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Camila Arza es investigadora independiente del CONICET con sede en el Centro Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Políticas Públicas. Es Licenciada en Sociología (UBA) y doctora (PhD, Philosophy Doctor) de la London School of Economics and Polítical Siences (LSE), donde también obtuvo un Master of Sciences. Es docente en cursos de posgrado sobre política social y desigualdad en UTDT, FLACSO y otras universidades. Sus áreas de investigación son: política social comparada (América Latina y Europa), sistemas de seguridad social, políticas familiares, inversión social, desigualdad y género. Sus trabajos más recientes se orientaron al estudio comparado del diseño de programas de beneficios no-contributivos en América Latina (pensiones sociales y transferencias directas a las familias), las dimensiones de género de la política social y especialmente del sistema previsional, estratificación social en el acceso al sistema de protección social, pobreza y desigualdad. Los resultados de sus investigaciones han sido publicados en revistas académicas como Social Policy and Administration, World Development, Journal of Latin American Studies, International Social Security Review, International Journal of Social Welfare, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, y Social Policy and Society, y en libros publicados por editoriales como Oxford University Press, Routledge, Elsevier, Edward Elgar, y Palgrave Macmillan, entre otras.

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Camila Arza is senior researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) based at the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Public Policies. She also teaches postgraduate courses on social policy and inequality at University Torcuato Di Tella and FLACSO, among other universities. She holds a PhD and a Master of Sciences from the London School of Economics, and a first degree in Sociology from the University of Buenos Aires. She specialises in comparative social policy (Latin America and Europe), social security systems, family policies, social investment, and socio-economic and gender inequalities. Her recent work focused on the comparative analysis of non-contributory benefits in Latin America (social pensions and direct cash transfers to families), the gender dimensions of social policy and social security, social stratification in access to the social protection system, poverty and inequality. Her research has been published in academic journals like Social Policy & Administration, World Development, Journal of Latin American Studies, International Social Security Review, International Journal of Social Welfare, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy and Social Policy and Society, as well as in edited books published by Oxford University Press, Routledge, Elsevier, Edward Elgar, and Palgrave Macmillan, among others.

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Publicaciones recientes  / Recent publications

Artículos / Journal articles:

• Arza, Camila. 2018. 'Child-centred social policies in Argentina: Expansion, segmentation and social stratification', Social Policy & Administration. ISSN: 1467-9515 (John Wiley & Sons Ltd.).
• Arza, Camila. 2018. 'Cash transfers for families and children in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: segmented expansion or universal benefits?' Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. ISSN: 2169-9763 e-ISSN: 2169-978X (Taylor and Francis).
• Arza, Camila. 2017. 'Inclusión, prestaciones básicas y (des)igualdad: La distribución de la protección económica en la vejez en cuatro países de América Latina' [Inclusion, basic benefits and (in)equality: The distribution of economic protection in old age in four Latin American countries], Revista SaberEs, Vol. 9, N° 1. ISSN 1852-4222 (School of Economics and Statistics, National University of Rosario).
• Arza, Camila. 2017. 'Non-contributory benefits, pension re-reforms and the social protection of older women in Latin America', Social Policy and Society, Vol. 16, N° 3, pp. 361-375. ISSN: 1474-7464 e-ISSN: 1475-3073 (Cambridge University Press).
• Arza, Camila. 'La política previsional y la prevención de la pobreza. Elementos salientes de la trayectoria latinoamericana reciente' [Pension policy and poverty prevention. Key elements of recent trajectories in Latin America]. Voces en el Fenix, Vol. 4, Nº 23. ISSN: 1853-8819 (Plan Fénix – UBA).
• Arza, Camila. 2012. 'The politics of counter reform in the Argentine pension system: Actors, political discourse and policy performance', International Journal of Social Welfare, Vol. 21, N° 1, pp 26-60. ISSN: 1468-2397 (Blackwell Publishing).
• Arza, Camila. 2012. 'Extending coverage under the Argentinian pension system: Distribution of Access and prospects for universal coverage', International Social Security Review, Vol. 65, Nº 2, pp. 29-49. ISSN: 1468-246X (Blackwell Publishing).
• Arza, Camila. 2012. 'Who gets what? Distributional principles and impacts of the Argentine pension system', Tempo do Mundo, Vol. 4, Nº 2, pp. 171-194. ISSN: 2176-7025 (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada).
• Arza, Camila. 2008. 'The limits of pension privatization: Lessons from Argentine experience', World Development, Vol. 36, Nº 12. ISSN: 0305-750X (Pergamon Press Ltd.).
• Arza, Camila. 2008. 'Pension reform in Latin America: Distributional principles, inequalities and alternative policy options', Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 40, N° 1, pp. 1-28. ISSN: 0022-216X (Cambridge University Press).
• Arza, Camila. 2006. 'Distributional impacts of social policy: Pension regimes in Argentina since c.1944', Journal of Economic History, Vol. 66, N° 2, pp. 467-472. ISSN: 0022-0507. (Cambridge University Press).
• Arza, Camila. 2006. 'Distributional impacts of pension policy in Argentina: Winners and losers within and across generations', International Social Security Review, Vol. 59, Nº 3. ISSN: 1468-246X. (Blackwell Publishing).

Capítulos / Book chapters

• Arza, Camila and Juliana Martínez-Franzoni. 2018. 'A long decade of gendering social policy in Latin America: Transformative steps and inequality traps.' Sheila Shaver (Ed.). Handbook of Gender and Social Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 408-429. ISBN: 978-1-78536-712-0.
• Arza, Camila. 2013. ‘Basic pensions in Latin America: Towards a rights-based policy?’ Rubén Lo Vuolo (Ed.), Citizen’s Income and Welfare Regimes in Latin America. From Cash Transfers to Rights, Palgrave. ISBN: 978-0-230-33821-0.
• Arza, Camila. 2012. ‘Policy change in turbulent times: The nationalization of pension funds in Argentina.’ Peter Utting, Shahra Razavi and Rebecca Buchholz (Eds.), The Global Crisis and Transformative Social Change, Palgrave. ISBN: 978-0-333-71708-0.
• Kohli, Martin and Camila Arza. 2011. ‘The political economy of pension reform in Europe.’ Robert Binstock and Linda George, Handbook of Ageing and the Social Sciences, Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-12-380880-6.
• Arza, Camila. 2010. 'La política previsional argentina: De la estratificación ocupacional a la individualización de los beneficios.' Susana Torrado, El costo social del ajuste (1976-2002), Buenos Aires, EDHASA. ISBN: 978-987-628-097-6.
• Arza, Camila and Martin Kohli. 2008. 'The political economy of pension reform.' Camila Arza and Martin Kohli (Eds.) Pension Reform in Europe: Politics, Policies and Outcomes, London: Routledge. ISBN13: 978-0-415-40722-9.
• Arza, Camila. 2008. 'Changing European welfare: The new distributional principles of pension policy.' Camila Arza and Martin Kohli (Eds.) Pension Reform in Europe: Politics, Policies and Outcomes, London: Routledge. ISBN13: 978-0-415-40722-9.
• Arza, Camila and Paul Johnson. 2005. 'The development of public pensions from 1889 to the 1990s.' Gordon Clark, Alicia Munnell and Mike Orszag (editores) Oxford Handbook of Pensions and Retirement Income, Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199272464.

Libros / Books:

• Arza, Camila and Martin Kohli (Eds.). 2008. Pension Reform in Europe: Politics, Policies and Outcomes, London, Routledge (reprinted in 2010). ISBN13: 978-0-415-40722-9.

Documentos de Trabajo / Working Papers:

• Arza, Camila. 2017. 'El diseño de los sistemas de pensiones y la igualdad de género ¿Qué dice la experiencia europea?' [Pension system design and gender equality: What lessons from the European experience?]. CEPAL, Serie Asuntos de Género 142, Naciones Unidas, Santiago. ISSN 1564-4170.
• Arza, Camila. 2017. The expansion of economic protection for older adults in Latin America. Key design features of non-contributory pensions.' WIDER Working Paper 2017/29, United Nations University, Helsinki. ISSN 1798-7237, ISBN 978-92-9256-253-3.
• Arza, Camila. 2015. 'The gender dimensions of pension systems: Policies and constraints for the protection of women.' UN-Women Discussion Paper 1. ISBN: 978-1-63214-021-0.
• Arza, Camila and F. Chahbenderian. 'Programas de transferencias monetarias a las familias: Las experiencias de Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia y Chile.' Working Paper 90, Centro Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Políticas Públicas. ISSN: 1668-5245
• Arza, Camila and F. Chahbenderian. 2014. 'Pensiones básicas en América Latina: Diseño, cobertura y beneficios comparados en Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia y Chile.' Working Paper 89, Centro Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Políticas Públicas. ISSN: 1668-5245
• Arza, Camila. 2012. 'Pension reforms and gender equality in Latin America.' United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Gender and Development Programme Paper 15. ISSN: 1994-8026
• Arza, Camila. 2009. 'Back to the state: Pension fund nationalization in Argentina.' Working Paper 73, Centro Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Políticas Públicas. ISSN: 1668-5245
• Arza, Camila. 2006. 'Welfare regimes and distributional principles: A conceptual and empirical evaluation of pension reform in Europe.' Robert Schuman Centre, Instituto Universitario Europeo, Working Paper 30. ISSN: 1994-8026.