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Name :	Albert van der Horst
Sector:	Labour market and welfare state
Telephone :	+31 70 33 83 402
Email :	Albert van der Horst

Activities

• Programme manager (Taxation and life cycle)
• The Netherlands of 2040 (with Bas ter Weel)
• Corporate taxation in the European Union (with Leon Bettendorf and Ruud de Mooij)
• Ageing in the Netherlands

Research interests

• Public economics: corporate taxation, life cycle
• International economics: economic geography, migration, innovation
• Macroeconometrics: VAR-models, NAIRU
• Theoretical macroeconomics: with applications on taxation, public investment and the environment

Publications

• (with Bas ter Weel and George Gelauff) The Netherlands of 2040, 2010, CPB Special Publication 88 (zie ook www.nl2040.nl).
• (with Leon Bettendorf, Nick Draper, Casper van Ewijk, Ruud de Mooij en Harry ter Rele) Vergrijzing Verdeeld, 2010, CPB Special Publication 88.

• (with Leon Bettendorf and Ruud de Mooij) Corporate tax policy and unemployment in Europe: an applied general equilibrium analysis, World Economy, 32(9), pp 1319 - 1347, 2009.
• (with Leon Bettendorf, Mike Devereux, Simon Loretz and Ruud de Mooij) Corporate tax harmonization in the EU, 2009, CPB Discussion Paper 133.
• (with Leon Bettendorf, Ruud de Mooij and Hendrik Vrijburg) Corporate tax consolidation and enhanced cooperation in the European Union, 2009, CPB Discussion Paper 132.
• (with Paul Koutstaal, Henk Kox, SCP and AFM) Strategisch Europa. Markten en macht in 2030 en de publieke opinie over de Europese Unie, Europese verkenning 7, 2009.
• Renteaftrek in de VpB, 2009, CPB Nieuwsbrief, April 2009.
• (with Michiel Bijlsma and Suzanne Kok) De kredietcrisis - oorzaken, gevolgen en beleid, 2009, TPEdigitaal jaargang 3(1) pagina 48-67.
• (with Leon Bettendorf and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa) Does employment affect productivity?, 2009, CPB Discussion Paper 119.

• (with Arjan Lejour) Europese innovatiedoelstellingen moeten SMART worden, 2008, Me Judice, jaargang 1, 16 december 2008.
• (with Ruud de Mooij) Stop scheefgroei in de winstbelasting, 2008, Me Judice, jaargang 1, 3 december 2008.
• (with Suzanne Kok and SCP) Europe’s Neighbours: European neighbourhood policy and public opinion on the European Union , European Outlook 6, 2008.
• Code of Coordination for Corporate Taxation, in G. Gelauff, I. Grilo and A. Lejour (eds.), Subsidiarity and Economic Reform in Europe, 2008, Springer.
• (with Arjan Lejour and Bas Straathof) Why European Innovation Policy?, in G. Gelauff, I. Grilo and A. Lejour (eds.), Subsidiarity and Economic Reform in Europe, 2008, Springer.

• Is EU Coordination Needed for Corporate Taxation?, in T. Callan (ed), Budget Perspectives 2008, ESRI, Dublin, 2007.
• (with Sjef Ederveen and Paul Tang) Is the European Economy a Patient, and the Union its Doctor?, in A. Heshmati and A. Tausch (eds), Roadmap to Bangalore? Globalization, the EU's Lisbon Process and the Structures of Global Inequality Retail Price, 2007, Nova Publishers, New York, pp. 11-51.
• (with Leon Bettendorf and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa) Will corporate tax consolidation improve efficiency in the EU?, 2007, TI Discussion Paper 07-076.
• (with Leon Bettendorf and Ruud de Mooij) Corporate Tax Policy and Unemployment in Europe: An Applied General Equilibrium Analysis, 2007, TI Discussion Paper 07-056.
• Market place Europe: Fifty years of public opinion and market integration in the European Union , European Outlook 5, 2007 (with SCP).
• (with Leon Bettendorf and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa) Will corporate tax consolidation improve efficiency in the EU?, CPB Document 141, march 2007, see also the technical documentation.
• Goede grond voor Europese belastinggrondslag?, CPB Nieuwsbrief, April 2007.

• (with Arjan Lejour and Bas Straathof) Innovation policy; Europe or the member states?, CPB Document 132, november 2006.
• Diverse Europe: public opinion on the European Union & cultural diversity, economics and policy, European Outlook 4, 2006 (with SCP).
• (with Leon Bettendorf and Joeri Gorter) Who benefits from tax competition in the European Union?,  CPB Document 125, August 2006.
• (with Leon Bettendorf) Documentation of CORTAX,  CPB Memorandum 161, August 2006.

• European Times, The public opinion towards Europe / Working times, compared and explained, European Outlook 3, Annex to 'the State of the European Union 2006', September 2005 (with SCP).
  This publication is also available in Dutch: Europese Tijden, De publieke opinie over Europa / Arbeidstijden, vergeleken en verklaard, Europese Verkenning 3, Bijlage bij de Staat van de Europese Unie 2006.
• Arbeidsmarkt en sociale zekerheid. In Roel Kuiper en Cors Visser, Over de schutting: op weg naar nieuwe solidariteit, De Vuurbaak, Barneveld, 2005.
• (with Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, Joeri Gorter and Marc Schramm) New Economic Geography, Empirics, and Regional Policy, Koninklijke De Swart, The Hague, May 2005.
• (with Sjef Ederveen and Paul Tang) Growth and jobs: A different approach for each, Intereconomics 40(2), March/April 2005.
• (with Sjef Ederveen and Paul Tang) Is the European economy a patient, and the Union its doctor? On jobs and growth in Europe,  CPB Document 80, March 2005.

• (with Sjef Ederveen and Paul Tang) Aantrekkelijk Europa, ESB 89(4444), October 15, 2004 (in Dutch)
• Destination Europe, Immigration and integration in the European Union, European Outlook 2, Annex to 'the State of the European Union 2005', September 2004 (with CBS and SCP).
  This publication is also available in Dutch: Bestemming Europa, Immigratie en Integratie in de Europese Unie, Europese Verkenning 2, Bijlage bij de Staat van de Europese Unie 2005.

• Structural estimates of equilibrium unemployment in six OECD economies, CPB Discussion Paper 19, 2003
• Government interference in a dynamic economy, Ph-D thesis, University of Amsterdam, 2003
• (with Ben Heijdra and Lex Meijdam) Overheidsinvesteringen en intergenerationele herverdeling. In: H. Klok, T. van Schaik, en S. Smulders (red.), Economologues: Liber Amicorum voor Theo van de Klundert, Departement Algemene Economie, Katholieke Universiteit Brabant, 2001, 183-217.
• (with Ben Heijdra) Taxing energy to improve the environment, De Economist 148(1), 2000
• The dynamics of public investment, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 99-087/2, Amsterdam, 1999
• (with Jan Jacobs) VAR-ing the economy of the Netherlands: A comparison with the IBS-CCSO model, in W. Welfe and P. Wdowinski (editors), Macromodels '96 on Integration and Development, Proceedings of the conference, Vol II, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland 1999, 221-251
• (with Jan Jacobs and Bert Schoonbeek) Is there a NAIRU for the Netherlands?, CCSO Series, Nr 28, Groningen, 1996

Work experience

2003-	Researcher at the sector Labour Market and Welfare State of the CPB
2003-2009;	Researcher at the sector International Economics of the CPB
2000-2003	Researcher at the Macroeconomic Modelling Unit of the CPB
1996-2000	Ph.D-student at the Tinbergen Institute and at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Amsterdam.
1994-1995	Research assistent at the Economic Faculty of the University of Groningen

Education

1996-2000	Ph-d student at the University of Amsterdam. Supervisor: Prof.dr. B.J. Heijdra.
1990-1995	Masters in Econometrics (Doctorandus) at the University of Groningen. Thesis on: Wages, prices and the NAIRU in the Netherlands (1978-1993)