Investment trends in select countries -- Figure 2.4 Growth rate of ULC by main component -- Figure 2.5 Decomposition of changes in ULC-REER between 1999 and 2009 -- Figure 2.6 Annual contribution to labour productivity by sector -- Figure 2.7 Greek export quality in a comparative perspective -- Figure 2.8 Economic complexity index in selected economies* -- Figure 2.9 Share of employment by firm size, 2012 -- Figure 2.10 Change in employment by firm size -- Figure 2.11 Product market regulation indicator, 2008-2013 -- Figure 2.12 Tax wedge on labour cost, single worker with average income, 2013 -- Figure 2.13 Distribution of EIB funding in select countries, 2009 - 2014 -- Figure 3.1 Temporary and part-time employment -- Figure 3.2 Self-employment as a share of total employment among select countries, 2007 -- Figure 3.3 Composition of new employment contracts, 2009 - 2013 -- Figure 4.1 Social protection expenditures in selected countries as a share of GDP, 2009.

Figure 4.2 Contribution of social protection to changes in public expenditure 2010-2012 -- Figure 4.3 Contribution to changes in social protection expenditure by benefit type -- Figure 4.4 Jobseekers and receipt of unemployment benefits (2010 - 2014) -- Figure 4.5 Measures of poverty and social exclusion in Greece after 2008 -- Figure 4.6 Poverty rate before and after tax and transfers, 2011 -- Figure 5.1 Annual minimum wages in selected countries -- TABLES -- Table 1.1 Main economic, labour market and social indicators in Greece and EU-28 -- Table 3.1 Incidence of involuntary workers in temporary -- Table 5.1 Collective bargaining agreements concluded in 2010 - 2013 by type* -- BOXES -- Box 1.1 Labour market indicators for Greece in Q2 2014 -- Box 2.1 The Economic Adjustment Programme in Greece -- Box 2.2 Measuring competitiveness: A multidimensional approach -- Box 2.3 Economic complexity and sustained growth -- Box 2.4 Starting a business: -- Box 2.5 Recent measures to promote -- Box 3.1 Legislation on collective dismissals: -- Box 3.2 Promoting declared employment -- Box 4.1 Changes to social security during the crisis -- Box 4.2 Excessive reductions in preventive programmes -- Box 4.3 A universal activation guarantee scheme for youths and groups most in need -- Box 4.4 Recent developments in the Greek social security system -- Box 4.5 Apprenticeships scheme for 15−18-year-olds in Greece -- Box 5.1 National Reform Programmes under the European Employment Strategy: -- Box 5.2 Evolution of collective bargaining leading up the crisis -- Box 5.3 Arbitration in the Greek context -- Box 5.4 The collective agreement at ACS Courier -- Box 5.5 Selected comments from the ILO Committee of Experts: -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND KEY POLICY OPTIONS -- CHAPTER 1: ECONOMIC AND LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS -- INTRODUCTION.

A. MACROECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS -- B. LABOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE -- C. SOCIAL CHALLENGES -- D. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2: COMPETITIVENESS, INVESTMENT AND FIRM DYNAMISM -- INTRODUCTION -- A. PRE-CRISIS MACROECONOMIC IMBALANCES -- B. PRODUCTIVITY, COMPETITIVENESS AND EXTERNAL DEMAND -- C. FIRM STRUCTURE AND BARRIERS TO GROWTH -- D. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3: EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION AND JOB QUALITY -- INTRODUCTION -- A. EMPLOYMENT COMPOSITION: PRE-CRISIS TRENDS AND ISSUES -- B. EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION: RECENT REFORMS AND PRELIMINARY EFFECTS -- C. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4: ECONOMIC SECURITY: ROLE OF SOCIAL PROTECTION IN TIMES OF CRISIS -- INTRODUCTION -- A. FISCAL ADJUSTMENT: OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE CHANGES -- B. SOCIAL PROTECTION AND RISK OF POVERTY DURING THE CRISIS -- C. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5: BUILDING A RECOVERY THROUGH SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING -- INTRODUCTION -- A. TRIPARTITE SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN GREECE -- B. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: RECENT REFORMS AND PRELIMINARY IMPACTS -- 1. REFORMS TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING -- 2. PRELIMINARY IMPACTS OF THE RECENT REFORMS ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING -- C. WAGE DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MINIMUM WAGE-SETTING -- D. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- APPENDIX 1: CATEGORIES OF COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS ESTABLISHED BY LAW 1876/1990 -- REFERENCES.