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Table 24 Own calculations

From: Market and political power interactions in Greece: an empirical investigation

Variable

Description

Calculation

Time span

RGDPP

Real per capita GDP

RGDP/POP

1970–2010

RGDPG

Growth rate of real per capita GDP

LN(RGDPP(t))/ LN(RGDPP(t-1))

1970–2010

COMPP

Total compensation of employees in the private sector

WSSS-CGW

1970–2010

WP

Compensation rate in the private sector

COMPP/PE

1970–2010

WG

Compensation rate in the public sector

CGW/GE

1970–2010

WPR

Wage premium

WG/WP

1970–2010

TAX_Y

Total tax revenues-to-GDP ratio

(TIND + TY)/NGDP

1970–2010

CGNWY

Government final non-wage consumption expenditure-to-GDP ratio

CGNW/NGDP

1970–2010

TL

Effective tax rate on labor income

See Below

1970–2010

TSELF

Effective tax rate on self-employment income

See Below

1970–2010

VATR

VAT revenues

Tax revenue statistics, OECD

 

TVAT

VAT effective tax rate

VATR/(PC-VATR)

1970–2010

TSL

Ratio of the effective tax rate on self-employment income divided by the effective tax rate on labor income

TSE/TL

1970–2010

CAY

Current account balance-to-GDP ratio

CA/NGDP

1970–2010

DEFY

Government net lending-to-GDP ratio

DEF/Y

1970–2010

UD_RATIO

Union density of public sector workers to the union density of private sector workers

UD_public/UD_private

1970–2010

VEF

Ratio of the VAT effective tax rate to the standard VAT rate

TVAT/VAT

 

STE

Self-employment over total employment

SE/TE

1970–2010