Professor of Empirical Analysis of Tax and Social Policy

E-mail: c.l.j.caminada@law.leidenuniv.nl
Address: Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden, room A 2.53
Phone: ++31 71 527 7756 / 7858 


Research interests:  

• Empirical Analysis of Tax Law and Social Policy
• Social Security 
• Fiscal and Tax Policy
• Income Distribution and Poverty

Education:

• PhD, Leiden University (1997), thesis on Liability Progression and Tax Revenue Elasticy (in Dutch: De progressie van het belastingstelsel).
• Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam (1986-1992)
• Courses on Advanced Public Finance and Advanced Monetary Economics, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium (1991-1992) 

Current positions: 

• Professor of Empirical analysis of tax and social policy, Leiden University (2005-)
• Co-director of research program Reform of social security financed by by GAK Foundation. Grant: 2.7 million Euro (2006-)

Fellow:  

• Research Fellow Leiden Law School, Leiden Unversity (2000-)
• Honorary Fellow, Institute for Research on Poverty, University Wisconsin - Madison, April – June 2009.

Research grants:

• SNS Reaal Bank (1997-2003)
• Dutch Association of Insurers, Verbond van Verzekeraars (1999-2003)
• GAK Foundation (2004)
• Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (2004/2005)
• GAK Foundation (2005-)
• European Commission - competition FP7 (2011-2012)
• Network for Studies on Pensions, Ageing and Retirement (2011-2014) 
  

Other:

• Member of the board of editors Tijdschrift voor Openbare Financien (Dutch Journal of Public Finance) (2007-)
• Member of the board of the Foundation for Public Finance (Wim Drees Stichting) (2008-)
• Editor Department of Economics Research Memorandum, Leiden University (2000-)
• Referee (among others): International Tax and Public Finance, FinanzArchiv, Journal of Income Inequality, Public Finance and Management, Journal of Applied Economics, Politics & Policy, Journal of European Social Policy, Poverty & Public Policy and Social Policy Administration, European Societies, Marmara Journal of European Studies
• Member of the Program Committee for the 2011 Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF)
• Board of Governors of the Foundation of International Studies on Social Security (FISS)

Teaching:

• Empirical Research Methods in Law
• Seminar Economic Policy
• Public Sector Economics / Public Finance I 
• Principles of Economics 
• Public Economics / Public Finance II
• Thesis supervisor

Personal data:

• Date of birth: December 24th, 1966
• Married, three children
• Home address: Hoornbruglaan 32, 2281 AW Rijswijk, The Netherlands 

My inspiration:
Measuring the effects of tax rules and social policy is a tricky business, requiring a creative combination of science, craft and art. If done well, it produces both truth and beauty. The research on the empirical analysis of tax rules and social policy focuses on the effects and impact of government policy. Empirical research may, for example, determine the effects of changes in the social security system and old age pension schemes for several socio-economic groups, and the economic aspects of tax reforms. However, empirical findings may (not) be in line with the expectations of policy makers. Research should therefore examine tax policy and social rules critically. My inspiration is to motivate others – researchers, policy makers, students – to apply empirical work themselves.

Selected publications

• K. Goudswaard, O. van Vliet, J. Been and K. Caminada (2012/2013), ‘Pensions and income inequality in old age’, CESifo DICE Report 4/2012, pp. 21-26.
• C. Wang, K. Caminada, and K. Goudswaard (2012), ‘The redistributive effect of social transfer programs and taxes: a decomposition across countries’, International Social Security Review 65(3), pp. 27-48.
• O. van Vliet, J. Been, K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard (2012), 'Pension reform and income inequality among the elderly in 15 European countries', International Journal of Social Welfare, vol. 21, no. 4(s1), pp. S8-S21.
• K. Caminada and K.P. Goudswaard (2012), ‘The Relationship Between Alternative Measures of Social Spending and Poverty Rates’, The International Review of Business and Social Sciences 1(5), pp. 8-25. (Annex: Data and Sensitivity Analysis click here
• K. Caminada, K. Goudswaard and F. Koster (2012), 'Social income transfers and poverty: A cross-country analysis for OECD countries’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 21(2), pp. 115-126 (doi:　10.1111/j.1468-2397.2011.00815.x).
• O. van Vliet and K. Caminada (2012), ‘Unemployment replacement rates dataset among 34 welfare states 1971-2009: An update, extension and modification of Scruggs’ Welfare State Entitlements Data Set’, NEUJOBS Special Report, No. 2, Leiden University.
• Ch. Wang and K. Caminada (2011), ‘Leiden LIS Budget Incidence Fiscal Redistribution Dataset’, posted at the website of LIS cross-national data center Luxembourg and posted at the website of Leiden University.
• K. Caminada and M. Martin (2011), 'Differences in Anti-Poverty Approaches Between Europe and The United States: A Cross-Atlantic Descriptive Policy Analysis', Poverty & Public Policy, vol. 3, Issue 2, Article 3, pp. 1-17. 
• M. Martin and K. Caminada (2011), 'Welfare Reform in the US: A Policy Overview Analysis', Poverty & Public Policy, 3(1), Article 8, pp. 1-38.
• K. Caminada and K.P. Goudswaard (2010), ‘How well is social expenditure targeted to the poor?', in: P. Saunders and R. Sainsbury (eds.), Social Security, Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rich and Poorer Countries, International Studies on Social Security, volume 16, Mortsel, Belgium: Intersentia, pp. 97-112. 
• K. Caminada, K.P. Goudswaard and O.P. van Vliet (2010), 'Patterns of Welfare State Indicators in the EU: Is there Convergence?', Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 529-556.
• K.P. Goudswaard and K. Caminada (2010), 'The redistributive effect of public and private social programs: a cross-country empirical analysis', International Social Security Review, vol. 63, no.1, 1-19.
• K. Caminada and K.P. Goudswaard, 'Effectiveness of Poverty Reduction in the EU15. A Descriptive Analysis', Poverty & Public Policy, Vol. 1, Iss. 2, Article 5, 2009, pp. 1-51.
  K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard (2008), 'Revenue Effects of Tax Facilities for Pension Savings', Atlantic Economic Journal 36(2), 233-246.
• K.P. Goudswaard, C.L.J. Caminada and H. Vording (2006), 'Financing the Welfare State', Tax Notes International 42(8), 731-737. 
• C.L.J. Caminada and K.P. Goudswaard (2005), 'Are public and private social expenditures complementary?', International Advances in Economic Research 11(2), 175-189.
• K. Caminada and K.P Goudswaard (2004), 'The fiscal subsidy on pension savings in the Netherlands', Tax Notes International 33(13), 1231-1240.
• K.P Goudswaard and C.L.J. Caminada (2003), 'Convergence of Social protection Reviewed', in: A.P. Ros en H.R.J. Vollebergh (eds.), Ontwikkeling en overheid, Sdu, Den Haag, 97-105.
• K. Caminada and K.P. Goudswaard (2002), 'Income Distribution and Social Security in an OECD Perspective', in: R. Sigg and C. Behrendt (eds.), Social Security in the Global Village, International Social Security Series, Volume 8, Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick / Londen, 163-188.
• K. Caminada and K.P. Goudswaard (2001), 'Does a Flat Rate Personal Income Tax Reduce Tax Progressivity? A Simulation for the Netherlands', Public Finance & Management 1(4), 471-500.
• H. Vording and K. Caminada (2001), 'Tax co-ordination: crossing the Rubicon?', in: D.A. Albregtse, A.L. Bovenberg en L.G.M. Stevens (eds.), Er zal geheven worden!, Opstellen aangeboden aan Prof. dr. S. Cnossen, Kluwer, Deventer, 335-345. 
• K. Caminada and K.P. Goudswaard (2001), 'International Trends in Income Inequality and Social Policy', International Tax and Public Finance 8(4), 395-415.
• K. Caminada and K.P. Goudswaard (2001), 'The Final Tax Reform? Effects of a Flat Rate Individual Income Tax', European Taxation 41(2), 42-46.
• K. Caminada and K.P. Goudswaard (1996), 'Progression and Revenue Effects of Income Tax Reform', International Tax and Public Finance 3(1), 57-66.
• K. Caminada (1997), 'Liability progression and Tax Revenue Elasticity', (PhD-thesis, Leiden University, in Dutch: De progressie van het belastingstelsel), Thesis Publishers, Amsterdam.

Some recent working papers

• K. Caminada, K.P. Goudswaard and C. Wang (2012), ‘Disentangling Income Inequality and the Redistributive Effect of Taxes and Transfers in 20 LIS Countries Over Time’, LIS Working Paper Series 581.
• O. van Vliet, K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard (2012), 'The Political Economy of Labour Market Policies in Western and Eastern European Countries', NEUJOBS Working Paper D6.3, Leiden University, 40 p.
• O. van Vliet, J. Been, K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard (2011), 'Pension reform and income inequality among the elderly in 15 European countries', Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2011.03, Leiden University, 29 p.
• Ch. Wang and K. Caminada (2011), 'Disentangling income inequality and the redistributive effect of social transfers and taxes in 36 LIS countries', Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2011.02, (also published as LIS Working Paper #567).
• K. Caminada, K.P. Goudswaard and F. Koster (2010), 'Social Income Transfers and Poverty Alleviation in OECD Countries’, Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2010.01, Leiden University.
• M. Martin and K. Caminada (2009), 'Welfare Reform in the United States. A descriptive policy analysis', Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2009.03, Leiden University.
• K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard (2009), 'Social Expenditure and Poverty Reduction in the EU15 and other OECD Countries', Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2009.02, Leiden University, (+ Annex).
• K. Caminada and K.P. Goudswaard (2008), ‘Effectiveness of poverty reduction in the EU. A descriptive analysis’, Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2008.06, Leiden University.
• K. Caminada, K.P. Goudswaard and O.P. van Vliet (2008), 'Patterns of welfare state indicators in the EU: Is there convergence?', Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2008.05, Leiden University.
• K.P. Goudswaard and K. Caminada (2008), 'The redistributive impact of public and private social expenditure', Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2008.04, Leiden University.

Conference papers (selection)

• ‘Disentangling income inequality and the redistributive effect of taxes and transfers in 20 LIS countries over time’, 68th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Dresden, Germany, 16 August 2012, with Kees Goudswaard and Chen Wang.
• ‘Disentangling income inequality and the redistributive effect of taxes and transfers in 20 LIS countries mid 1980s – mid 2000s’, 19th International Research Seminar of the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security, Sigtuna, Sweden, 18 June 2012, with Chen Wang and Kees Goudswaard.
• ‘Disentangling income inequality and the redistributive effect of social transfers and taxes in 36 LIS countries’, 19th International Research Seminar of the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security, Sigtuna, Sweden, 18 June 2012, with Chen Wang.
• ‘The Impact of Alternative Measures of Social Spending on Poverty Rates in OECD Countries’, seminar Research Team Reforming Social Security, Leiden, 4 November 2011, with Kees Goudswaard.
• ‘Do Income Transfers Matter? Poverty Profiles in OECD Countries’, 67th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Michigan / Ann Arbor, USA, 8-11 August 2011, with K. Goudswaard.
• ‘Social Income Transfers and Relative Poverty Outcomes in the EU15 versus other OECD Countries’, 18th International Research Seminar of the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security, Sigtuna, Sweden, 8-10 June 2011, with O. van Vliet.
• ‘Pension reform and income inequality among the elderly in 15 European countries’, 18th International Research Seminar of the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security, Sigtuna, Sweden, 8-10 June 2011, with O. van Vliet, J. Been, and K. Goudswaard.
• ‘Europe 2020: Poverty Reduction as a Measurable Goal’, seminar Countdown to Europe 2020: Towards ‘Appropriate Indicators’ to Measure Poverty Reduction in the EU, International symposium Center for Parliamentary Studies, Brussels, June 29th, 2010.
• ‘Towards an Indicator of Public Policy Effectiveness on Poverty Alleviation?’, seminar Countdown to Europe 2020: Towards ‘Appropriate Indicators’ to Measure Poverty Reduction in the EU, International symposium Center for Parliamentary Studies, Brussels, June 29th, 2010.
• 'Effectiveness of Poverty Reduction in the EU15. An Empirical Analysis’, 16th International Research Seminar on Issues in Social Security, Social Security, Poverty and Exclusion in Rich and Poor Countries, FISS, Sigtunahöjden, Sweden, June 18th, 2009.
• ‘Effectiveness of poverty reduction in the EU’, 66th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Montreal, Canada, October 11th, 2008.
• 'Patterns of welfare state indicators in the EU: Is there convergence?', 64th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Maastricht, Netherlands,  August 24th, 2008.
• ‘Convergence of net social protection levels’, 62nd Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Paphos, Cyprus,  August 30th, 2006.
• ‘Budgetary costs of tax facilities for pension savings: an empirical analysis.’, 60th International Atlantic Economic Conference, New York, October 7th, 2005.
• ‘The Fiscal Subsidy on Pension Saving in he Netherlands’, 60th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Milan, Italy,  August 23rd, 2004.
• ‘Are public and private social expenditures complementary?’, 57th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, March 12th, 2004.
• ‘International Trends in Income Inequality and Social Policy’, The Year 2000 International Research Conference on Social Security (ISSA), Helsinki, Finland, September 27th, 2000.
• ‘International Trends in Income Inequality and Social Policy’, 56th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Seville, Spain, August 30th, 2000.
• ‘Social Policy and Income Distribution: An Empirical Analysis for the Netherlands’, 55th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Moscow, Russia, August 26th, 1999.
• ‘Income Effects of a Flat Tax: An Empirical Analysis for the Netherlands’, 53rd Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Kyoto, Japan, Augustus 26th, 1997.
• ‘Environmental Tax Competition Among Jurisdiction’, EAERE‑conference, Krakow, Poland, June 1992.