Camille Landais

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Camille Landais (born 1 February 1981) is a French economist who currently works as Professor of economics at the London School of Economics. [1] His research focuses on public finance and labour economics. [2] In 2016, Landais was awarded the Prize of Best Young Economist of France for his research on the relationship between changes in inequality and fiscal and social policy. [3]

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Biography

From 2000 to 2005, Camille Landais studied at the École normale supérieure d'Ulm (ENS Ulm), followed by a PhD at the Paris School of Economics under Thomas Piketty, Anthony Atkinson and Bernard Salanié (2005–09). After his graduation and a brief stay at the University of California-Berkeley, Landais worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) (2010–12). Since 2012 he has been working at the London School of Economics, first as assistant professor (2012–15), then as associate professor (2016) and since 2017 as Professor of Economics. In addition to his academic position, he maintains affiliations with the Institut des politiques publiques, Institute for Fiscal Studies, STICERD, IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), where he directs the public economics programme, and the European Economic Association, on whose council he sits. Finally, Landais is or has also performed editorial duties for the Journal of Public Economics , Review of Economic Studies , Fiscal Studies and Economic Policy . [4] He is a fellow of the European Economic Association. [5]

Research

Camille Landais' research interests include taxation, social insurance and pro-social behaviours. [6] The key findings of his research include the following:

Selected publications

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References

  1. Profile of Camille Landais on the website of LSE. Retrieved May 6th, 2018.
  2. Profile of Camille Landais on the website of IZA. Retrieved May 6th, 2018.
  3. Le Cercle des économistes (May 23rd, 2016). Camille Landais Prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2016. Le Monde. Retrieved May 6th, 2018.
  4. Curriculum vitae of Camille Landais from the website of LSE. Retrieved May 6th, 2018.
  5. "Fellows | EEA". www.eeassoc.org. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  6. Profile of Camille Landais on the website of IZA. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  7. Kleven, H.J. et al. (2013). Migration and wage effects of taxing top earners: Evidence from the foreigners' tax scheme in Denmark. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129(1), pp. 333–378.
  8. Kleven, H.J., Landais, C., Saez, E. (2013). Taxation and international migration of superstars: Evidence from the European football market (with Kleven and Saez). American Economic Review, 103(5), pp. 1892–1924.