Mariano Bosch is a senior specialist at the Labor Markets and Social Security Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Since joining the IDB in 2011, he has been leading research projects in the area of labor markets, pensions and welfare policies. Prior to joining the Bank, he worked as a consultant for the World Bank and as an assistant professor at the University of Alicante in Spain. He has published articles in the area of labor markets and development in refereed journals such as American Journal: Applied Economics, Journal of Development Economics, World Bank Economic Review and Labor Economics. He has a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics.