Alumni Profiles

Ondřej Schneider is Senior Economist at the Institute of International Finance (IIF), a global association of financial institutions based in Washington, D.C. and simultaneously Associate Professor at the Institute of Economic Sciences (IES-FSV) at Charles University in Prague. He joined CERGE-EI's second cohort in 1992 while finishing an MPhil degree in economics at Cambridge University and defended his dissertation, titled "Essays on Pensions", in 1998. After completing his dissertation he worked as an adviser to three Czech Ministries (Industry and Trade, Finance, and Social Affairs) before accepting the position of Chief Economist at Patria, an investment bank. He remained there until 2002, when he accepted a teaching position at the Institute of Economic Sciences (IES-FSV) at Charles University, a position he maintains from abroad while living in Washington, D.C. He was also a board member of the largest Czech energy producer, ČEZ, and a board member of a boutique investment bank, Warren Partners.

He serves as Editor, Editor-In-Chief and Editorial Board Chairman of the Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a úvěr), a leading Czech economic journal specializing in financial markets and public finance. He also is a Research Fellow at the CESifo in Munich, Germany. His publications in journals and newspapers are often focused on pension reform, fiscal policy, labor markets, and economic integration. Some recent publications include "Labour market institutions and their effect on labour market performance in the new EU member countries" in Eastern European Economics and "Labour Market Institutions and their Effect on Labour Market Performance in the New EU Member Countries" at CESifo.