Asghar Zaidi
 


Position
Director Research (on leave 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; pension 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
Vice President, International Microsimulation Association.

Selected publications
  • A. Zaidi (2009) ‘New Deal in a new light’, Public Service Review: European Union, London.
  • E. Whitehouse and A. Zaidi (2008) ‘Socio-Economic Differences in Mortality: Implications for Pensions Policy’, Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers no. 71, OECD, Paris.
  • 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 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.


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CV Asghar Zaidi
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Publication Asghar Zaidi
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Book: Mainstreaming Ageing. Indicators To Monitor Sustainable Policies
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Book: Well-being of Older People in Ageing Societies
pdf, 205 KB, 2008-09-26

Information on the Author: Well-being of Older People in Ageing Societies
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