Carmen Pagés-Serra
Carmen Pagés-Serra (Barcelona, 1965) is the Chief of the Labor Markets Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Life
Pagés-Serra graduated in economics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and took her Ph.D. in economics from Boston University.
After working for the World Bank from 2004 to 2006, Pagés-Serra joined the IDB as a principal research economist at the Research Department and led publications such as The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up.[1] She is also the author of the book Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean[2] jointly with the Nobel Laureate Prof. James Heckman and Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and Policy Challenges).[3]
She has published extensively in leading academic and policy journals in the areas of labor markets, social security and productivity.
References
- Ed. Pages-Serra, C. (2010). "The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up ", Development in the Americas (DIA), Washington, D.C.
- Ed. Heckman, J., Pages, C. (2004): "Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean", The University of Chicago Press.
- Pagés, C., Pierre, G. and Scarpetta, S. (2005): "Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and Policy Challenge", Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, England.
External links
- Labor Markets and Social Security Unit at the Inter-American Development Bank.
- List of Carmen Pagés-Serra's publications.
- Carmen Pagés-Serra at IDEAS