Olaf van Vliet
Assistant Professor
E-mail: o.p.van.vliet@law.leidenuniv.nl
Address: Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden, room B 203
Phone: ++31 71 527 8551
Curriculum vitae
Research interests:
- Research on social security reform
- European integration
- Public policy
- Public finance
- Political economy
- Labour economics
Education:
- PhD Department of Economics, Leiden University
- BSc + MSc Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- BA + MA Public Administration, Leiden University
Teaching:
- Economic Policy
- Economic Policy in the EU
- Introduction to Economics
- Law and Business
- Principles of Economics
- Seminar European Social Policy
- Thesis supervisor
Publications
Book
- O. van Vliet (2011), Convergence and Europeanisation: The Political Economy of Social and Labour Market Policies, dissertation, Leiden, Leiden University Press. (click here)
International peer reviewed articles
- 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, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2012.00873.x.
- O. van Vliet and F. Koster (2011), 'Europeanisation and the Political Economy of Active Labour Market Policies', European Union Politics 12(2), pp. 217-239.
- O. van Vliet (2010), 'Divergence within Convergence: Europeanisation of Social and Labour Market Policies', Journal of European Integration, 32(3), 2010, pp. 269-290.
- K. Caminada, K.P. Goudswaard and O. van Vliet (2010), 'Patterns of Welfare State Indicators in the EU: Is there Convergence?', Journal of Common Market Studies, 48(3), pp. 529-556.
- J. Draxler and O. van Vliet (2010), ‘European Social Model: No Convergence From the East’, Journal of European Integration, 32(1), pp. 115-135. .
- M.P. Vink and O. van Vliet (2009), Not Quite Crisp, Not Yet Fuzzy? Assessing the Potentials and Pitfalls of Multi-value QCA', Field Methods 21(3), pp. 265-289.
Data
- 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.
Review article
- O. van Vliet (2010), 'Pension Reforms and the Political Economy of the Welfare State', Journal of European Integration, 32(4), pp. 413-419..
Book review
- O.P. van Vliet (2008), book review of 'Revue Française des Affaires Sociales, special English edition, Social Welfare Reforms in Europe: Challenges and Strategies in Continental and Southern Europe', (La Documentation Française, Paris, 2006), Journal of European Social Policy 18(1), 2008, pp. 108-109.
Working papers
- O. van Vliet en H. Nijboer (2012), 'Flexicurity in the European Union: Flexibility for Outsiders, Security for Insiders', Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2012.02, Universiteit Leiden, 18 p.
- F. Koster, J. McQuinn, I. Siedschlag and O. van Vliet (2011) 'Labour Market Models in the EU', NEUJOBS Special Report No. 1, Leiden University/ESRI, 23 p.
- O. Van Vliet, J. Been, K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard, 'Pension reform and income inequality among the elderly in 15 European countries', Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2011.03, Leiden University, 29 p.
- K. Caminada, K.P. Goudswaard en O.P. van Vliet (2008), 'Patterns of welfare state indicators in the EU: Is there convergence?', Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2008.05, Universiteit Leiden, 22 p.
- M. Vink en O. van Vliet (2007), 'Not quite crisp, not yet fuzzy? Assessing the potentials and pitfalls of multi-value QCA', COMPASSS Working Papers, 2007-52, 29 p.
- O.P. van Vliet en M. Kaeding (2007), ‘Globalisation, European Integration and Social Protection – Patterns of Change or Continuity?’, Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2007.06, Universiteit Leiden, 22 p.
- S. Kuipers, E. Spek, S. Verbiest en O. van Vliet, 'Newborn Agencies in the New Deal Era', Research report, Leiden University, 32 p.
Articles in Dutch
- K. Caminada en O. van Vliet (2012), 'Nederlandse werkloosheidsuitkering nog altijd riant', Me Judice , 23 januari 2012.
- O. van Vliet, J. Been en K. Goudswaard, 'Pensioenhervormingen, inkomensongelijkheid en armoede onder ouderen internationaal vergeleken', TPEdigitaal (Tijdschrift voor Politieke Economie), 5(2), pp. 5-19.
- O. van Vliet (2009), 'De Crisisbegroting van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid: Laveren tussen Schatkist en Arbeidsmarktbeleid', Tijdschrift voor Openbare Financiën 41(5), 2009, pp. 266-274.
- O. van Vliet (2008), 'Gemeenschappelijke Diensten, Gescheiden Veranderingen: De Institutionele Factor in Organisatieverandering', Bestuurskunde 17(4), 2008, pp. 98-108.
- O. van Vliet (2008) 'Methode van Open Coördinatie: De Invloed van Europees Sociaal Beleid', Beleid en Maatschappij 35(1), pp. 63-67.
- O.P. van Vliet (2007), 'Opdrachtgever-opdrachtnemerrelatie bij Shared Services Centers', Overheidsmanagement, nr. 1, pp. 9-16.