Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

PABLO ANTOLIN-NICOLAS

Economist

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

2, Rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris, CEDEX 16, France

Phone:(33-1) 45.24.90.86

E-mail:

EDUCATION

University of Oxford,D.Phil in Economics, Oxford, England, 1994.

University of Oxford, M.Phil in Economics, Oxford, England, 1991.

Instituto Estudios Fiscales, Ministerio Economía y Hacienda, “Master (MA) en Hacienda Publica: Gasto Público y Programación Económica”, Madrid, Spain, 1989.

Universidad de Alicante, Licenciado (BA) en Economía, Alicante, Spain, 1988.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD

Principal/Senior Economist, Private Pension Division, Paris, France

January 2006 to the present

Currently responsible for research, analysis and drafting a report on longevity risk. The main goal of this report is three-fold: (1) to assess the impact that uncertainty on future mortality outcomes could have in private pension funds liabilities; (2) to examine how to price longevity risk; and (3) to study how financial markets manage longevity risk and the availability of financial instruments to hedge against longevity risk.

Previous Positions

1. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD

Economist, Economics Department, Structural Policy Analysis Division, Paris, France

June 2003 to December 2005

Member of the Ageing Team, responsible for research, analysis and drafting report onthe impact of ageing on demand, factor markets and growth; report presented at high-level meetings of OECD member country Delegates. I have produced two working papers on the wage-productivity gap of employed old-age workers, and on how to cope with the impact of ageing populations.

Served as the liaison between the Ageing Working Group (AWG) of the EU-Economic Policy Committee in Brussels and the OECD;participated regularly in AWG meetings in Brussels.

In charge of bi-annual note on supply side in the OECD Economics Department economic projections; vetted OECD country projections for the bi-annual macroeconomic forecast exercise published in the OECD Economic Outlook.

Wrote a report on the budgetary implications of tax-favoured retirement saving plans, presented at high-level meeting of OECD member country Delegates and published as a chapter in OECD, Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth, and in OECD Economic Studies.Work presented at several conferences across Europe.

1. International Monetary Fund, WashingtonDC, U.S.A.

Country Desk Economist, European Division 1. September, 2001 to June 2003.

I participated in Article IV missions to Slovenia;monitored economic developments in the country; produced semi-annual projections for the World Economic Outlook;and wrote briefs on major economic developments in Slovenia.

1. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, Paris, France.

Economist, October 1995 to August, 2001.

• I prepared chapters for several OECD Country Surveys on how to cope with ageing; participated in missions to several OECD countries; produced report on the fiscal implications of ageing, and prepared synthesis paper on the main findings and policy recommendations from Country Studies Surveys.I worked with national experts and national delegates at the OECD and at the European Commission.(January 1999 to August 2001)
• Prepared report on poverty dynamics in several OECD countries; produced chapter in the OECD Economic Outlook and article for the OECD Economic Studies Journal.(1998)
• Wrote report on displaced workers; presented at several international conferences. Wrote technical paper on the retirement decision in Germany.(May 1997 to December 1997)
• Served as economist in the Spanish Country Desk: wrote report on the public enterprise sector in Spainand the financing system of the Spanish autonomous regions; prepared and participated in several missions to Spain; monitored economic developments, provided inputs to the OECD economic projections and drafted briefs on major economic developments in Spain. (July 1996 to April 1997)
• Prepareda chapter for the 1996 OECD Employment Outlook on temporary work contracts. This report was presented at high-level meetings of OECD member country Delegates.(October 1995 to July 1996)

1. Instituto de AnálisisEconómico, CSIC, Barcelona. Spain

Research Associate, September 1994 to August 1995.

Published papers on labour mobility, unemployment flows and vacancies, job search behaviour, unemployment duration, and the long term unemployed.

1. Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, England.

Research Associate, Academic year 1993-1994,

Wrote reports on(1) Training Patterns and Trends in the UK labour market, and (2) Competitiveness, Productivity and Training: A Comparative Study.

1. Urbanización El Palmeral S.A., Alicante.Spain

November 1987 to August 1988, Computer Adviser and Manager Assistant.

LANGUAGES

Spanish: Native; English: Fluent; French: good.

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH

Work in progress

Is age relevant in explaining differences in productivity and wage-productivity gaps among employed people? Mimeo, 2006

“A Proposal for Improving the Spanish Pension System” Mimeo, 2006.

“How to Cope with the Impact of Ageing” Mimeo, 2006.

Publications

“Long-term Budgetary Implications of Tax-Favoured Private Pension Schemes” with Alain de Serres and Christine de la Maisonneuve, OECD Economic Studies, Special Issue: Tax Favoured Retirement Savings, 39, 2005.

“The impact of ageing on demand, factor markets and growth” with Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Frédéric Gonand, Christine de la Maisonneuve and Kwang-Yeol Yoo,OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 420, Paris 2005. Forthcoming in OECD Economic Studies

“Getting older “. Public Service Review: Nordic States, Summer 2004.

“Fiscal Implications of Ageing: Projections of age-related spending” with Howard Oxley and Thai Thanh Dang,OECD Economic Outlook, June 2001, Paris.

“Poverty Dynamics in six OECD countries” with Howard Oxley and Thai Thanh Dang,OECD Economic Studies, No. 30, 2000/I.

“La curva de Beveridge en España: una perspectiva regional” Papeles de Economía Española, 80. Monográfico sobre Economía Regional, 1999.

“La movilidad y los flujos de trabajadores” Estudios Económicos, Monográfico sobre el Mercado de Trabajo en España, pp. 465-480, 1999.

"Gross Worker Flows: How Does the Spanish Evidence Fit the Stylised Facts?" Labour Economics, 13-2, pp. 549-585. June, 1999

“Los Flujos de Trabajadores en el Mercado de Trabajo Español” Papeles de Economia Española, 72. Mográfico El Mercado de Trabajo Español en Perspectiva Europe, 1997.

"Regional Migration in Spain: The Effect of Personal Characteristics and of Unemployment, Wage and House Price Differentials Using Pooled Cross-Sections", with Olympia Bover,Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 59, 2, 215-235, 1997.

"Flexibilidad y Volatilidad en el Empleo: Comentario", Moneda y Crédito, 202, 227-33, 1996.

"Job Search Behaviour and Unemployment Benefits in Spain during the period 1987-1991", Investigaciones Economicas, vol. XIX(3), 415-33, 1995.

"Mobilidad Laboral, Flujos de Desempleo, Vacantes, y Comportamiento de Busqueda de Trabajo en el Mercado de Trabajo Espanol", Moneda y Crédito, 201, Noviembre, 49-86, 1995.

Working Papers

“Policies for an Ageing Society: Recent Measures and Areas for Further Reform” with Benard Casey, Howard Oxley, Edward Whitehouse, Romain Duval and Willi Leibfritz, OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 369, Paris, 2003.

“Fiscal Implications of Ageing: Projections of age-related spending”with Howard Oxley and Thai Thanh Dang,OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 305, Paris, 2001.

“How should Norway respond to Norway?” with Win Suyker, OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 296, Paris, 2001.

“How will ageing affect Finland?” with Wim Suyker and Howard Oxley. OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 295, Paris, 2001.

“Poverty Dynamics in four OECD Countries” with Thai-Thanh Dang and Howard Oxley, OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 4, 1999

“Do Displaced Workers Fare worst than other Unemployed Workers? An European Perspective”, OECD Economics Department Working Paper.

“The Effect of Regional Labour Market Conditions on Wage Determination in Spain”, mimeo, 1999.

“Earnings Differential across Spanish Regions” mimeo, 1998.

“Microeconomic Analysis of the Retirement Decision: Germany” with Stefano Scarpetta, OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 204, June 1998

"Transition Probabilities to Employment and Non-Participation: The Case of Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States", mimeo, 1998.

"Gross Worker Flows: How Does the Spanish Evidence Fit the Stylised Facts", C.E.P.R. Discussion Paper No. 1398 (Human Resources Program), May 1996.

"What Happened to Job Search Behaviour in Spain During the Recovery Period (1987-1991)?", Instituto Analisis Economico W.P. 301.95, June 1995.

"Labour Mobility, Unemployment Flows, Vacancies, and Job Search Behaviour in the Spanish Labour Market", Instituto Analisis Economico W.P. 276.94, December 1994.

"International Migration Flows: The Case of Spain (1960-1988)". Institute of Economic and Statistics, University of Oxford, Applied Economics Discussion Paper No. 159, March 1994.

"Spanish Unemployment Flows and Vacancies", Institute of Economic and Statistics, University of Oxford, Applied Economics Discussion Paper No. 158, March 1994.

"Search Behaviour of the Unemployed", IVIE's Working Paper EC-94-04, February, 1994.

INVITED SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“How to cope with the Impact of Ageing””

- Center for Retirement Research, BostonCollege, Boston, November 2005.

- Séminaire/Conférence EDOCIF, Université de Paris Dauphine, May 2005.

“The impact of ageing on demand, factor markets and growth”

- Seminar "Age and Work - Connecting the Generations", European Foundation, Dublin March 2005

“Long-term Budgetary Implications of Tax-Favoured Private Pension Schemes”

- Workshop on Labour Market and Social Security Reforms, Napoli, December 2004.

- Caisse de Depôts seminar on pension systems, Bordeaux, October, 2004.

- Banca d’Italia workshop on Public Finance, Perugia, April 1-3, 2004.

“Fiscal Implications of Ageing Population: Spain vs the OECD”

- Conference on “Efectos económicos del declive demográfico” organized by la Fundación Caixa Galicia and la Universidad de Vigo, March 8, 2002.

“Poverty Dynamics in six OECD Countries”

- XIV Congress of the European Economic Association in Santiago de Compostela, September 1999.

"Transition Probabilities to Employment and Non-Participation: The Case of Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States"

- II Congress of the Spanish Association of Labour Economist, September, 13-17, 1997

"Gross Worker Flows: How Does the Spanish Evidence Fit the Stylised Facts?"

- XI Congress of the European Economic Association in Istambul, August 1996

- XX Simposio de Analisis Economico. IAE-UAB. Barcelona. December 13-15, 1995

- CEPR. Workshop on Entry and Exits of Jobs and Workers and the Interactions Between Labour and Product Markets, Held in Berlin, 9/10 June, 1995.

"Regional Migration in Spain: The Effect of Personal Characteristics and of Unemployment, Wage and House Price Differentials Using Pooled Cross-Sections".

- Econometric Seminar in Nuffield College, University of Oxford, May 12th, 1993.

- Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III, October 25th, 1994

- European Symposium on Labour Market Developments. Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, May 19-20th, 1994.

- Universidad de Oviedo, Departamento de Economia, July 7th, 1995

- X Congress of the European Economic Association in Prague, September 1-4th, 1995.

"Spanish Unemployment Flows and Vacancies"

- Instituto de Analisis Economico, Barcelona. January 18th, 1994.

- IX Congress of the European Economic Association in Maastrich (The Netherlands), September 3-5th, 1994.

- Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Departamento de Economia. February, 10th, 1995

- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. May 25th, 1995.

"What Happens to Job Search Behaviour in the Spanish Labour Market during the Recovery Period (1987-1991)?"

- Universidad del Pais Vasco. November 11th, 1994

- XIX Simposio de Analisis Economico. IAE-UAB. Barcelona. December 14-16, 1994

- Bellaterra Seminar. Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, January, 17th, 1995

"Labour Mobility, Unemployment Flows, Vacancies, and Job Search Behaviour in the Spanish Labour Market"

- Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick. July 19th, 1994

REFERENCES

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Biswajit Banerjee, Senior Economist

IMF

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Giuseppe Nicoletti, Division Chief, Economics Department,

OECD

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Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Senior Economist, Economics Department,

OECD

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France

(33-1) 45.24.88.53

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Raymond Torres, Division Chief, Employment Labour and Social Affairs Department,

OECD

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75016 Paris, France

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