Working Group Public Economics

KRISTIAN ORSINI

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics
Department of Economics
Center for Economic Studies
Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Room 02.118
Tel.: +32 (0)16 32 68 06
Fax: +32 (0)16 32 67 96
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Personalia:

Born on July 24, 1977 in Avesta, Sweden
Laurea in Economia e Commercio, Libera Università Internazional degli Studi Sociali (LUISS-Guido Carli), Rome, 2001
Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondis en sciences Economiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 2004
Research assistant since October 1, 2004
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Research interests:

Labour supply
Evaluation of tax benefit reforms
Tax benefit microsimulation models
Household economics

International referred journals

l K. Orsini (with O. Bargain): "In-work benefits in Europe: killing two birds with one stone?", Labour Economics, Vol. 13, issue 6, 2006.

Contributions in edited books

l K. Orsini (with O. Bargain): "Beans For Breakfast? How exportable is the British Workfare model?", in O. Bargain (ed.) Microsimulation in Action: Policy Analysis in Europe Using Euromod, Research in Labor Economics, Volume 25. Elsevir, Amsterdam, 2006.

l K. Orsini (with A. Spadaro): "Strategic weight within couples: a microsimulation approach", in P. Lambert (ed.) Equity, Research in Economic Inequality, Volume 25. Elsevir, Amsterdam, 2006.

l K. Orsini (with A. Ganji and S. Sissoko): "Does Unobserved Heterogeneity Matter? A panel-Data Analysis of the Gender Pay Gap", in B. Mahy, R. Plasman, F. Rycx (eds.) "Gender Pay Differentials. Cross-National Evidence from Micro-Data", Palgrave, Houndmills.

l K. Orsini : "Fiscalité et Sécurité Sociale entre Fédéralisme et Décentralisation : Quelles Organisations, Quelles Solidarités ? ", in Mignolet M. (ed.) Le fédéralisme fiscal: Leçons de la théorie économique et expérience de 4 Etats fédéraux, De Boeck, Brussels, 2005.

Other journals

l K. Orsini (with A. Decoster and G. Van Camp), “Stop the Grief and Back to Work! An Evaluation of the Government’s Plan to Activate Widows and Widowers”, forthcoming in Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles.

l K. Orsini (with A. Decoster), “Verdient een vlaktaks zichzelf Terug?” Leuvense Economische Standpunten, n. 117, Leuven, 2007.

l K. Orsini: "La défédéralisation des soins de santé: existe-t-il un consensus dans les revendications flamandes ?", Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, September 2004.

l K. Orsini (with M. Corsi): "Measuring poverty in Europe", Development, Vol. 45, n.3, 2002.

l K. Orsini: "Regimi di welfare e disuguaglianze economiche", in Economia, Società e Istituzioni, Anno XIV n. 2, 2002.

Working papers and mimeos

K. Orsini (with T.T. Dang, H. Immervoll, D. Mantovani, and H. Sutherland, (2006), An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries, OECD Social Employment and Migration Working Papers 34, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs.
K. Orsini (with O. Bargain, M. Caliendo and P. Haan) (2006), 'Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labour Market, IZA Discussion Papers 2033, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
K. Orsini (2006), Tax-benefits reforms and the labor market: evidence from Belgium and other EU countries, CES working Paper, 06.06.
K. Orsini (2006), Is Belgium Making Work Pay?, CES working Paper, 05.06.