Updated: Jan 2020 Camille LANDAIS
Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE Phone : +44(0)20-7955-7864 +44(0)78-8581-7069 E-mail : [email protected] http://personal.lse.ac.uk/landais/
POSITIONS
2017 Professor of Economics, London School of Economics 2016 Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics 2012-2015 Assistant Professor of Economics, London School of Economics 2010-2012 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
OTHER APPOINTMENTS & AFFILIATIONS 2020 – Co-Editor American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2020 – Associate Editor Journal of Economic Perspectives 2019 – Member, French Conseil d’Analyse Economique 2019 – Director, International Growth Center, State Research Programme 2017 – Director, CEPR Public Economics Program 2018 – European Economic Association Council Member 2017 – Scientific Committee Member – Ecole Normale Superieure Ulm 2017 – Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies 2015 – 2019 Co-Editor Journal of Public Economics 2016 – 2019 Associate Editor Review of Economic Studies 2015 – Associate Editor Fiscal Studies 2015 – 2016 Economic Policy Editorial Panel Member 2014 – Research Affiliate/Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) 2012 – Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) 2012 – Research Associate, STICERD 2012 – Research Associate, Institute for Fiscal Studies 2012 – Research Affiliate, Institut des Politiques Publiques, Paris.
EDUCATION
2009-2010 Visiting Student, University of California-Berkeley 2005-2009 PhD in Economics, Paris School of Economics (PSE) Thesis committee: T. Piketty, A.B. Atkinson, B. Salanié 2000-2005 Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm)
HONORS, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
• Philip Leverhulme Prize in Economics (£ 100,000) • Best French Economist Under 40, Le Monde – Cercle des Economistes – 2016 • Excellence in Refereeing Award – American Economic Review: 2015, 2016, 2017 • Excellence Award in Global Economic Affairs 2015 – Kiel Institute • Young Economist Award, International Institute of Public Finance • Special Award for Best PhD Dissertation in Economics, French Economic Association • Best Econ Blog (for Ecopublix), Challenges magazine
• European Research Council Starting Grant – DYNAMICSS - 2016-2020 (€1,055,000) • FORTE (Swedish Research Council) Grant, 2015-2018 (€300,000) • Harvard EPoD RFP Saudi Arabia Grant • STICERD Research Grant 2015 • NBER Household Finance / Sloan Foundation Grant • STICERD Research Grant 2014 • European Tax Policy Forum Grant • Russell Sage Foundation Research Grant • French Ministry for Cultural Affairs: Research Grant • Presidential Award, Russell Sage Foundation • Lavoisier fellowship, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs • CEPREMAP Research Grant • Doctoral fellowship, French Ministry for Research • Ecole Normale Superieure, Full fellowship
PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS
• Are Tax Incentives For Charitable Giving Efficient? Evidence from France, (with Gabrielle Fack) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2(2): 117-41, 2010.
• Taxation and International Mobility of Superstars: Evidence from the European Football Market, (with Henrik Kleven & Emmanuel Saez) American Economic Review, 103(5): 1892-1924, 2013.
• Migration and Wage Effects of Taxing Top Earners: Evidence from the Foreigners' Tax Scheme in Denmark (with Henrik Kleven & Emmanuel Saez & Esben Schultz ) Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129 (1): 333-378, 2014.
• Assessing the Welfare Effects of Unemployment Insurance Using the Regression Kink Design American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 7(4): 243-278, 2015.
• Market Externalities of Large Unemployment Insurance Extension Programs (with Rafael Lalive and Josef Zweimuller) American Economic Review, 105(12): 3564-3596, 2015.
• The Effect of Tax Enforcement on Tax Elasticities: Evidence from Charitable Contributions in France, (with Gabrielle Fack) Journal of Public Economics, 1330(1): 23-40, 2016.
• Gender Inequality and Economic Development: Fertility, Education, and Norms (with Henrik Kleven), Economica - special issue on inequality, 334 (84): 180-209, 2017.
• The Optimal Timing of Unemployment Benefits: Theory and Evidence from Sweden (with Jonas Kolsrud, Peter Nilsson and Johannes Spinnewijn) American Economic Review, 108 (4-5): 985-1033, 2018.
• A Macroeconomic Approach to Optimal Unemployment Insurance I: Theory, (with Pascal Michaillat & Emmanuel Saez) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 10(2): 152-181, 2018.
• A Macroeconomic Approach to Optimal Unemployment Insurance II: Applications, (with Pascal Michaillat & Emmanuel Saez) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 10(2): 182-216, 2018.
• Child Penalties Across Countries: Evidence and Explanations, (with Henrik Kleven, Johanna Posch, Andreas Steinhauer, and Josef Zweimuller ) AEA Papers & Proceedings, 109: 122-126, 2019
• Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark (with Henrik Kleven & Jakob Sogaard) American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 11 (4): 181-209, 2019
• The Value of Registry Data for Consumption Analysis: An Application to Health Shocks (with Jonas Kolsrud & Johannes Spinnewijn) Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming.
• Taxation and Migration: Evidence and Policy Implications (with Henrik Kleven, Mathilde Munoz and Stefanie Stantcheva) Journal of Economic Perspectives, forthcoming.
• Risk-Based Selection in UI: Evidence & Implications (with Arash Nekoei, Peter Nilsson, David Seim and Johannes Spinnewijn) Revised & Resubmitted, American Economic Review
• The Value of Unemployment Insurance (with Johannes Spinnewijn) Revised & Resubmitted, Review of Economic Studies
• Subsidizing Labor Hoarding in Recessions: The Employment & Welfare Effects of Short Time Work (with Giulia Giupponi)
BOOK & CHAPTERS
• Biens Publics, Charitee Privee : Comment l’Etat peut-il reguler le Charity Business, CEPREMAP/Presses de la Rue d’Ulm, (with G. Fack & A. Myczkowski), 2018.
• Charitable giving and tax policy : a historical and comparative perspective, (G. Fack & C. Landais eds), CEPR/Oxford University Press, 2016.
• Pour une revolution fiscale: Un impot sur le revenu pour le XXIeme siecle (with T. Piketty & Emmanuel Saez), Seuil, Janvier 2011.
• Tax reform simulation website : http://www.revolution-fiscale.fr/
• Cultural assimilation in France, (with Y. Algan & C. Senik), in Cultural integration in Europe , (Y. Algan & A. Manning eds), CEPR/Oxford University Press, 2011
• Economie des politiques publiques, La Découverte, collection Repères, 2010
IN FRENCH:
• Reformer le systeme de retraite: les droits familiaux et conjugaux, avec Carole Bonnet, Antoine Bozio, and Simon Rabaté, Rapport de l'Institut des Politiques Publiques, June 2013
• « Comment le revenu imposable des menages reagit-il a sa taxation? Une estimation sur la periode 1997-2004 » (avec P.-Y. Cabannes and Cedric Houdré), Économie et Statistiques, n°467-468, avril 2014.
• « Les incitations fiscales aux dons sont-elles efficaces ? » , Économie et Statistiques, n°427-428, mai 2010.
• « Les hauts revenus en France (1998-2006): Une explosion des inégalités? », Document de Travail PSE, 2007.
• « Le quotient familial a-t-il stimulé la natalité française ? » , Économie publique/Public economics, 13 | 2003/22003.
POLICY & POPULAR WRITING
Ø « En classe eco » Series of filmed interviews for French online news platform Mediapart on the state of economics and social sciences, co-presented with Gabriel Zucman
• The superiority of economics? with Yann Algan [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jzys2_en-classe-eco-a-quoi-servent-les- economistes_school] • Youth Unemployment : what can be done? with Bruno Crepon [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2lk881] • A spectre is haunting Europe- the spectre of Recession, with Alexandre Delaigue [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2pbhss] • Heterodox Economics, with Philippe Askenazy [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2sni5y_en-classe-eco-askenazy_school] • Financing the media, with Julia Cage [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2xkshd]
Ø Selected Op-Eds, Policy, and other writing
• The cost of kids, VoxTalks, 24 May 2019, [podcast]
• Short time work, VoxTalks, [podcast]
• Subsidising labour hoarding in recessions: New evidence from Italy’s Cassa Integrazione, with Giulia Giupponi, Voxeu.org, 25 January 2019
• Child penalties across countries: Evidence and explanations, with Henrik Kleven, Johanna Posch, Andreas Steinhauer, Josef Zweimüller, Voxeu.org, 14 May 2019 • Children and gender inequality: Evidence from Denmark, with Henrik Kleven & Jakob Egholt Søgaard, Voxeu.org, 12 July 2018
• Consumption data: New frontiers, with Jonas Kolsrud, & Johannes Spinnewijn, Voxeu.org, 04 April 2018
• Unemployment insurance and adverse selection: Evidence from Sweden, with Arash Nekoei, J Peter Nilsson, David Seim, Johannes Spinnewijn, Voxeu.org, 03 February 2018
• Optimal timing of unemployment benefits: evidence from Sweden, with Jonas Kolsrud, Peter Nilsson & Johannes Spinnewijn, MicroeconomicInsights.org, 6 December 2018
• « Nous avons des solutions, il faut les promouvoir », Le Monde, 14 Decembre 2016
• « Un plan de sortie de crise en Grece », Libération, avec Chris Pissarides et Gabriel Zucman, Juillet 2015
• « LSE letter on Greek crisis », Voxeu.org, 09 July 2015.
• « How much unemployment insurance do we need? » IZA Newsroom 2013
• « L'avenir de l'assurance-chomage en question... ? » , in Regards croisés sur l'économie , vol.1 (n° 13), 2013
• Migration and wage effects of taxing top earners: Evidence from the foreigners' tax scheme in Denmark, with Henrik Kleven, Emmanuel Saez, Esben Schultz, Voxeu.org, 17 September 2013
• Faut-il «zlataner» la taxe à 75% ?, Liberation, 31 Octobre 2013
• « Fiscalité : Plus de transparence, Monsieur Hollande ! » Le Monde, 27 Septembre 2013.
• Pour une politique familiale vraiment universelle, Liberation, 17 Mars 2013
• « Should Unemployment Benefits Be Extended in Bad Times? » SIEPR Policy Brief, May 2011
• « LeBronomics: Do Taxes Really Affect Location Decisions of High-Paid Workers? », SIEPR Policy Brief, January 2011
• « Taxation and international migration of superstars: Evidence from the European football market », Voxeu.org, January 2011
• « Le retour à une société de rentiers est une menace réelle», Le Monde, 5 avril 2012
• « Reponse a l'article d'Henri Sterdyniak ``Lecture critique de l’ouvrage Pour une revolution fiscale ''» Revue de l'OFCE , n. 122, 2012
• « Reponse au debat autour du livre, pour une revolution fiscale», Travail, genre et societes 2012/1 (n°27)
• « L'évolution des inégalités de revenus dans les pays de l'OCDE, » Les Cahiers Francais , n. 343, 2008.
• « Coût de l’enfant et fécondité: L’impact des incitations financières » , Informations sociales 2007/1 (n°137).
• « Boîte noire ? Panier percé ? Comment fonctionne vraiment la grande machine à redistribuer ? », in Regards croisés sur l'économie , vol.1 (n° 1), 2007.
• « Politiques familiales et droits familiaux de retraite », (avec A. Bozio & G. Fack), Rapport de l'IRES , (commandé par la CFDT), Juin 2008.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES
Refereeing activity: AEJ: Applied Economics, AEJ: Economic Policy, American Economic Review, AER: Insights, Annales d’Economie et Statistique, Economica, Econometrica, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Empirical Economics, FinanzArchiv, Fiscal Studies, International Tax and Public Finance, IZA World of Labor, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Labour Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, National Tax Journal, Public Finance, Population Studies, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Regional Science and Urban Econmics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Socio- Economic Review, Science.
Seminars & Conferences 2019: UC Berkeley, Oxford, Sciences-Po, PUC Rio, Princeton, Columbia, Lund U, DFID-IZA conference, OECD Paris, U of Copenhagen-CEPR conference on Consumption, PSE, Crest- Ecole Polytechnique, Queen Mary University, National Bank of Belgium, Bank of Italy, EIEF Rome,
2018: King’s College, MIT, U Manchester, Bocconi, Cattolica U Milan, PUC Rio, Uppsala U, Munich, CEPR Public Symposium, Annual Research Conference Bank of Spain, Paris-London Conference (IFS-LSE-PSE), Mannheim, NBER Fall meeting, U Chicago
2017: UCSD, Bonn, NBER Spring Meeting, Paris School of Economics, IFS Micro-Macro Conference, University of Surrey, Barcelona Workshop on Taxation
2016: UCLA, Berkeley Econ, NBER SI, PUC-Rio, Oxford Business School, IFS workshop, Paris School of Economics, EIEF Junior Conference, Greqam Marseille, Cambridge, Stanford SIEPR conference, CEPR-STICERD conference “New Perspectives on Consumption”, AEA meetings.
2015: AEA meetings, Chicago Booth, Berkeley Econ, Stanford Econ, Northwestern Econ, NBER Public Econ Spring meeting, Royal Econometric Society, ETH Zurich, UZH Zurich, DIW Berlin, PUC-Rio, Kiel IFW, EEA conference, IFS-STICERD Public Economics Seminar, Wharton BEPP.
2014: AEA meetings, NBER Public Econ Spring meeting, Royal Econometric Society, Statistics Norway, Riksbank Stockholm, Aarhus, IEA Congress Jordan, EPoD/Harvard Kennedy School Symposium Ryiadh, PEUK Warwick, DARES-Cepremap Conference on European and American Labor Markets, Lisbon Nova Business School, Oxford/UMichigan OTPR conference
2013: CEP-LSE, Lausanne, Tinbergen Institute, Harvard Econ, NBER SI, CIREQ conference Montreal, Uppsala University, Hebrew University Jerusalem, PEUK, Warwick, Bristol, PUC Rio
2012: CREST-INSEE Paris, PSE, Columbia, NBER Public Economics Fall meetings, Zurich University, EALE Bonn, SOLE Chicago, Harris School U Chicago, PUC Rio de Janeiro, LSE, Wharton BPUB, IIES Stockholm, Polytechnique, Toulouse School of Economics, U Bocconi, UNIL Lausanne, Einaudi Institute Roma, UCLA
2011: IFS-UCL, Sciences-Po Paris, Paris School of Economics, Einaudi Institute Roma, UPF- Barcelona, USC, LSE-UCL Public Finance, NBER Spring Labor Meetings, NBER Public Economics Spring Meetings, UC Berkeley, Stanford Econ
2008-2010: NBER Summer Institute, CEPR Public Policy Symposium, Stanford SIEPR, Oxford Said Business School, Stockholm School of Economics, PUC Rio de Janeiro UC Berkeley, NBER Trans-Atlantic Public Economic Seminar, Institute for Fiscal Studies & UCL, International Institute for Public Finance Annual Congress, Paris School of Economics
Keynotes: Bocconi- Unicredit Conference on Gender Equality – 2019 Bristol Workshop on Economic Policy Interventions and Behaviour 2018 Barcelona Workshop on Taxation 2017 Tax policy conference, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Berlin 2014
Selected non-academic talks • Rencontres economiques - Aix en Provence [video] • Forum Le Monde Sept 2016 [video] • JECO, Journees de l’Economie, Lyon, Octobre 2015 [video1], [video2] • Invited speaker, Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, « The top tax rate of taxation », April 2015 [video] • Invited speaker, Center for Macroeconomics, LSE, «Are Welfare Programmes Just Keeping People Out of Work?», March 2015 [video] • Invited speaker, Conference Marches du Travail dans la Crise, Ministere du Travail, Novembre 2014. • Audition, Conseil des Prelevements Obligatoires, Cour des Comptes, Juin 2014 • Invited speaker, European Commission, Workshop on Tax Expenditures, Brussels, 2013. • Invited speaker, Conseil National du Numerique, Ministry of Finance, France, 2013. • Ministere du droit des femmes, France, 2013. • Audition, mission d’information parlementaire sur la transparence de la gouvernance des grandes entreprises, Assemblee Nationale, 2012 • Invited speaker, Forum Refaire Societe, Republique des Idees, Grenoble, 2011. • Centre d’Analyse Strategique, Colloque « Classes moyennes et politiques publiques », 2007. • Audition, Commission Attali, 2007