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Research summary
Javier Olivera is a senior researcher in the department of living conditions at LISER and full professor of economics at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP). He is also affiliated to the department of economics at KU Leuven. He holds a PhD in economics from KU Leuven, MSc in economics from the University of Essex and BA in economics from PUCP. Prior to his actual position, he was a research fellow at the Institute for Socio-Economic Research at the University of Luxembourg, and the Geary Institute at the University College Dublin (UCD). Before his academic career he has worked for more than 5 years at the Superintendent of Banking, Insurance Companies and Pension Funds and the Ministry of Economy of Peru, and has been involved in advisory work for pension and social protection reform in Latin America. He has taught as an invited professor at postgraduate and undergraduate level at KU Leuven, UC Louvain, University College Dublin and PUCP. His research interests include public economics, socio-economic inequality, pensions, attitudes towards redistribution and taxation, intergenerational transfers, old age and economic demography.
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Education/Academic qualification
Economics and business, PhD, KU Leuven
Award Date: 15 Sept 2011
Economics and business, Master, Master of Advanced Studies in Economics, KU Leuven
Award Date: 15 Sept 2006
Economics and business, Master, Master of Science in Economics, University of Essex
Award Date: 15 Sept 2004
External positions
Fellow, Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NETSPAR)
2023 → …
Invited Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain
2020 → 2021
Professor of Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
2017 → …
Affiliated researcher, KU Leuven
2013 → …
Free keywords
- Pensions
- Inequality
- Preferences for redistribution
- Ageing
- Redistribution
- Health inequalities
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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WeLaR: Welfare systems and labour market policies for economic and social resilience in Europe
Martin, L., Van Kerm, P., Olivera, J., Machado, J., Lenaerts, K., Barslund, M., Vandekerckhove, S., Lenaerts, K., Ramioul, M., Islam, N., Guio, A., Lewandowski, P., Magda, I., Drahokoupil, J., Palczynska, M., Albinowski, M., Hartwig, R., Leitner, S., Jestl, M., mara, I., Holtgrewe, U., Vana, I., Koller, K., Perugini, C., Pompei, F., Venturini, F., Castellani, D., Siegloch, S., Abrell, J., Ungerer, M., Rausch, S., Markiewicz, O., Zarkovic, J., Arandarenko, M., Vladisavljevic, M., Avlijas, S., Anic, A., Van Hercke, B., Peña-Casas, R., Ghailani, D., Verheyden, B., Kruten, T., Fusco, A., Nguyen-Thi, T. U. & Hauret, L.
1/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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FAREWELL-to-C19: FAmily Response and WELL-being effects of Covid-19
Peluso, E., Van Kerm, P., Bousselin, A., Alieva, A., Verheyden, B., Licheron, J., Sauer, P., Olivera, J., Paccoud, A., Theloudis, A., Gorczynska-Angiulli, M., Fallucchi, F., Görges, L. & Chabé-Ferret, B.
1/07/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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PREFER-ME: Preference for Redistribution, Equality and Fainess in Europe and in the Greater Region: Micro-Evidence from Surveys
Andreoli, F., Olivera, J., Sologon, D., Fusco, A., Van Kerm, P. & Rueda, D.
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
1/04/18 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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The effects of social pensions on nutrition-related health outcomes of the poor: Quasi-experimental evidence from Peru
Bernal, N., Olivera, J. & Suhrcke, M., 28 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Health Economics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A distributive analysis using Peru’s National Transfer Accounts
Olivera, J., 11 Nov 2023, In: The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. 26, 100480.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ageing Unequally in Latin America
Olivera, J., 9 Nov 2023, Esch-sur-Alzette: LISER, 40 p. (Working papers; no. 2023-07).Research output: Working paper
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Early inequalities in education and inequality of cognitive functioning in old age
Olivera, J., 17 Feb 2023, 4 p. Esch-sur-Alzette : LISER.Research output: Other contribution
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Envejeciendo desigualmente en América Latina
Olivera, J., 17 Jul 2023, Lima: Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, 50 p. (Documento de trabajo; no. 521).Translated title of the contribution :Aging unequally in Latin America Research output: Working paper
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