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Labour market research carried out by HIVA looks at both the demand for and supply of labour, as well as the match between supply and demand and the policy implemented in this regard. The first theme covers the dynamics of the labour market in Belgium in terms of businesses, jobs and employees. The second theme deals with activation, re-employment and the support of careers and competencies. Related themes such as job migration and the ...

The Centre of Expertise for Labour market Monitoring (CELM) - 'Steunpunt Werk' in Dutch - is a university-based knowledge centre for the monitoring and analysis of the labour market, acting on behalf of the Flemish Government. The Centre is situated at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the KU Leuven.

CELM focuses on the development of indicators, time series, projections and benchmark analyses related to the Flemish labour ...

TESA is the research unit on sociology of work and labour market policy of the VUB. Major Research projects have been carried out on vocational training and qualifications profiles, personnel policy, HRM and flexibility of labour market and industrial relations. Also the relationship between work and non-work (e.g. citizens' income) has received continuous attention. TESA has established links with some of the more influential European ...

Labor economics seeks to understand the workings and dynamics of labor markets. Labor markets function by virtue of the interaction between workers and employers. Labor economics looks at the supply of labor services (employees), the demand for labor services (employers), and attempts to understand the resulting pattern of wages, employment, and income.

The Institute is part of the Faculty of Law and is a subdivision of the unit ‘Labour Law and Social Security Law’. The unit’s mission is to produce and involve in:

• fundamental research that conforms with the highest scientific standards;
• research of high quality with relevance for legal practice and policy;
• education and training in the unit’s relevant fields, with the aim to provide the most recent, research based ...

The last few years historical research focuses on guilds: the social, economical, political and cultural functions of guilds in urban industries during the Modern Period. Empirical study concentrates on the Spanish and Austrian Netherlands, especially on the duchy of Brabant and the county of Flanders. A comparative and long-term approach is designed to place guilds in a new perspective, related with the growing international intrest of this ...