Projects
First a burnout, then being discriminated against? Experimental research on hiring and promotion barriers after burnout Ghent University
The determinants of labour market reintegration after burnout are barely researched. We investigate whether (causality), why (mediating productivity perceptions) and when (moderators) employer-sided barriers hinder career resumption by conducting experimental studies (eye-tracking and vignettes). Hence, we reveal burnout stigma and test pathways out of unfavourable treatment. Next to its substantive added value, this project offers ...
Long-term care provision for the elderly: market entry of nursing homes and the demand for home-care KU Leuven
Population ageing greatly increases the number of people needing long-term care (LTC). Policy changes are needed to supply and finance LTC. We address two important dimensions of supply. First, both for-profit and nonprofit firms are active in nursing home markets. Policy makers give nonprofit homes competitive advantages, e.g. tax advantages, but additional entry of for-profits is needed to meet increased demand. Also, nonprofit homes may ...
Fixing the holes in Europe's social safety nets: understanding the nature and causes of minimum income inadequacy in the EU. University of Antwerp
Joint Action on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes (JACARDI). University of Antwerp
Employment Risk, Wealth, and Economic Policy in a Monetary Union KU Leuven
The euro area as a currency union shares a monetary policy determined by the European Central Bank. Individual member states are therefore restricted in their response to economic shocks. For my dissertation, I am interested in considering the case of a country within the eurozone, as a small open economy, that is dependent on its monetary policy, but autonomous in its fiscal policy. Research points toward the importance of the interaction ...
Shift Work: Facts, Value, and (Hidden) Costs Ghent University
Nearly one out of five employees in the EU work shifts. Despite being so common and having well-known detrimental effects on health and well-being, shift work is rarely studied by economists. This justifies this research proposal which aims at further initiating economic research on this topic. To this end, I will examine three specific aspects of shift work using a variety of tools, including a vignette experiment and advanced ...
Jobplacement and -counselling with voucher Hasselt University
Resolving Precariousness: Advancing the Theory and Measurement of Precariousness across the paid/unpaid work continuum KU Leuven
The traditional dichotomy of paid (productive or waged) versus unpaid (reproductive or unwaged) work marginalizes unpaid work when conceptualizing precariousness, i.e. the exposure to unpredictability towards an individual’s future. It also neglects several types of unpaid work such as care work, work as a precondition for welfare payments, and newly emerging on- and offline work in the gig economy for which people in paid work are not ...