Blouchoutzi Anastasia
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    Blouchoutzi Anastasia

    Assistant Professor
    Department of International and European Studies
    Academic Staff


    Academic Area

    Economics of International Migration

    Curriculum Vitae
    Academic Titles
    • B.A. in International, European, Economic and Political Studies, Major: Political Studies and Diplomacy. University of Macedonia, Department of International, European, Economic and Political Studies
    • MSc in International and European Economics. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law, Economics and Political Science, School of Economics.
    • PhDThesis: Essays on the Macroeconomic Implications of International Migration. University of Macedonia, Department of International and European Studies.

    Research Interests
    • Economics of Migration
    • Migration Policy
    • Labor Economics
    • Migrant Integration Policies
    • International Economics

    Teaching


    • LABOR ECONOMICS
      (ΔΕ3010)

    Type
    ELECTIVE

    Department Abbreviation
    IES

    Department
    DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN STUDIES

    Course Outlines

    The course introduces students to the field of labor economics. The first part of the course is dedicated to a) the study of labor demand, b) the study of labor supply, and c) the study of labor market equilibrium. The course analyzes how wages are formed and evolve and how wage differentials develop. Particular attention is paid to issues such as labor productivity, human capital formation, skills’ distribution, discrimination, and the role of government and trade unions in the labor market. In addition, the evolution of the Greek trade union movement is presented. The purpose of this course is for students to understand how labor market decisions are made by both workers and firms and to clarify the role of governmental policy in shaping labor market opportunities.

    • MIGRATION POLICY
      (Δ1-27020)

    Type
    ELECTIVE

    Department Abbreviation
    IES

    Department
    DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN STUDIES

    Course Outlines

    Migration policy has been established at the top of the EU agenda and is a current topic of public debate for most countries in the world. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the course introduces students to the study of migration governance by presenting the historical overview of the migration phenomenon at national and European level, its driving forces and its implications for all parties involved. In addition, specific issues regarding migration and international relations are examined. The purpose of this course is to contribute to the understanding of this multi-faceted phenomenon while offering stimuli to the students for further research on specific issues of international politics.

    • THE ECONOMICS OF MIGRATION
      (Δ18015)

    Type
    ELECTIVE

    Department Abbreviation
    IES

    Department
    DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN STUDIES

    Course Outlines

    Migration is a challenge to be addressed by most countries in the world, whether they experience it as origin, transit or destination countries of migrants. The course describes the phenomenon of migration with an emphasis on its economic impact for all the parties involved. The economic motivations for migration and the economic consequences of migration at macro and micro-economic level are analyzed. The purpose of this course is to help students understand the relationship between migration and development and the importance of international migration for the global economy and to familiarize them with the study of the phenomenon, introducing them to the most important theoretical and empirical approaches to migration analysis and giving them the impetus for personal research of the phenomenon.

    Publications


    • Books (3 records)

    Περιλαμβάνει Βιβλία ή/και μονογραφίες σε διεθνείς ή ελληνικούς εκδοτικούς οίκους. Κεφάλαια ή άρθρα συλλογικών τόμων ή επιμέλεια τόμων σε διεθνείς ή ελληνικούς εκδοτικούς οίκους.

      2022

      • Blouchoutzi, A., Tsaples, G., Manou, D., Nikas, C. (2022). Strengthening EU Resilience: Labor Market Integration as a Criterion for Refugee Relocation. In: Cabral Seixas Costa, A.P., Papathanasiou, J., Jayawickrama, U., Kamissoko, D. (eds), Decision Support Systems XII: Decision Support Addressing Modern Industry, Business, and Societal Needs. ICDSST 2022. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 447. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06530-9_6

      2021

      • Papathanasiou, J., Tsaples, G. and Blouchoutzi, A. (eds.) (2021). Game Based Approach to Urban Sustainability. Switzerland: Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030670153

      2020

      • Blouchoutzi, A. and Nikas, C. (2020). Immigration and Growth: The Case of Greece, In Nikas C. (ed.), Economic Growth in the European Union, Berlin: Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030482091
      • Scientific Journals (11 records)

      Περιλαμβάνει Άρθρα σε διεθνή ή ελληνικά επιστημονικά περιοδικά (με κριτές).

        2023

        • Blouchoutzi, A., Tsaples, G., Manou, D. and Papathanasiou, J. (2023). Investigating Public–Private Cooperation in Migrant Labor Market Integration: A System Dynamics Study to Explore the Challenge for Greece. Economies, 11(38). https://doi.org/10.3390/economies11020038
        • Tsaples, G., Blouchoutzi, A. Stanković, J., Marjanović, I. and Marković, M. (forthcoming). Economic-Innovation efficiency in EU countries: A multi-perception DEA approach, Int. J. of Decision Support Systems.
        • Blouchoutzi, A. and Pedi, R. (forthcoming) In-betweenness and Migration Interdependence: Lessons from Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Studies in European Affairs, 1/2023.

        2022

        • Blouchoutzi, A., Manou, D., & Papathanasiou, J. (2022). The Regional Allocation of Asylum Seekers in Greece: A Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis Approach. Sustainability, 14(10), 6046. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14106046

        2021

        • Blouchoutzi, A., Digkoglou, P., Papathanasiou, J. and Nikas, C. (2021). An evaluation on the effectiveness of labor market integration policies in EU Member States using PROMETHEE, International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems, 12(1), pp. 73-84
        • Blouchoutzi, A.; Manou, D.; Papathanasiou, J. (2021). A PROMETHEE MCDM Application in Social Inclusion: The Case of Foreign-Born Population in the EU. Systems, 9(45). https://doi.org/10.3390/ systems9020045
        • Manou, D., Blouchoutzi, A. and Papathanasiou, J. (2021). The Socioeconomic Integration of People in Need of International Protection: A Spatial Approach in the Case of Greece. Social Sciences, 10(454). https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10120454

        2019

        • Blouchoutzi, A. (2019). The unemployment-output relationship for the native labour force in Greece: Focusing on the differences between Okun’s coefficient for the natives and the immigrants in the country, Archives of Economic History, XXXI (1-2), pp. 99-109

        2014

        • Nikas, C. and Blouchoutzi, A. (2014). Emigrants’ remittances and the “Dutch Disease” in small transition economies: the case of Albania and Moldova, Romanian Statistical Review, 1/2014, pp. 45-65
        • Blouchoutzi, A. and Nikas, C. (2014). Emigrants’ remittances and economic growth in small transition economies: The cases of Moldova and Albania, East- West Journal of Economics and Business, XVII (2), pp. 97-117

        2010

        • Blouchoutzi, A. and Nikas, C. (2010). Τhe macroeconomic implications of emigrants’ remittances: The case of Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. Post-Communist Economies, 22(4), 547-558.
        • Conferences (11 records)

        Περιλαμβάνει Άρθρα σε δημοσιευμένα πρακτικά διεθνών ή ελληνικών συνεδρίων (με κριτές).

          2022

          • Manou, D., Blouchoutzi, A. and Papathanasiou, J. (2022) Multilateral Development Banks and Migration: from a country-specific approach to shared responsibility. The Migration Conference 2022, Rabat, Morocco, 7-10/9/2022.
          • Tsaples, G. and Blouchoutzi, A. (2022) Socio-economic efficiency of European countries with a modified, two-stage Data Envelopment Analysis method, ICDSST 2022 Proceedings, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, 23-25/5/2022

          2021

          • Manou, D., Blouchoutzi, A. and Papathanasiou, J. (2021). The Covid-19 pandemic and its impacts on migration governance in Greece, The Migration Conference 2021, London, United Kingdom, 6-10/7/2021.

          2019

          • Blouchoutzi, A. (2019). The Impact of Immigration on Growth and Vice Versa. An empirical analysis of the Greek case from 1998 to 2017, 9th Biennial Hellenic Observatory PhD Symposium on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 15/6/2019
          • Blouchoutzi, A., Digkoglou, P., Manou, D. and Nikas, C. (2019). Analyzing Labor Market Integration Policies in EU Member States Using PROMETHEE, The Migration Conference 2019, Bari, Italy, 18-20/6/2019
          • Manou, D., Blouchoutzi, A. and Papathanasiou, J. (2019). Local initiatives for integration of migrants in Greece, The Migration Conference 2019, Bari, Italy, 18-20/6/2019
          • Δίγκογλου, Π., Μπλουχουτζή, Α., Παπαθανασίου, Ι., Νίκας, Χ. (2019). An evaluation on the effectiveness of labor market integration policies in EU Member States using PROMETHEE, 6ο Φοιτητικό Συνέδριο της Ελληνικής Εταιρίας Επιχειρησιακών Ερευνών «Επιχειρησιακή Έρευνα και Εθνικό Παραγωγικό Μοντέλο», Ξάνθη, 28/2/2019-2/3/2019

          2018

          • Μπλουχουτζή, Α. και Νίκας, Χ. (2018). Η ανεργία των Ελλήνων και των μεταναστών σε μία χώρα σε βαθειά ύφεση: Η περίπτωση της Ελλάδας, International Conference on International Business, Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 17-20/05/2018

          2013

          • Μπλουχουτζή, Α. και Νίκας, Χ. (2013). Emigrants’ remittances and the “Dutch Disease” in small transition economies with flexible exchange rates: the case of Albania and Moldova, 3o Συνέδριο Εφαρμοσμένης Οικονομικής, Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας, Βόλος, 17-18/05/2013

          2012

          • Blouchoutzi, A. and Nikas, C. (2012). Emigrants’ Remittances and Economic Growth in Small Transition Economies: The Cases of Moldova and Albania, International Conference on International Business, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, 17-19/05/2012

          2010

          • Blouchoutzi, A. and Nikas, C. (2010). On the macroeconomic implications of emigrants’ remittances: The case of Romania, Bulgaria and Albania, The Economies of Balkan and Eastern Europe Countries in the changed world, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Kavala, 07-09/05/2010
          • Other (7 records)

          Περιλαμβάνει Παρουσιάσεις σε διεθνή ή ελληνικά συνέδρια χωρίς δημοσίευση σε πρακτικά.

            2022

            • Μπλουχουτζή, Α. και Νίκας, Χ. (2022) Πόλεμος εν μέσω Πανδημίας: Ο αντίκτυπος της εισβολής της Ρωσίας στην Ουκρανία στις ροές εμβασμάτων σε χώρες της Κεντρικής Ασίας, ‘Οι Διεθνείς Επιπτώσεις του Πολέμου στην Ουκρανία. Συνέδριο εις Μνήμην Καθηγητή Ηλία Κουσκουβέλη’, Θεσσαλονίκη, 20-21/10/2022

            2021

            • Manou, D., Blouchoutzi, A. and Papathanasiou, J. (2021). Migrants and refugees in the Greek educational system: towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4, 18th IMISCOE Annual Conference “Crossing borders, connecting cultures”, Luxembourg, 7-9/7/2021
            • Blouchoutzi, A. (2021). The application of PROMETHEE multi-criteria decision making method to EU migration governance. h- Promethee Days 2021, Thessaloniki, Greece, 12-15/10/2021

            2020

            • Blouchoutzi, A., Manou, D. and Papathanasiou, J. (2020). A multi-criteria decision analysis on the distribution of migrants’ accommodation facilities in Greece., e-Promethee Days 2020, Rabat, Morocco 2-5/6/2020
            • Blouchoutzi, A., Manou, D. and Papathanasiou, J. (2020). Decision making on internal geographical allocation of immigrants and refugees in Greece: A multi-criteria evaluation, Twentieth International Conference on Diversity in organizations, Communities and Nations, Milan, Italy 10-12/6/2020

            2019

            • Blouchoutzi, A. (2019). Remittances in the in between Russia and the West lesser states: one more source of vulnerability? Insights from Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Sofia, Bulgaria 11-14/9/2019

            2018

            • Μπλουχουτζή, Α. και Νίκας, Χ. (2018). Η ανεργία των μεταναστών στην Ελλάδα σε περιβάλλον βαθύτατης οικονομικής κρίσης και η ένταξή τους στην αγορά εργασίας. 3ο Διεθνές Επιστημονικό Συνέδριο «Παραγωγική Ανασυγκρότηση της Ελλάδας: Εναλλακτικές Στρατηγικές, ΤΕΙ Δυτικής Μακεδονίας, Κοζάνη, 7-8/12/2018
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