“The real complaint of the worker is the insecurity of his existence. He is not sure he will always have a job, he is not sure he will always be healthy, and he foresees that one day he will be old and unable to work.” Although these words sound like they were written for today, they were penned over a century ago by Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor known … [Read more...] about Bridging the Gap: Expanding Social Security for All Workers
David Kaplan
David Kaplan is a Senior Specialist in the Social Protection and Labor Markets Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Before joining the IDB, David was a research economist at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Mexico Institute of Technology, and a private sector development specialist at the World Bank. He is an expert in labor markets in developing countries, particularly in the areas of labor regulation and social security. David has published research articles in journals such as the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the Journal of Development Economics, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University in 1998.