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Marek Góra

Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, and IZA, Germany

The IZA World of Labor initiative is a chance to broaden the link between academia and practitioners and to bring more rational arguments into public debates. I am glad to be a part of the initiative

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Professor of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland; Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Belgium (courses delivered in Poland)

Research interest

Labor economics, pension economics, health economics, social policy

Website

http://bit.ly/Gora_IZApage

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Advisor to President of Poland (2002–2005)

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, 1988

Selected publications

  • “Political economy of pension reforms: Selected general issues and the Polish pension reform case.” IZA Journal of Labour and Development 2:2 (2013).

  • “Demography rules in pension systems.” In: Kupiszewski, M. (ed.). International Migration and the Future of Populations and Labour in Europe. Dordrecht: Springer, 2013; pp. 293–300.

  • “Preserving social models while regaining competitiveness: Can Europe do both?” European View 11:1 (2012): 55–62.

  • “Creating a good pension system: A challenge for Europe.” In Dykstra, P. A. (ed.). Ageing, Intergenerational Solidarity and Age-Specific Vulnerabilities. The Hague: KNAW Press, 2008; pp. 1–16.

  • Shifting Perspectives in Pensions. IZA Discussion Paper No. 1369, 2004 (with E. Palmer).

article(s)

  • Redesigning pension systems Updated

    The institutional structure of pension systems should follow population developments

    Marek Góra, April 2019
    For decades, pension systems were based on the rising revenue generated by an expanding population (the so-called demographic dividend). As changes in fertility and longevity created new population structures, however, the dividend disappeared, but pension systems failed to adapt. They are kept solvent by increasing redistributions from the shrinking working-age population to retirees. A simple and transparent structure and individualization of pension system participation are the key preconditions for an intergenerationally just old-age security system.
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