Projects
Bridging environmental economics and sustainability assessment. University of Antwerp
Business economics students' views in doing business sustainably: determinants from formal and informal education Hasselt University
Information asymmetries, agricultural technology adoption, and public service delivery: Experimental evidence from Uganda KU Leuven
Markets with asymmetric information caught the gaze of economists in the 1970s, when George Akerlof, Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz established the foundations for this line of research. Their contribution was rewarded with the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2001. We now acknowledge that many markets are characterized by asymmetric information, meaning that one actor in the market has more or better ...
Networking to enhance the use of economics in animal health education, research and policy making in Europe and beyond Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
To what extent can animal welfare and animal health be improved in Europe using an economic approach? How can and should economics contribute to research, education and policy concerning animal health and welfare? ILVO participates in the international networking project "NEAT" to contribute to these questions. This network coordinates networking, communication and cooperation activities, mostly ...
When Brussels trade politics and farm economics meet: Do EU trade agreements enhance social development in the Global South. Ghent University
This interdisciplinary project aims to bridge these two disconnected fields of research. Combining political science
to study the motivations behind EU-decisions (= Brussels) on social trade conditionality with agricultural
economics to study the effects of trade conditions on micro(= farm and farm worker) level, we aim to reach
a more profound understanding of how trade arrangements can contribute to social ...
Towards a sustainable scale of subsurface developments: an ecological economics approach (TraSCee). University of Antwerp
Essays on the Economics of Energy and Urban Policies KU Leuven
The issues that come along with energy use and urbanisation are ever-changing. Policymakers therefore implement novel policy responses of which their effectiveness and consequences are not yet clear. However, policy interventions affect us all in our daily life and can greatly influence our wellbeing. It is thus of the utmost importance to acquire information through experience in order to improve policymaking. This dissertation provides such ...
The Experimental Economics of Parenting: Evidence from Rural China KU Leuven
Early childhood—the period in utero to age five when neural and behavioral plasticity is highest—is a sensitive and critical period for skill development. Exposure to environmental risk factors (e.g., malnutrition or a lack of cognitive stimulation) during this early stage of life may lead to large inequalities in the opportunity for human development. An estimated 250 million (or 43%) of the children below the age of five in low- and ...
Essays on household economics in Sub Saharan Africa. KU Leuven
All three essays that constitute this thesis empirically analyse various areas of household decision and human development: education, health and gender equality, in this very order.
Using a compilation of 86 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) rounds from 34 countries, Chapter 2 assesses the impact of household fertility on children schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Exploiting plausible exogeneity of twins birth to address ...