2011 Research fellow, Leiden Law School Teaching fellow, Leiden University College (LUC) The Hague.

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1 Olaf van Vliet Curriculum Vitae Leiden University Last updated: 23 May 2016 Department of Economics P.O. Box RA Leiden The Netherlands t: +31(0) EMPLOYMENT 2015 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Leiden University Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Leiden University Doctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, Leiden University Organisational Advisor Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS 2015 Visiting Professor, Central University of Finance and Economics Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Visiting Research Associate, Marquette University Research fellow, Leiden Law School Teaching fellow, Leiden University College (LUC) The Hague. EDUCATION 2011 PhD Department of Economics, Leiden University Dissertation title: Convergence and Europeanisation: The Political Economy of Social and Labour Market Policies BSc + MSc Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam Honours Class Economics & Econometrics 2005 BA + MA Public Administration, Leiden University Research project for honour students GRANTS AND AWARDS 2016 Research grant from Leiden University s research profile area Interaction between legal systems. Project: SOLID - Solidarity under strain: A legal, criminological and economic analysis of welfare states and free movement in the EU Travel grant from the Victor Halberstadt Fund for presenting research at the CES conference in Philadelphia. 1

2 2015 Grant from Leiden University s research profile area Political Legitimacy Aldi J.M. Hagenaars Memorial Award, awarded by the Luxembourg Income Study to the best LIS Working Paper written by a scholar under age 40, for Sectoral trends in earnings inequality and employment: International trade, skill-biased technological change, or labour market institutions? 2013 Travel grant from Leiden University s E.M. Meijers Institute for visiting scholarship at Harvard University Project funding from Herman Deleeck Center for Social Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Micro-simulations on minimum income protection Research grant from the European Commission s FP-7. Project: NEUJOBS Employment 2025: How multiple transitions will affect the European Labour Market Project funding from Herman Deleeck Center for Social Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Micro-simulations on minimum income protection Runner-up: Award for the best MA thesis in Public Administration, Leiden University Second prize: Award for the best paper of the Honour Class Economics & Econometrics, Trust Foundation Erasmus University Rotterdam. MANAGEMENT AND EXCECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES Director of Leiden University s research profile area Interaction between legal systems ( ). Project leader of the research project SOLID; total budget 668,300 ( ). Developing and coordinating a new master program Economics and Governance at Leiden University ( ). Work package leader in FP-7 research project NEUJOBS; total budget 7.9 million ( ). Board member of the Dutch Society for Social Security (NGSZ) ( ). Chair of the selection committee for an Assistant Professor of Economics, Leiden University (2014). Member of the advisory board on data management, Leiden University ( ). Member of the data management committee, Leiden Law School ( ). Member of the ICT committee, Leiden Law School ( ). PHD SUPERVISION (co-promotor and daily supervisor) Stefan Thewissen, Growing apart: The comparative political economy of income inequality and social policy development in affluent countries (September February 2015; PhD defense 29 September 2015). Current position: research fellow, University of Oxford. Jinxian Wang, Trends in social assistance, minimum income benefits and income polarization in an international perspective ( ). 2

3 PHD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Chen Wang, Essays on trends in income distribution and redistribution in affluent countries and China, 19 February Leiden University, opposition committee. PUBLICATIONS Book: Van Vliet, O. (2011) Convergence and Europeanisation: The Political Economy of Social and Labour Market Policies. dissertation. Leiden: Leiden University Press. International peer reviewed articles: Wang, J. and O. van Vliet (2016) Social assistance and minimum income benefits: Benefit levels, replacement rates and policies across 26 OECD countries, , European Journal of Social Security, no. 3, forthcoming. Van Vliet, O. and C. Wang (2015) Social investment and poverty reduction: A comparative analysis across fifteen European countries, Journal of Social Policy, vol. 44, no. 3, pp Paetzold, J. and O. van Vliet (2014) EU Co-ordination and the Convergence of Domestic Unemployment Protection Schemes, Journal of Common Market Studies, vol 52. no. 5, pp Eleveld, A. and O. van Vliet (2014) The Dutch welfare state: Recent reforms in social security and labour law, Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo, no. 4, pp Vink, M.P. and O. van Vliet (2013) Potentials and Pitfalls of Multi-value QCA: Response to Thiem, Field Methods, vol. 25, no. 2, pp Van Vliet, O., 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. Van Vliet, O. and F. Koster (2011) Europeanisation and the Political Economy of Active Labour Market Policies, European Union Politics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp Van Vliet, O. (2010) Divergence within Convergence: Europeanisation of Social and Labour Market Policies, Journal of European Integration, vol. 32, no. 3, pp Caminada, K., K. Goudswaard and O. van Vliet (2010) Patterns of welfare state indicators in the EU: Is there convergence?, Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 48, no. 3, pp Draxler, J. and O. van Vliet (2010) European Social Model: No Convergence From the East, Journal of European Integration, vol. 32, no. 1, pp Van Vliet, O. (2010) Pension Reforms and the Political Economy of the Welfare State, Journal of European Integration, vol. 32, no. 4, pp Vink, M.P. and O. van Vliet (2009) Not quite crisp, not yet fuzzy? Assessing the potentials and pitfalls of multi-value QCA, Field Methods, vol. 21, no. 3, pp

4 Book chapter: Koster, F. and O. van Vliet (2014) Labour Market Institutions in Europe: Differences, Developments, Consequences and Reforms. In: M. Beblavý, I. Maselli and M. Veselková (eds.) Let s Get to Work! The Future of Labour in Europe. Vol. 1. Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies, pp Articles in Dutch: Thewissen, S., O. van Vliet and C. Wang (2013) Sectorale loonongelijkheid en werkgelegenheid in internationaal perspectief tussen Tijdschrift voor Politieke Ekonomiedigitaal, vol. 7, no. 3, pp Van Vliet, O. (2012) Politieke partijen en werkloosheidsuitkeringen. Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 97, no. 4647, pp Van Vliet, O., J. Been and K. Goudswaard (2011) Pensioenhervormingen, inkomensongelijkheid en armoede onder ouderen internationaal vergeleken. Tijdschrift voor Politieke Ekonomie-digitaal, vol. 5, no. 2, pp Van Vliet, O. (2009) De Crisisbegroting van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid: Laveren Tussen Schatkist en Arbeidsmarktbeleid, Tijdschrift voor Openbare Financiën, vol. 41, no. 5, pp Van Vliet, O. (2008) Methode van Open Coördinatie: De Invloed van Europees Sociaal Beleid, Beleid en Maatschappij, vol. 35, no. 1, pp Van Vliet, O. (2008) Gemeenschappelijke Diensten, Gescheiden Veranderingen: De Institutionele Factor in Organisatieverandering, Bestuurskunde, vol. 17, no. 4, pp Databases: Van Vliet, O. and K. Caminada (2012) Unemployment replacement rates dataset among 34 welfare states : An update, extension and modification of Scruggs Welfare State Entitlements Data Set, NEUJOBS Special Report, No. 2. Wang, C., S. Thewissen and O. van Vliet (2013) Leiden-LIS Sectoral Income Inequality Dataset. Leiden: Leiden University. Book review: Van Vliet, O. (2008) book review of Revue Française des Affaires Sociales, Social Welfare Reforms in Europe: Challenges and Strategies in Continental and Southern Europe, Journal of European Social Policy, vol. 18, no. 1, pp Working papers: Thewissen, S. and O. van Vliet (2015) Competing with the Dragon: Employment and Wage Effects of Chinese Trade Competition in 17 Sectors Across 18 OECD Countries, INET Oxford Working Paper no (also published as LIS Working Paper Series No. 623). Wang, J., O. van Vliet and K. Goudswaard (2015) Social assistance benefits and European coordination, Leiden University, Department of Economics Research Memorandum

5 Wang, J. and O. van Vliet (2014) Social assistance and minimum income benefits: Benefit levels, replacement rates and policies across 33 countries , Leiden University, Department of Economics Research Memorandum Been, J. and O. van Vliet (2014) Early retirement across Europe: Does non-standard employment increase participation of older workers?, Netspar Discussion Paper 10/ Thewissen, S.H., C. Wang and O. van Vliet (2013) Sectoral trends in earnings inequality and employment: International trade, skill-biased technological change, or labour market institutions?, LIS Working Paper Series 595. Paetzold, J. and O. van Vliet (2012) Convergence without hard criteria: Does EU soft law affect domestic unemployment protection schemes? University of Salzburg, Working Papers in Economics and Finance No (also published as Department of Economics Research Memorandum, , Leiden University; and as Salzburg Papers on European Integration 02/2012). Van Vliet, O., 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. Van Vliet, O. and H. Nijboer (2012) Flexicurity in the European Union: Flexibility for Insiders, Security for Outsiders, Leiden University, Department of Economics Research Memorandum, Van Vliet, O., J. Been, K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard (2011) Pension reform and income inequality among the elderly in 15 European countries, Leiden University, Department of Economics Research Memorandum, Koster, F., J. McQuinn, I. Siedschlag and O. van Vliet (2011) Labour Market Models in the EU, NEUJOBS Special Report, No. 1. Caminada, K., K. Goudswaard and O. van Vliet (2008) Patterns of welfare state indicators in the EU: Is there convergence?, Leiden University, Department of Economics Research Memorandum, Vink, M. and O. van Vliet (2007) Not quite crisp, not yet fuzzy? Assessing the potentials and pitfalls of multi-value QCA, COMPASSS Working Papers, Van Vliet, O. and M. Kaeding (2007) Globalisation, European Integration and Social Protection Patterns of Change or Continuity?, Leiden University, Department of Economics Research Memorandum, Kuipers, S., E. Spek, S. Verbiest and O. van Vliet (2005) Newborn Agencies in the New Deal Era, Leiden University, Department of Public Administration Research Report. Professional publications: Van Vliet, O. and C. Wang (2015) Does social investment reduce or increase poverty? Cambridge Journals Blog, 8 July Been, J. and O. van Vliet (2014) Early retirement across Europe: Does non-standard employment increase participation of older workers? NEUJOBS Blog, 5 November Van Vliet, O., M. Beblavy, K. Caminada, S. Domonkos, J. Drahokoupil, K. Goudswaard, F. Koster, L. Kureková, J. McQuinn, M. Münderlein, G. Murphy, M. Myant, and I. Siedschlag (2013) Labour Relations and Modes of Employment, NEUJOBS Policy Brief D

6 Goudswaard, K., O. van Vliet, J. Been and K. Caminada (2012) Pensions and Income Inequality in Old Age, CESifo Dice Report Journal for Institutional Comparisons, vol. 10, no. 4, pp Van Vliet, O. (2012) Zijn linkse partijen te vertrouwen in tijden van hoge werkloosheid? Me Judice, 7 september Caminada, K. and O. van Vliet (2012) Nederlandse werkloosheidsuitkering nog altijd riant, Me Judice, 23 January Van Vliet, O. (2011) Hoeveel bewegingsvrijheid laat de Europese regelgeving voor binnenlands begrotingsbeleid? Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 96, no. 4620, pp Van Vliet, O. (2011) Promotie. Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 96, no & 4615, pp Van Vliet, O. (2007) Opdrachtgever-opdrachtnemerrelatie bij Shared Services Centers, Overheidsmanagement, no. 1, pp TEACHING Comparative Political Economy (MSc Public Administration) [coordination; seminars] - Socio-Economic Policy: Theory and Institutions (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; lectures; tutorials] - Socio-Economic Policy: Empirical Analysis (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; seminars] - Introduction to Law and Economics (BA Law) [coordination; tutorials] - Economics, Governance and Management (BSc Public Administration) [tutorials] - European Economic Integration (BSc Public Administration) [examination] - Supervision of master theses (MSc Public Administration) Comparative Political Economy (MSc Public Administration) [coordination; seminars] - Social Policy Analysis (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; lectures; tutorials] - Introduction to Law and Economics (BA Law) [coordination; tutorials] - Economics, Governance and Management (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; lectures; tutorials] - European Economic Integration (BSc Public Administration) [lectures] - Economic Policy (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; lectures] - Supervision of master theses (MSc Public Administration) Social Policy Analysis (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; lectures; tutorials] - Principles of Economics (BA, Leiden University College The Hague) [coordination; seminars] - Economic Policy (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; tutorials] - Economics, Governance and Management (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; lectures; tutorials] - Law and Business (BA Law) [coordination; Q&A lectures] - European Economic Integration (BSc Public Administration) [tutorials] - Supervision of bachelor theses (BSc Public Administration) 6

7 Economic Policy (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; tutorials] - Economics, Governance and Management (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; lectures; tutorials] - Economic Policy in the EU (BA, LUC The Hague) [seminars] - Principles of Economics (BA, LUC The Hague) [seminars] - European Economic Integration (BSc Public Administration) [tutorials] - Introduction to Economics (BSc Public Administration) [tutorials] - Law and Business (BA Law) [coordination; Q&A lectures] - Supervision of bachelor theses (BA Law) Economic Policy (BSc Public Administration) [coordination; tutorials] - Principles of Economics (BA, LUC The Hague) [coordination; seminars] - Economic Policy in the EU (BA, LUC The Hague) [seminars] - Introduction to Economics (BSc Public Administration) [tutorials] - Law and Business (BA Law) [coordination; tutorials] - Supervision of bachelor theses (BA Law) Seminar European Social Policy (LL.M. European Law) [coordination; seminars] - Principles of Economics (BA, LUC The Hague) [coordination; seminars] - Introduction to Economics (BSc Public Administration) [tutorials] - Introduction to Economics (BSc Political Science) [tutorials] - Supervision of bachelor theses (BA Law) Introduction to Economics (BSc Political Science) [tutorials] - Supervision of bachelor theses (BA Law) Introduction to Economics (BSc Political Science) [tutorials] - Supervision of bachelor theses (BA Law) Introduction to Economics (BSc Public Administration) [tutorials] - Supervision of bachelor theses (BA Law) REFEREEING Journals: Socio-Economic Review Journal of European Public Policy European Union Politics Journal of Common Market Studies Journal of European Social Policy Journal of Social Policy West European Politics European Political Science Review Policy & Politics Politics & Policy International Journal of Social Welfare Journal of Economic Inequality Journal of Aging and Social Policy Cambridge Review of International Affairs European Journal of Social Security Poverty & Public Policy Economics and Business Letters Marmara Journal of European Studies Dutch Journal of Political Economy NEUJOBS Working Papers 7

8 Regulation & Governance Journal of European Integration Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health Research Memorandum Department of Economics Leiden University Publishers: McGraw-Hill Education Acco Publisher Research foundation: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION Chair and co-organizer of the panel Novel questions, mechanisms, methods and data at the ECPR General Conference, 3-6 September Co-chair and co-organizer of the Workshop Welfare States, Inequality and Parties at Harvard University, Cambridge, 9 and 16 December Chair and organizer of the Workshop Innovation, socio-ecological transition and the labour market: do we understand the interaction? at the NEUJOBS Mid-project conference, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, 18 February Co-organizer of the symposium European Integration and national social and employment policies ; presentation of the policy implications of a research project funded by Institute Gak, Leiden, 8 November Chair and organizer of the Panel Labour relations and modes of employment at the NEUJOBS Validation Conference, Bratislava, September Co-chair and co-organizer of the Workshop Globalisation, Europeanisation and Welfare State Reforms at the 8 th Dutch/Flemish Political Science Conference, Nijmegen, May Co-organizer of the Department of Economics Research Seminar Series, Leiden University (2011-). MEMBERSHIPS Royal Economic Society (RES) International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) American Political Science Association (APSA) University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) European Union Studies Association (EUSA) Council for European Studies (CES) Dutch Political Science Assocation (NKWP) Dutch Association for Public Administration (VB) Dutch Association for Public Economics (KVS) 8

9 COURSES 2012 Basic Qualification Teaching (Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO), Leiden University Graduate course Labour Economics, Tilburg University, the Netherlands 2009 Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis University of Essex, United Kingdom ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. IN THE MEDIA Interviewed for a journalistic article on unemployment rates: Wie nauwkeurig kijkt, ziet nog veel meer werklozen, Trouw, 19 April Journalistic article on unemployment benefit schemes partly based on my research: Wij zijn het enige EU-land dat nog 38 maanden WW geeft, NRC Handelsblad, 1 February Journalistic article on unemployment benefit schemes partly based on my research: Wij zijn het enige EU-land dat nog 38 maanden WW geeft, NRC NEXT, 1 February Interviewed for a journalistic article on unemployment benefit schemes: Een lagere ww helpt niet bij terugdringen werkloosheid, Intermediair, 10 February Radio interview about PhD research The impact of European integration on social security, Radio Leiden, 27 June COMMUNITY SERVICE 2007 Secretary, Friends of the EnAccord String Quartet Foundation Board member, Leiden Psychiatry Centre. Secretary ; Treasurer Board member, Information Centre for Mental Health Care. Secretary ; Treasurer INVITED PRESENTATIONS The Research Council of Norway, Public/private pension mix, income inequality and poverty among the elderly in Europe, Oslo, 3 May University of Southampton, Social investment and Social Assistance: A Comparative Analysis across European countries and China, Southampton, 26 November Central University of Finance and Economics, Early retirement across Europe: Does nonstandard employment increase participation of older worker?, Beijing, 18 November OECD ELS Seminar Series, Early retirement across Europe. Does non-standard employment increase participation of older workers?, Paris, 25 September

10 Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Social indicators in international comparative perspective, The Hague, 26 March Harvard Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion, On the European agenda of welfare state reform: Does social investment reduce poverty?, Cambridge, 5 December University of Connecticut, Workshop on Political Economy, Private Social Security and International Economic Integration, Storrs, 17 December Marquette University Research Seminar, International Economic Integration and the Political Economy of Welfare State Reforms, Milwaukee, 1 December University of Amsterdam, AIAS Seminar, Convergence and Europeanisation: The Political Economy of Social and Employment Policies, Amsterdam, 22 October CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS 2016 CES 23 rd Conference, Philadelphia, April Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Labour market risks and private social security. CES 23 rd Conference, Philadelphia, April Contribution: Wang, J. and O. van Vliet. The comparative political economy of social assistance and minimum income benefits across 26 OECD countries, Dutch Economists Day, Amsterdam, 6 November Contribution: Been, J. and O. van Vliet. Early retirement across Europe. Does non-standard employment increase participation of older workers? IBS Jobs Conference, Warsaw, October Contribution: Thewissen, S. and O. van Vliet. Competing with the Dragon: Employment and Wage Effects of Chinese Trade Competition in 17 Sectors Across 18 OECD Countries. Dutch Labour Market Day, The Hague, 8 October Contribution: Been, J. and O. van Vliet. Early retirement across Europe. Does non-standard employment increase participation of older workers? Dutch Labour Market Day, The Hague, 8 October Contribution: Thewissen, S. and O. van Vliet. Competing with the Dragon: Employment and Wage Effects of Chinese Trade Competition in 17 Sectors Across 18 OECD Countries. FISS 22 nd International Research Conference, Hong Kong, 7-9 June Contribution: Wang, J., O. van Vliet and K. Goudswaard. Social assistance benefits and European coordination. MPSA 73 rd Annual Conference, Chicago, April Contribution: Thewissen, S. and O. van Vliet. Competing with the Dragon: Employment and Wage Effects of Chinese Trade Competition in 17 Sectors Across 18 OECD Countries EALE 26th Annual Conference, Ljubljana, September Contribution: Been, J. and O. van Vliet. Early retirement across Europe. Does non-standard employment increase participation of older workers? 10

11 ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, 3-6 September Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Private social security and International Economic Integration. EEA Conference, Toulouse, August Contribution: Been, J. and O. van Vliet. Early retirement across Europe: Does non-standard employment increase participation of older workers? IIPF 70 th Congress, Lugano, August Contribution: Van Vliet, O., K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard. The Political Economy of Labor Market Policies in Western and Eastern European countries. SASE 26 th Annual Conference, Chicago, July Contribution: Thewissen, S. and O. van Vliet. Impacts of trade with China on sectoral earnings inequality and employment across developed countries. ECPR-SGEU 7th Conference, The Hague, 5-7 June Contribution: Van Vliet, O. and D. Swank. Succumbing to peer pressure? European coordination of labour market policies and domestic policy change. ECPR-SGEU 7th Conference, The Hague, 5-7 June Contribution: Thewissen, S. and O. van Vliet. Distributive consequences of Chinese imports at the sectoral level in affluent democracies. ECPR-SGEU 7th Conference, The Hague, 5-7 June Contribution: Wang, J. and O. van Vliet. Social assistance and minimum income benefits: Trends in indicators and underlying policies. FISS 21 st International Research Seminar, Sigtuna, 2-4 June Contribution: Van Vliet, O., K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard. The Political Economy of Labor Market Policies in Western and Eastern European countries. FISS 21 st International Research Seminar, Sigtuna, 2-4 June Contribution: Wang, J. and O. van Vliet. Social assistance and minimum income benefits: Trends in indicators and underlying policies Harvard Workshop Welfare States, Inequality and Parties, Cambridge, 9 December Contribution: Van Vliet, O. and D. Swank. Succumbing to peer pressure? European coordination of labour market policies and domestic policy change. Harvard Workshop Welfare States, Inequality and Parties, Cambridge, 9 December Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Discussion of the paper 'Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Reform. ESPAnet 10 th Conference, Poznań, 5-7 September Contribution: Van Vliet, O., K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard. Does the role of political parties in unemployment benefit reform depend on economic conditions? ESPAnet 10 th Conference, Poznań, 5-7 September Contribution: Wang, C. and O. van Vliet. Social investment and poverty reduction: A comparative analysis across 19 European countries. ESPAnet 10 th Conference, Poznań, 5-7 September Contribution: Been, J. and O. van Vliet. Does non-standard employment result in less early retirement across European countries? 11

12 ESPAnet 10 th Conference, Poznań, 5-7 September Contribution: Wang, J. and O. van Vliet. Social assistance and minimum income benefit reform: The role of globalization, deindustrialization and domestic politics. ILERA 10 th European Conference, Amsterdam, June Contribution: Van Vliet, O. and D. Swank. Succumbing to peer pressure? European coordination of labour market policies and domestic policy change. ILERA 10 th European Conference, Amsterdam, June Contribution: Thewissen, S., C. Wang and O. van Vliet. Sectoral trends in earnings inequality and employment: International trade, skill-biased technological change, or labour market institutions? NEUJOBS Workshop on Scenarios development, Brussels, 19 June Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Input for the models from Work Package NIG Annual Work Conference, Leuven, November Contribution: Wang, C. and O. van Vliet. Investing in Poverty: The social investment state and poverty in 19 European countries. NIG Annual Work Conference, Leuven, November Contribution: Thewissen, S.H., C. Wang and O. van Vliet. Associations between globalisation and earnings inequality: A multilevel sectoral approach. Measuring globalization: An international workshop (convenors: Maastricht University, University of Heidelberg, UNU-CRIS), Maastricht, November Contribution: Thewissen, S.H., C. Wang and O. van Vliet. Measuring globalization at the sectoral level: New evidence on the association between globalization and income inequality. Symposium European Integration and national social and employment policies, Leiden, 8 November Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Convergence and Europeanisation - The Political Economy of Social and Labour Market Policies: Conclusions, policy implications and further research. CPB / KVS Dutch Economists Day, Amsterdam, 19 October Contribution: Thewissen, S.H., C. Wang and O. van Vliet. Associations between globalisation and earnings inequality: A multilevel sectoral approach. Dutch ESPANET Research Day, Rotterdam, 4 October Contribution: Wang, C. and O. van Vliet. Investing in poverty? The social investment state and poverty in 19 European countries. NEUJOBS Validation Conference, Bratislava, September Contribution: Van Vliet, O., K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard. The political economy of labour market policies in Western and Eastern European countries. ESPAnet 10 th Conference, Edinburgh, 6-8 September Contribution: Paetzold, J. and O. van Vliet. Convergence without hard criteria: A cross-national analysis of labour market policy. ESPAnet 10 th Conference, Edinburgh, 6-8 September Contribution: Wang, C. and O. van Vliet. Are activation policies not helpful in reducing income inequality and poverty? APSA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 30 August 2 September Contribution: Van Vliet, O. and D. Swank. Succumbing to peer pressure? European coordination of labour market policies and domestic policy change. 12

13 IIPF 68 th Congress, Dresden, August Contribution: Van Vliet, O., J. Been, K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard. Pension Reform and Income Inequality among the Elderly in 15 European Countries. SASE 24 th Annual Conference, Cambridge, June Contribution: Paetzold, J. and O. van Vliet. Convergence without hard criteria: How does European integration influence domestic labour market policies? 2011 NEUJOBS Methodological Workshop, Vienna, November Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Labour relations and modes of employment. NAKE Research Day, Utrecht, 14 October Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Private Social Security and International Economic Integration. NAKE Research Day, Utrecht, 14 October Contribution: Van Vliet, O., J. Been, K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard. Pension Reform and Income Inequality among the Elderly in 15 European Countries. FISS 18 th International Research Seminar, Sigtuna, 8-10 June Contribution: Van Vliet, O., J. Been, K. Caminada and K. Goudswaard. Pension Reform and Income Inequality among the Elderly in 15 European Countries. FISS 18 th International Research Seminar, Sigtuna, 8-10 June Contribution: Caminada, K. and O. van Vliet. Social Income Transfers and Relative Poverty Outcomes in the EU15 versus other OECD Countries HSZ Seminar Social Europe, Leiden, 2 February Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Convergence and Europeanisation of Social and Employment Policies Dutch Labour Market Day, The Hague, 14 October Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Active Labour Market Policies in the European Union. Dutch Political Science 8 th Conference, Nijmegen, May Contribution: Van Vliet, O. and F. Koster. Europeanisation and the Political Economy of Active Labour Market Policies. Dutch Political Science 8 th Conference, Nijmegen, May Contribution: Koster, F. and O. van Vliet. Welfare State Change in the European Union: The Role of Globalization, Regionalization and Domestic Developments. Dutch ESPANET Research Day, Tilburg, 21 April Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Divergence within Convergence: Europeanisation of Social and Employment Policies. ASPEN / ETUI 2 nd Conference, Brno, March Contribution: Nijboer, H. and O. van Vliet. Flexicurity in the European Union: Flexibility for Outsiders, Security for Insiders. IMPALLA ESPANET Conference, Luxembourg, 6-7 March Contribution: Koster, F. and O. van Vliet. Explaining Welfare State Convergence in the European Union: The Role of Globalization, Regionalization and Domestic Developments. SIG Researchers Day, Amsterdam, 1 December Contribution: Van Vliet, O. and F. Koster. Europeanisation and the Political Economy of Active Labour Market Policies. 13

14 2008 NIG Annual Work Conference, Enschede, November Contribution: Van Vliet, O. and F. Koster. Europeanisation and the Political Economy of Active Labour Market Policies. NAKE Research Day, Utrecht, 24 October Contribution: Caminada, K., K. Goudswaard and O. van Vliet. Patterns of Welfare State Indicators in the EU: Is There Convergence? ESPAnet 6 th Annual Conference, Helsinki, September Contribution: Van Vliet, O. and F. Koster. Europeanisation and the Political Economy of Active Labour Market Policies. IIPF 64 th Congress, Maastricht, August Contribution: Caminada, K., K. Goudswaard and O. van Vliet. Patterns of Welfare State Indicators in the EU: Is There Convergence? Dutch Political Science 7 th Conference, Nijmegen, May Contribution: Vink, M. and O. van Vliet. Not quite crisp, not yet fuzzy? Assessing the potentials and pitfalls of multivalue QCA. IAB Conference, Nuremberg, May Contribution: Van Vliet, O. and B. ter Haar. The Face of Europe s Active Labour Market Policy Agenda. ECPR Joint Sessions, Rennes, April Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Convergence of Social Expenditures and Social Policies in the European Union NIG Annual Work Conference, Tilburg, 8 November Contribution: Kaeding, M. and O. van Vliet. Globalisation, European Integration and Social Protection Patterns of Change or Continuity? LSE Colloquium on Varieties of Capitalism and Socio-Economic Change in Central and Eastern Europe, London, 5-6 October Contribution: Van Vliet, O. Convergence of Social Policy in the European Union - Old and New Member States Compared. 14