Valerie Frey

Senior Economist at Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

Valerie Frey is a Senior Economist leading the Social Risks Unit in the OECD’s Social Policy Division. Her research focuses on public opinion on economic risks and governance, improving the reach of social protection systems, and gender equality in labour markets. Valerie has also worked as an adjunct professor in economics at Sciences Po, as a research associate at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University, and as a consultant in the World Bank's Public Sector Governance Group. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale.

Latest contributions 

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VoxEU Column

Rethinking social protection sustainability: What people want (and don’t want)

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  • Health Economics
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  • Labour Markets
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  • Welfare state and social Europe