Stijn Van Houtven

Stijn Van Houtven is a PhD-researcher in Public Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Leuven. His current research centers around the direct and indirect distributional effects of carbon pricing, with a focus on labour market implications and optimal revenue recycling. Previously, he worked on developing and updating several arithmetic microsimulation models, such as the Belgian module of EUROMOD and administrative tax-and-benefit models for Belgium (BELMOD and FANTASI), and he conducted policy-oriented research on, amongst others, labour supply and distributional impact assessments of policy changes, labour market changes, and rising energy prices. He holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Leuven and a master’s degree in Political Science from the Free University of Brussels.