Dr. Roman Raab Location: Room 104, Cairnes Building, NUI Galway

Roman Raab is a post-doctoral researcher under the Irish Social Science Platform at NUI Galway in the economics of ageing. He joined the ICSG in 2009. Previously, he was a graduate research assistant at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Department of Economics at Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States. Roman Raab is particularly interested in the economics of ageing, applied microeconomics, public finance, labour economics. His major research themes include the impact of retirement incentives, pension coverage, old age poverty, and the joint decision making among couples on the decision to retire from the labour force.

Publications

2008. ‘Pension Reform and Retirement Incentives: Evidence from Austria,’ Bridges vol. 19, October 2008. Available from http://www.ostina.org/content/view/3555/1076/.

2008. ‘Pension Reform and Retirement Incentives: Evidence from Austria,’ Georgia State University: Electronic Theses and Dissertation Database. Available from http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07312008-120625/.