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Javier Olivera is a 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. He has been involved in advisory work for pension and social protection reform in Peru, Ecuador, Honduras and Paraguay. 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, intergenerational transfers, old age and economic demography.
Ongoing projects
Articles
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NOVELLA Rafael, OLIVERA Javier. Gender differences in cognitive abilities among the elderly poor of Peru. Economia, 2019, vol. 42, n°83, pp. 95-109.
OLIVERA Javier. The distribution of pension wealth in Europe. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2018 (First Online: 18 June 2018).
LEIST Anja K., NOVELLA Rafael, OLIVERA Javier. The Role of Nutrition and Literacy on the Cognitive Functioning of Elderly Poor Individuals. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2018 (12 July 2018).
CARPANTIER Jean-François, OLIVERA Javier, VAN KERM Philippe. Macroprudential policy and household wealth inequality. Journal of International Money and Finance, 2018, vol. 85, pp. 262-277.
OLIVERA Javier, ANDREOLI Francesco, LEIST Anja K., CHAUVEL Louis. Inequality in old age cognition across the world. Economics & Human Biology, 2018, vol. 29, pp. 179-188.
OLIVERA Javier, PONOMARENKO Valentina. Pension Insecurity and Wellbeing in Europe. Journal of Social Policy, 2017, vol. 46, n°3, pp. 517-542.
OLIVERA Javier. The division of inter-vivos parental transfers in Europe. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2017, vol. 9, pp. 41-51.
OLIVERA Javier, NOVELLA Rafael. Cognitive functioning among poor elderly persons: evidence from Peru. IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2017, vol. 7, n°19, pp. 1-13.
OLIVERA Javier, TOURNIER Isabelle. Successful ageing and multidimensional poverty: the case of Peru. Ageing & Society, 2016, vol. 36, n°8, pp. 1690-1714. [First Online: 23 June 2015].
OLIVERA Javier. Welfare, Inequality and Financial Effects of a Multi-Pillar Pension Reform: The Case of Peru, The Journal of Development Studies, 2016, vol. 52, n°10, pp. 1401-1414.
OLIVERA Javier. An Assessment of a Proposed Multi-Pillar Pension Reform in Peru. Apuntes, 2016, vol. 43, n°78, pp. 9-40.
OLIVERA Javier. Changes in inequality and generalized trust in Europe. Social Indicators Research, 2015, vol. 124, n°1, pp. 21-41.
OLIVERA Javier. Preferences for redistribution in Europe. IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015, vol. 4, n°14, pp. 1-18.
OLIVERA Javier, ZULUAGA Blanca. The ex-ante effects of non-contributory pensions in Colombia and Peru. Journal of International Development, 2014, vol. 26, n°7, pp. 949-973.
LEE Ronald, MASON Andrew, OLIVERA Javier (et al). Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption. Science, 2014, n°346(6206) pp. 229-234.
OLIVERA Javier. The life-cycle deficit in Peru: an estimation with National Transfer Accounts (in Spanish). Notas de Poblacion, 2014, n°98, pp. 75-102.
OLIVERA Javier. Preferences for redistribution after the economic crisis. Economics and Business Letters, 2014, vol. 3, n°3, pp. 137-145.
OLIVERA Javier, CLAUSEN Jonathan. The elderly and social protection policies in Peru (in Spanish). Economia, 2014, vol. 37, n°73, pp. 75-112.
LI Carmen, OLIVERA Javier. Voluntary affiliation to Peru’s individual accounts pension system. International Social Security Review, 2009, vol. 62, n°3, pp. 23-48.
Books
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OLIVERA Javier. Recuperando la solidaridad en el sistema peruano de pensiones. Una propuesta de reforma. Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social (CIES), Universidad de Piura. Lima, 2010, 151 p.
- VELAZCO Julia, OLIVERA Javier. El Derecho a la oportunidad: mujeres gerenciando empresas. Movimiento Manuela Ramos. Lima, 1999, 198 p.
Book Chapters
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OLIVERA Javier. A Cross-country and Cohort Analysis of Active Ageing Differences Among the Elderly in Europe. In: Zaidi A., Harper S., Howse K., Lamura G., Perek-Bialas J. (Eds.) Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, pp. 261-294.
OLIVERA Javier. Objetivos y efectos de las pensiones no contributivas. In: Luis Carranza, Angel Melguizo, David Tuesta (Eds.) Ideas para una Reforma de Pensiones. Lima: Universidad San Martin de Porres, 2017, pp. 129-161.
COWELL Frank, NOLAN Brian, OLIVERA Javier, VAN KERM Philippe. Wealth, top incomes and inequality. In: Kirk Hamilton and Cameron Hepburn (Eds.) National Wealth: What is missing, why it matters. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 175-206.
OLIVERA, Javier. Peru. In: ROFMAN Rafael, APELLA Ignacio, VEZZA Evelyn (Eds.) Beyond Contributory Pensions: Fourteen Experiences with Coverage Expansion in Latin America. Washington: World Bank, 2015, pp. 333-359.
- MARX Ive, NOLAN Brian, OLIVERA Javier. The Welfare State and anti-poverty policy in rich countries. In: ATKINSON T., BOURGUIGNON F. (Eds.) Handbook of Income Distribution. Elsevier, 2015, pp. 2063-2140.
- OLIVERA Javier. Perú. In: ROFMAN Rafael, APELLA Ignacio, VEZZA Evelyn (Eds.) Más allá de las pensiones contributivas. Catorce experiencias en América Latina. Buenos Aires: World Bank, 2013, pp. 393-423. OLIVERA Javier. Estudio sobre el diseño y costo de una pensión no contributiva en Perú. In: VIDAL Alvaro, GOMEZ Julio (Eds.) Envejecimiento con dignidad, por una pensión no contributiva. International Labour Organization/PUCP. Lima, 2011.
- LI Carmen, OLIVERA Javier. Cobertura y afiliación al Sistema Privado de Pensiones del Perú. In: GONZALES DE OLARTE Efraín, IGUINIZ Javier M. (Eds.) Desarrollo económico y bienestar. Homenaje a Maximo Vega-Centeno. Fondo Editorial - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Lima, 2009, pp. 221-239.