Monika Butler

Professor of Economics and Public Policy at University Of St Gallen

Monika Butler is currently Professor of Economics and Public Policy at St. Gallen University, Switzerland and Managing Director of the Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research SEW-HSG. She is Research Fellow at CESifo and Netspar, and a Research Affiliate at CEPR. Her field of research is ageing and pensions, family economics and political economics. Prior to her PhD Monika Bütler worked as a mathematician in the private sector for many years. She was an Assistant Professor at Tilburg University (CentER) and a Full Professor at Lausanne University. She has also worked as a Consultant to the World Bank and the Swiss government.