Projects
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 ...
Essays in Economics of Education KU Leuven
High-quality education is a key driver of economic growth and social progress. Despite significant investments in education across various EU countries, there has been a concerning stagnation or decline in educational quality, particularly affecting marginalized communities disproportionately. Understanding the efficiency and effectiveness of investment in quality education is crucial to optimize resource allocation for greater economic and ...
Teaching methodology: Stimulating students’ teamwork skills in secondary education within the course of economics. Ghent University
An Economic Perspective on the Role of Family Structure and Education as Determinants of Crime KU Leuven
This research project employs quasi-experimental methods on administrative population data to investigate whether family structure and education have a causal impact on the children’s criminal outcomes. Within this broad research agenda, contributions are made in four specific research topics. I first use family fixed effects and multiple births as an instrument to estimate whether birth order and family size causally influence children’s ...
The economic effects of internationalization in higher education KU Leuven
This project proposal wants to answer two central research questions.
1. Who are the foreign students in Belgium / Flanders?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the internationalization of higher education from an economic perspective?
Education based status: An empirical assessment of the institutional effects of education. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
To this end, we seek to answer three interrelated research questions. First, does the relationship between educational attainment ...
Education Democracy and the Legacy of Conflict: Prospects and Challenges of History and Civic Education in Indonesia KU Leuven
The research project “Education, Democracy and the Legacy of Conflict: Prospects and Challenges of History and Civic Education in Indonesia” is conducted to address the following questions: (1) How are the legacies and histories of conflict as well as the subject of civic education integrated into Indonesia’s secondary school curriculum?; (2) How are Indonesian secondary school teachers being trained to address the legacies and histories of ...