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Javier Olivera is a Research Scientist in the department of living conditions at LISER, Senior Economist at the National Bank of Belgium, and full professor of economics at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP). He is also affiliated to the department of economics at KU Leuven and invited professor at UC Louvain. 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
Invited Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain
Sept 2024 → Sept 2025
Senior Economist, National Bank of Belgium
Feb 2024 → Jan 2026
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. (PI), Van Kerm, P. (CoI), Olivera, J. (CoI), Machado, J. (CoI), Lenaerts, K. (Partner PI), Barslund, M. (CoI), Vandekerckhove, S. (CoI), Lenaerts, K. (CoI), Ramioul, M. (CoI), Islam, N. (CoI), Guio, A.-C. (CoI), Lewandowski, P. (CoI), Magda, I. (CoI), Drahokoupil, J. (CoI), Palczynska, M. (CoI), Albinowski, M. (CoI), Hartwig, R. (CoI), Leitner, S. (CoI), Jestl, M. (CoI), mara, I. (CoI), Holtgrewe, U. (CoI), Vana, I. (CoI), Koller, K. (CoI), Perugini, C. (CoI), Pompei, F. (CoI), Venturini, F. (CoI), Castellani, D. (CoI), Siegloch, S. (CoI), Abrell, J. (CoI), Ungerer, M. (CoI), Rausch, S. (CoI), Markiewicz, O. (CoI), Zarkovic, J. (CoI), Arandarenko, M. (CoI), Vladisavljevic, M. (CoI), Avlijas, S. (CoI), Anic, A. (CoI), Van Hercke, B. (CoI), Peña-Casas, R. (CoI), Ghailani, D. (CoI), Verheyden, B. (CoI), Kruten, T. (CoI), Fusco, A. (CoI), Nguyen-Thi, T. U. (CoI) & Hauret, L. (CoI)
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. (PI), Van Kerm, P. (CoI), Bousselin, A. (CoI), Alieva, A. (CoI), Verheyden, B. (CoI), Licheron, J. (CoI), Sauer, P. (CoI), Olivera, J. (CoI), Paccoud, A. (CoI), Theloudis, A. (CoI), Gorczynska-Angiulli, M. (CoI), Fallucchi, F. (CoI), Görges, L. (CoI) & Chabé-Ferret, B. (CoI)
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. (PI), Olivera, J. (CoI), Sologon, D. (CoI), Fusco, A. (CoI), Van Kerm, P. (CoI) & Rueda, D. (Contracting Partner)
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg
1/04/18 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Bequest Division: The Roles of Parental Motives and Children’s Gender Composition
Olivera, J., Lekfuangfu, W. & Van Kerm, P., Apr 2025, Bönn: IZA – Institute of Labor Economics, 57 p. (IZA Discussion paper Series; no. 17833).Research output: Working paper
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Ethnic differences and preference heterogeneity: assessing social pensions in Peru
Decancq, K., Olivera, J. & Schokkaert, E., 29 Dec 2024, In: Development Studies Research. 12, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., May 2024, In: Health Economics. 33, 5, p. 971-991 21 p.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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