RESEARCH PROFILE

Bernard Casey is an economist by training who joined IER in 2007. He has worked on employment and pension policies for much of his professional career. He was on the staff of the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Science Centre Berlin) in the 1980s and has been a senior economist at the OECD. His research into the economic implications of societal ageing has been concerned with age and work, transitions to retirement, employment-related social security and long-term care of the frail elderly. In addition, he is interested in, and has written on, higher education and developments in non-standard working patterns.

Bernard Casey is regularly involved in projects for the European Commission and as a consultant to a number of governments of European Union member states. He carried out a study for the Austrian government when it was preparing for its 1998 EU Presidency and has conducted a number of studies for the government of Cyprus. His research and publications cover not only Europe, including central and eastern Europe, but also Japan and east Asia and, on occasions, places yet more exotic.

He speaks German, Dutch and French and, in his spare time, teaches mathematical economics and statistics.

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RESEARCH DEGREES SUPERVISED

• Private pension system design and provision (Dorothee Gnaedinger), Date of Completion: 2018