Projects
School choice and segregation: determinants, effects and policy KU Leuven
We investigate the determinants and effects of school segregation, a socially and economically relevant topic. Not only does social segregation have severe democratic consequences, it also impacts educational outcomes and hampers an efficient allocation and production of human resources. First, we investigate how preferences for socio-economic and ethnic group composition lead to school segregation. We estimate and simulate school choice ...
An Economical Perspective on Early school Leaving in Vocational Education and Training. KU Leuven
This doctoral dissertation employs quasi-experimental empirical methods on administrative population data to investigate the causal relationship between high school dropout and its selected predictors, labour market consequences, and policies. Within this broad research agenda, contributions are made in four specific research topics. I first use coarsened exact matching and treatment effect bounds and find that children who were raised in a ...
Blended CBT sleep intervention to improve sleep, ADHD symptoms and related problems in adolescents with ADHD KU Leuven
ADHD is highly prevalent, in adolescence daily life problems and comorbidity steeply increase. Up to 75% of the adolescents experience sleep problems casually related to increased ADHD symptom impairment, oppositional, depressive symptomatology and functional impairments. Most common sleep difficulties are insomnia, daytime sleepiness, nocturnal awakenings and nonrestorative sleep, often accompanied by inadequate sleep hygiene and/or spending ...
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 ...
LEMMA - The role of Language in Early MatheMatical Achievement KU Leuven
Mathematics has always been a central curricular domain in elementary and secondary education worldwide. In the preschool years, the focus is mostly on very basic numerical abilities (the counting words, identifying or comparing numerosities), and in the first years of primary school this is further systematized in the form of simple arithmetic. Recent studies, however, have shown that children are already able to reason about more complex ...
Development of complex mathematical competencies in young math-gifted children KU Leuven
Children’s early mathematical development is marked by large individual differences. In the past decades, a large body of research has emerged on children’s typical and atypical mathematical development and the factors (e.g., general cognitive abilities) associated with it. Thus far, little attention has been paid to individuals with high mathematics achievement levels. This doctoral dissertation was set up to learn more about what ...
Disconnect to connect: Towards a healthier relationship with digital technologies across work, school, and family contexts. Ghent University
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become indispensable in our work, school, and family environments. Despite benefits, recent research points at risks following from being ‘permanently connected’. Scholars and practitioners increasingly suggest ‘digital disconnection’ as a solution: By placing (temporary) limits on ICT usage, people might reclaim control over productivity, social relationships, and well-being. While the ...
Disconnect to connect: Towards a healthier relationship with digital technologies across work, school, and family contexts. University of Antwerp
Disconnect to connect: Towards a healthier relationship with digital technologies across work, school, and family contexts KU Leuven
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become indispensable in our work, school, and family environments. Despite benefits, recent research points at risks following from being ‘permanently connected’. Scholars and practitioners increasingly suggest ‘digital disconnection’ as a solution: By placing (temporary) limits on ICT usage, people might reclaim control over productivity, social relationships, and well-being. While the ...