Prof. Marek Góra

Department of Economics 1, Building F, Room 1018 (10th floor)

Address:
Warsaw School of Economics
Aleja Niepodleglosci 162
02-554 Warszawa, Poland

Secretary of the Department: Iwona Ilia; tel.: +48 22 5649322; tel./fax: +48 22 5648688

Short CV

Marek Góra is professor at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), where he got his Ph.D. and habilitation. He has been lecturing and conducting research at SGH since 1984. Currently, Marek Góra teaches macroeconomics, pension economics, and labour economics and economic policy for graduate and Ph.D. students. Previously, he also taught econometrics and economic forecasting. During his academic carrier, Marek Góra completed research at the London School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich. Marek Góra is a Research Fellow at the William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, at the Institute for the Study on Labor (IZA) in Bonn, and at Netspar (Network for Studies on Pension, Ageing and Retirement, University of Tilburg). Marek Góra is an author of various articles in the fields of pension economics, labour economics, unemployment, labour market policies, and macro and microeconomic problems of the transition in Central and Eastern Europe.

Marek Góra also worked with the Directorate for Education Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD (1992-1993). He is a member of several international professional organisations, such as the European Economic Association and the European Association of Labour Economists (Executive Committee member 1990-1997).

Marek Góra is the author (together with a co-author Michal Rutkowski) of the design of the Polish pension reform called Security through Diversity and the leader of a team of experts who worked on the reform. He also was (until closing down) the Director of the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Social Security Reform. The reform started in Poland on 1 January 1999. Marek Góra keeps working on the Polish reform and at the same time is also involved in pension reform activities in various countries.