Camille Landais


Camille Landais is a French economist who currently works as Professor of economics at the London School of Economics. His research focuses on public finance and labour economics. 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.

Biography

From 2000 to 2005, Camille Landais has studied at the École normale supérieure d'Ulm, followed by a PhD at the Paris School of Economics under Thomas Piketty, Anthony Atkinson and Bernard Salanié. 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 . Since 2012, he has been working at the London School of Economics, first as assistant professor, then as associate professor 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, 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.

Research

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