Asghar Zaidi
 


Position
Director Research (unpaid leave of absence to Social Policy Division, OECD)

Previous position
Economic Adviser, Cross Cutting Pensions Analysis Division (XPAD), Pensions Analysis Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions, UK
Education
PhD Economics, University of Oxford, MA Economic Policy and Planning, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Languages
English, Dutch

Contact details
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Berggasse 17, A-1090 Vienna
Tel: +43-1-319 45 05-26
Fax: +43-1-319 45 05-19
Email: Zaidi

Research interests
Pensioner poverty; pensions reforms and its impact on retirement incomes; dynamic microsimulation modelling; costs of disability; income and poverty dynamics

External Affilliations:
Research Associate at CASE, London School of Economics
Research Affiliate at German Socio-Economic Panel Study, DIW Berlin

Selected publications
  • T. Burchhardt and A. Zaidi (2008) ‘Disabled Children, Poverty and Extra Costs’, in: Jason Strelitz and Ruth Lister (Eds.), Why Money Matters: Family Income, Poverty and Children’s Lives, “Save the Children” UK
  • A. Zaidi and B. Gustafsson (2007) "Income Mobility amongst the Elderly in Sweden during the 1990s" International Journal of Social Welfare, Volume 16, 48-93
  • A. Zaidi and A. Grech (2007) "Pension Policy in EU25 and its Impact on Pension Benefits" Benefits - the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 15(3): 229-311
  • P. Johnson and A. Zaidi (2007) "Work over the life-cycle". In: Crafts, Gazeley and Newell (eds.), Work and Pay in Twentieth Century Britain, Oxford University Press.
  • Evandrou, M., J. Falkingham, P. Johnson, A. Scott and A. Zaidi (2007) "SAGE Dynamic Microsimulation Model for Britain" In: A. Gupta and A. Harding (eds.), "Modelling Our Future: Population Ageing, Health and Aged Care", International Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics, 16, Elsevier
  • M. Makovec and A. Zaidi (2007) “Life-course Disruptions and their Impact on Income and Living Conditions in EUMember States”, EUROPEAN PAPERS ON THE NEW WELFARE - The Counter-Ageing Society, No. 8, September
  • B. Gustafsson, A. Zaidi, and E. Franzén (2007) “Financial poverty” International Journal of Social Welfare, Volume 16: S67–S90
  • A. Zaidi, J. Frick and F. Buechel (2005) "Income dynamics within retirement in Great Britain and Germany", Ageing and Society Volume 25, Issue 04, July
  • A. Zaidi and T. Burchardt (2005), "Comparing incomes when needs differ: Equivalisation for the extra costs of disability in the UK" Review of Income and Wealth Series 51, Number 1, March.
  • Kapteyn, A., A. Kalwij and A. Zaidi, (2004) "The myth of worksharing" Labour Economics 11, 293 - 313.
  • Burchardt, T. and A. Zaidi (2003) "Poverty and disability" Disability Rights Bulletin, London, Summer 2003.
  • A. Zaidi and K. De Vos (2001) "Trends in consumption-based poverty and inequality in the Member States of the European Community". Journal of Population Economics, 14(2), 367-390.
  • K. De Vos and A. Zaidi (1998) "Poverty Measurement in the European Union: Country-specific or Union-specific poverty lines?", Journal of Income Distribution, 8(1), 77-92.
  • A.J.M. Hagenaars, K. De Vos and A. Zaidi (1998) "Patterns of Poverty in Europe". In: S. Jenkins, A. Kapteyn and B. Van Praag (eds.), The Distribution of Welfare and Household Production: International Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, UK.
  • K. De Vos and A. Zaidi (1997) "Sensitivity of Equivalence Scales for Poverty Statistics in the Member States of the European Community" Review of Income and Wealth, Series 43, No. 3.
  • K. De Vos and A. Zaidi (1996) "The Use of Microsimulation to Update Poverty Statistics Based on Household Budget Surveys: A Pilot Study for the United Kingdom". In: A. Harding (ed.), Microsimulation and Public Policy, Contribution to Economic Analysis, North Holland, Amsterdam.


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Publications Asghar Zaidi
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PB The Labour Market Situation of People with Disabilities in EU25
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