Universitą degli Studi di Salerno

Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche


Economics of Ageing in Europe (AGE)
RTN
European Program HPRN-CT-2002-00235 


  

     Universitą di Salerno

Research team

Tullio Jappelli (Scientist in charge of Salerno node and Network Coordinator)
Professor of Economics at the University of Salerno, CSEF Director, and CEPR Research Fellow
Research interests: Saving, Liquidity Constraints, Intergenerational Transfers, Portfolio Choice, Banking, Applied Econometrics and Macroeconomics.
E-mail:
tullioj@tin.it  -  Personal homepage 

DIMITRIS Christelis, CSEF pre-doctoral fellow
Research interests: Consumption and Saving; Applied microeconometrics
E-mail:
 
cdimitri@unisa.it 

Marcello D’Amato, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Salerno
Research interests: Political Economy; Social Security
.
E-mail:
damato@diima.unisa.it  -  Personal homepage 

Raquel Fonseca, CSEF post-doctoral fellow
Research interests
:
Inequality; Consumption; Social Security
E-mail: rfonseca@unisa.it

Mario Padula, Associate Professor of Econometrics at the University of Salerno
Research interests: Consumption and Saving; Income and education; Applied microeconometrics
E-mail:
mpadula@unisa.it  - 
Personal homepage 

Marco Pagano, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Naples Federico II 
Research interests:
Finance and Macroeconomics
E-mail:
mrpagano@tin.it  -  Personal homepage 

Anna Sanz De Galdeano, Marie Curie post-doctoral Fellow
Research interests: Labor Economics; Applied Microeconometrics.
E-mail: asdega@unisa.it

 

Administrative contact:
Lia Ambrosio
E-mail:
csef@unisa.it 
Telephone: +39 089 96 3167


Tilburg University

Research team

 

Arthur van Soest (Scientist in charge), professor of econometrics at CentER, Tilburg University;
Research interests: micro-econometrics, labour economics, consumption and saving behaviour, portfolio choice, and economic psychology.
E-mail: a.h.o.vansoest@uvt.nl
  -  Personal homepage  

Jan van Ours (Scientist in charge from July 1st, 2003 to April 2005), Professor of Labor Economics at CentER
Research interests: unemployment dynamics, effects of policy interventions in the labour market, labour market and the firm, labour markets in transition, matching job seekers and vacancies, immigration and the labour market, opium consumption in the Dutch East Indies, empirical analysis of auctions
E-mail: J.C.VanOurs@uvt.nl  or vanours@uvt.nl - Personal homepage

Yvonne Adema, RTN fellow at CenTER
Research interests
E-mail:
Y.Adema@uvt.nl  - Personal homepage

Rob Alessie, professor in economics at the Utrecht School of Economics (USE) and research fellow of CentER;
Research interests: applied micro-econometrics, savings, consumption, life
cycle models, portfolio choice.
E-mail:
r.alessie@econ.uu.nl  - Personal homepage

Rob Euwals, Associate economist at CenTER
Research interests:  Labour economics (labour supply, wages, training, education, immigration), Savings and pensions (savings behaviour, mandatory pensions, portfolio choice), Microeconometrics
E-mail:
R.W.Euwals@cpb.nl - Personal homepage

Anne Gielen, RTN fellow at CenTER
Research interests
Labor economics, Job reallocation, Labor mobility
E-mail:
a.c.gielen@uvt.nl  - Personal homepage


Arie Kapteyn, Senior economist at RAND and research fellow of CentER;
Research interests: savings, consumption, labour economics, economic psychology.
E-mail:
Arie_kapteyn@rand.org - Personal homepage 

Maria Cristina Maio,
RTN fellow at CenTER
Research interests: Empirical Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics , Economics of Ageing.
E-mail: mcristinamajo@hotmail.com - CV - Research Field

Lex Meijdam, Professor of economics at CentER;
Research interests: dynamic macroeconomics and public economics, more in particular intergenerational issues like social security, public debt and infrastructure.
E-mail:
A.C.Meijdam@uvt.nl - Personal homepage 

Piere-Carl Michaud, Ph.D. student
Research interests: Labor Economics, Economics of Retirement  Dynamic Panel Data Models
E-mail: P.C.Michaud@uvt.nl - Personal homepage

Jan Nelissen, Professor of Economics of Social Insurance at Erasmus University Rotterdam and senior researcher at CentER;
Research interests: retirement decisions; the role of reciprocity in pension systems; labour economics.
E-mail:
J.H.M.Nelissen@uvt.nl - Personal homepage

Harrie Verbon, Professor of public finance at CentER.
Research interests: intergenerational transfers and redistribution and growth, using both theoretical and empirical approaches.
E-mail:
H.A.A.Verbon@uvt.nl - Personal homepage

Frederic Vermeulen, RTN fellow at CenTER
Research interestsLabour supply, consumer behaviour, collective household models, microeconometrics.
E-mail:
frederic.vermeulen@uvt.nl - Personal homepage

Administrative contact:
Marie Louise Kemperman
E-mail: M.L.G.Kemperman@uvt.nl
 
Phone: +31 13 4662024

 

University of Copenhagen

Research team

Martin Browning  (Scientist in charge of the Copenhagen node), Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen, Director of the Centre for Applied Microeconometrics (CAM). 
Research interests: Household economic behaviour and welfare: saving; demand; labour supply, marriage and fertility. The economic well-being of children. The intra-household allocation of resources. The design of Unemployment Insurance schemes. Applied microeconometrics
E-mail:
Martin.Browning@econ.ku.dk - Personal homepage

Mette Ejrnęs , Assistant Professor at the University of Copenaghen.
Research interests: Micro Econometrics, Income dynamics, Retirement, Consumption
Email:
Mette.Ejrnes@econ.ku.dk Personal homepage

Anders Holm, Associate professor at the University of Copenaghen.
Research interests: Labour economics, Applied statistics in social science
Email: 
anders.holm@sociology.ku.dk Personal homepage

Mohammad Azhar Hussain , Ph.D. student, Researcher at the Danish National Institute of Social Research
Research interests: Retirement behaviour, poverty, inequality, income mobility, deprivation, labour market marginalization
Email: mh@sfi.dk - Personal homepage

Hans Christian Kongsted, Associate Professor at the University of Copenaghen.
Research interests: Econometrics
E-mail:
Hans.Christian.Kongsted@econ.ku.dk Personal homepage

Mona Larsen, PhD Student at the Danish National Institute of Social Research
Research Interests: Labour Economics, early retirement
Email: ml@sfi.dk  - Personal homepage

Mette Lunde Christensen , Ph.D. student at the University of Copenaghen
Research interests: Heterogeneity in demand systems; aggregated demand; consumption and retirement; panel data; applied microeconometrics.
Email:
Mette.Lunde.Christensen@econ.ku.dk

Jacob Stęhr Mose, Ph.D.-student
Research Interests:
Life-cycle asset allocation, housing, economics of demographic change, applied microeconometrics.

Email:  jacob.stehr.mose@econ.ku.dk -
Personal homepage

 

Administrative Contact: 
Susanne Knudsen
E-mail:
Susanne.Knudsen@econ.ku.dk
Telephone:+45 35 32 30 74

  

  University of Cyprus

Research team

Yiannis Bilias, (Scientist in charge of Cyprus node from November 2004), Assistant Professor
Research interests:
Statistics, Econometrics, quantile regression methods
E-mail:
bilias@ucy.ac.cy Personal homepage

Michael Haliassos (Scientist in charge of Cyprus node until November 2004), Associate Professor
Research interests:
Macroeconomics and Financial Economics with emphasis on household portfolios, stockholding, and borrowing.

E-mail:
Haliassos@aya.yale.edu
Personal homepage

Elena Andreou, Lecturer
Research interests:
Time Series and Financial Econometrics with emphasis on dynamic models, tests for breaks and jumps in volatility, and high-frequency financial data modelling.

E-mail:
ecelena@ucy.ac.cy - Personal homepage

Elena Antoniadou, Lecturer
Research interests:
Economic Theory with emphasis on lattice methods, qualitative and discrete comparative statics, economics of risk and uncertainty.

E-mail:
elenaa@ucy.ac.cyPersonal homepage

Daniela  Dimitrova - RTN fellow
Research interests: Economics of portfolio choice, financial literacy and asset market participation, with emphasis on Bulgaria
E-mail:
dimitrova@ucy.ac.cy

Dimitris Georgarakos, RTN fellow
Research interests: Applied Economics, Microeconomics, Microeconometrics and Finance with emphasis on household portfolio behavior
E-mail:
d.georgarakos@qmul.ac.uk 

Christis Hassapis, Assistant Professor
Research interests:
Financial and Monetary Economics with emphasis on household portfolio choice under liquidity constraints, interest rate determination and forecasting.
E-mail:
christis@ucy.ac.cyPersonal homepage

Christos Koulovatianos, Lecturer
Research interests:
Economic Growth and Political Economy with emphasis on income and wealth distribution, dynamic endogenous taxation, and redistributive politics.

E-mail:
chrk@ucy.ac.cyPersonal homepage

Gregorios  Siourounis - RTN fellow
Research interests:
Applied Macroeconomics, Modeling in Macroeconomics and Finance. Emerging Markets. International Monetary Policy. Macroeconometrics.
E-mail:
gsiourounis@london.edu

Kostas  Tatsiramos - RTN Fellow
Research interests:
Geographic Labour Mobility, Residential Mobility, Unemployment Dynamics, Housing
E-mail: 
Konstantinos.Tatsiramos@iue.it

 

Administrative Contact:
Danniella Salleva
E-Mail: danniella@ucy.ac.cy 
Phone: +357 22 892424 - fax: +357 22 892421

 

DELTA - Paris

Research team  

 

André Masson (Scientist in charge of DELTA node), Researcher
Research interests: Life-cycle theory, Portfolio choice, Precautionary behaviors, Inheritance models, Pension system, Time preference, Intergenerational solidarity.
E-mail:
masson@delta.ens.fr 

Web: http://www.delta.ens.fr/

 

Luc Arrondel, Researcher
Research interests: Life-cycle theory, Portfolio choice, Precautionary behaviors, Inheritance models, Housing models, historical wealth accumulation
E-mail:
arrondel@delta.ens.fr 

Web: http://www.delta.ens.fr/arrondel/index.html

 

Hector Calvo-Pardo, PhD student
Research interests: Life-cycle theory, Portfolio choice, Precautionary behaviors, Risk theory, Labor market
E-mail:
  hector@delta.ens.fr

Web: http://www.delta.ens.fr/

 

Thierry Magnac, Researcher

Research interests: Labor market participation, retirement decisions, agricultural economics
E-mail:
thierry.magnac@ens.fr

Web: http://www.inra.fr/Internet/Departements/ESR/UR/lea/equipe/magnac/magnac.htm

 

Pierre Pestieau, Researcher

Research interests: Optimal taxation, Public economics, Evaluation of Public Policies, Pension systems, inheritance models
E-mail:
P.Pestieau@ulg.ac.be

http://www.ulg.ac.be/crepp/pestieau.htm

 

Muriel Roger, Researcher

Research interests: Labor market participation, retirement decisions, agricultural economics
E-mail:
roger@java.ens.fr

Web: http://www.inra.fr/Internet/Departements/ESR/UR/lea/equipe/roger/roger.htm

 

Amedeo Spadaro, Researcher
Research interests: Consumer behavior, Optimal taxation, Micro Simulation, Evaluation of Public Policies
E-mail:
amedeo.spadaro@uib.es

Web: http://www.delta.ens.fr/spadaro/index.html

 

 

 

Administrative Contact
Marie Christine Paoletti
E-mail: 
paoletti@delta.ens.fr

Web: http://www.delta.ens.fr/

Phone :   33 (0)1 43 13 63 34
fax :   33 (0)1 43 13 63 10
 

 

Other researchers are partially or occasionally interested in attending RTN meetings : Akiko Suwa (Inra), Madior Fall (Inra), Lionel Kesztenbaum, Cyril Grange (ass. Delta)

  

  London

Research team

James Banks (Scientist in charge of IFS node) 
Deputy Research Director, IFS - Reader in Economics, UCL
Research interests: Household spending patterns, consumption and saving over the life-cycle; Pensions and retirement; Asset portfolios, stock ownership and housing; Annuities and the incomes of the elderly; Survey methods for older populations
E-mail: j.banks@ifs.org.uk Personal homepage

Carl Emmerson, Programme Director, IFS
Research interests: Pensions and retirement; Annuities and differential mortality; Public spending, with particular reference to health and pensions
E-mail: c.emmerson@ifs.org.uk - Personal homepage

Orazio Attanasio, Research Fellow, IFS - Professor of Economics, UCL
Research interests: Consumption and saving over the life-cycle; Portfolios and asset pricing models; Macroeconomic effects of ageing populations; Social Security reforem and tax-favoured retirement savings; Design and evaluation of policies for economic development.
E-mail: o.attanasio@ucl.ac.uk - Personal homepage

Richard Blundell, Research Director, IFS - Professor of Economics, UCL
Research interests: Applied microeconometrics; Consumption and saving over the life-cycle; Retirement, pensions and the labour market outcomes of older workers; within-household models; consumption and income inequality; active labour market policies
E-mail: r.blundell@ucl.ac.uk - Personal homepage

Renata Bottazzi - Research Fellow, IFS
Research interests:
labour supply and housing decisions
E-mail: renata_b@ifs.org.uk - Personal homepage

Richard Disney - Research Fellow, IFS - Professor of Economics, University of Nottingham
Research interests: Retirement, pensions and the labour market outcomes  of older workers; Disability benefits and retirement outcomes. Tax policy, social welfare reform and pensions policy, both in developed and developing countries.
E-mail: r.disney@nottingham.ac.uk - Personal homepage

Administrative Contact: 
Robert Markless
E-mail: r.markless@ifs.org.uk - Personal homepage

  

    University of Mannheim


Research team

Axel Börsch-Supan (Scientist in charge of Mannheim node), Director of MEA and Professor at the University of Mannheim
E-mail:
axel@boersch-supan.de - Personal homepage

 

Barbara Berkel, Researcher

Lothar Essig, Researcher
E-mail:
lessig@econ.uni-mannheim.de  - Personal homepage

Florian Heiß, Researcher
E-mail:
heiss@econ.uni-mannheim.de - Personal homepage

Stefan Hoderlein, Researcher
E-mail:
hoderlein@mea.uni-mannheim.de  - Personal homepage

Jens Köke, Researcher
E-mail: jens@econ.uni-mannheim.de  - Personal homepage

Gerit Meyer-Hubbert, Researcher
E-mail:
gkmeyer-hubbert@gmx.de - Personal homepage

Alexander Ludwig, Researcher
E-mail:
udwig@econ.uni-mannheim.de 

Melanie Lührmann, Researcher
E-mail: 
melanie@econ.uni-mannheim.dePersonal homepage

Anette Reil-Held, Researcher
E-mail:
anette@econ.uni-mannheim.de - Personal homepage

Christina Benita Wilke - Researcher
E-mail:
wilke@mea.uni-mannheim.de - Personal homepage

Joachim Winter, Vice Director of MEA
E-mail: winter@uni-mannheim.de  - Personal homepage

 

Administrative Contact: 

Christina Benita Wilke
Phone: +49-621-181-3473

  

Economics Department
Universitą Ca'  Foscari di Venezia

Research team

 

Agar Brugiavini (Scientist in charge of Padova node), Professor of Economics at the University of Venice.
Research interests: Her research interests include micro-econometrics particularly the analysis of individual’s and household’s behaviour. She has done work on saving choices and portfolio decisions with particular emphasis on the effects of pension provisions. She also investigated labour supply behaviour and pension reforms.

E-mail:
va112@york.ac.uk
 - Personal homepage

Viola Angelini, PhD candidate in Economics, University of York and University of Padua.
Research interests: Household consumption and Saving

E-mail: erich_b@ifs.org.uk  

Erich Battistin, Researcher at the University of Padua
Research interests: Household consumption, Measurement Error Models, Programme Evaluation

Federico Biagi, Associate Professor in Public Economics at the University of Padua
Research interests:
Determinants of retirement, consumption and saving behavior. Economics of education and inequality. Taxation and firms’ financing and investment choices. Economic Growth.
E-mail:
federico.biagi@unipd.it

Margherita Borella, researcher at CeRP
Research interests: Income distribution, Social security, Consumption and Saving
E-mail:
borella@cero.unito.it - Personal homepage 

Flavia Coda Moscarola, researcher at CeRP
Research interests:
Simulation Models, Migratory Policies, Life Insurances
E-mail:
coda@cerp.unito.it

Enrica Croda
, Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Venice.
Research interests:
Applied microeconomics and econometrics, with an emphasis on the economics of aging.
E-mail:
enrica.croda@unive.it - Personal homepage

Laura Crespo Azor - Doctoral Student, Universidad de Alicante, SPAIN
Research Interests: Microeconometrics, Labour Economics, Family Economics.
E-mail:
laura@merlin.fae.ua.es - CV

Elsa Fornero, Professor at the University of Turin, Dept. of Economics, and Director of CeRP
Research interests: Households saving, Economic of Aging, Private and public pensions, Life insurance.
E-mail:
fornero@unito.it - Personal homepage

Carolina Fugazza, researcher at CeRP
Research interests: Social security, Consumption and Saving.
E-mail:
fugazza@cerp.unito.it

Ekaterini Kyriazidou: Professor of Economics at UCLA.
Research interests:
Econometrics.
E-mail:
 kyria@econ.ucla.edu  - Personal homepage

Raffaele Miniaci, Assistant professor at the Faculty of Statistics, University of Padua
Research interests: Consumption, Savings, Labour supply and Portfolio choice
E-mail:
miniaci@decon.unipd.it - Personal homepage

Gwenaėl Piaser, RTN fellows at the University of Venezia
Research interests: Public Economics • Health Economics • Contract Theory.
E-mail:
piaser@gmail.com 

Dino Rizzi, Professor of Public Economics at the University of Venice.  
Research interests:
He has done work on the distribution of income and wealth and on the measurement of poverty, particularly estimating equivalence scale for Italy on micro data.
E-mail:
rizzid@unive.itPersonal homepage   

Laura Romeu Gordo, RTN fellows at the University of Venezia
Research interests: Socio-economic determinants of health, particularly in health evolution over the life-cycle with regard to what determines "healthy ageing".
E-mail:
lromeu@unive.it 

Federica Teppa, researcher at CeRP and Ph.D. student at Tilburg University
Research interests: Preference formation, Financial decisions, Saving and pensions
E-mail:
  teppa@cerp.unito.it 
- Personal homepage

Guglielmo Weber,  is Professor of Econometrics at the University of Padua and chair of the Economics Department.
Research interests:
He has done extensive research on household savings, consumption and portfolio choices. Most of his work has been on consumption decisions and on intertemporal consumption choices. More recently he has done also work on portfolio allocation and the household’s debt holdings.
E-mail:
weber@decon.unipd.it - Personal homepage


   Ente per gli studi monetari, bancari e finanziari  "Luigi Einaudi"

Research team

Luigi Guiso, Professor of Economics at the University of Sassari

Research interests: finance, macroeconomica and growth, savings and households choices, banking, aplied economics
Email:
guiso@tin.it - Personal homepage

  Servicio de Estudios  

Research team

Olimpia Bover, Researcher

E-mail: bover@bde.es 

 

  RAND

Research team

Michael Hurd, Researcher
E-mail:
mhurd@rand.org  

Arie Kapteyn, Researcher
E-mail:
Arie_Kapteyn@rand.org  

James Smith, Researcher
E-mail:
James_Smith@rand.org 

Susanne Rohwedder, Researcher
E-mail:
Susann_Rohwedder@rand.org 

 

 


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