Projects
A golden age for labour? Economic inequality and labour income after the Black Death: Flanders and Tuscany compared (1350-1500). University of Antwerp
Agriculture, wage labour and household economies in eighteenthcentury Flanders: a regional and integrated analysis. Ghent University
During the eighteenth century the Flemish countryside experienced profound structural change.
Agricultural production increased and diversified, population rose by some 60 per cent and
agricultural holdings were increasingly subdivided. This project views this changes through the lens
of the labour market for agricultural labour. The first objective of this project consists of a
reconstruction of ...
The economics of labor market intermediation. KU Leuven
Economics of the New Digital Age KU Leuven
Implementation of digital technology such as automation is one of the main features of today’s economy. As it may improve efficiency at the production level and foster growth, it is also having rupturing effects on the labor market. Robotic technology may soon make all human workers within car assemblage obsolete; shop assistants will no longer be needed with self-scan computers that let you pay for your groceries. The ongoing ICT and ...
Couple's labour force participation around parenthood: can differential labour market trajectories and resources account for doing gender? University of Antwerp
Understanding how path dependencies, family dynamics and active labour market programs shape the labour market trajectories of first and second generation migrants : a multistate life course approach. University of Antwerp
Labour, labour relations and occupational identities in Brussels hotels, restaurants and cafés (1910-1940) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Individual Welfare Analysis based on Behavioural Economics KU Leuven
Economists evaluate social and economic policies based on their impact on the individual well-being of the members of society. Such measurement depends mostly on the assumption that individuals behave according to well-behaved (i.e. transitive and complete) preferences. Motivated by the overwhelming empirical evidence from psychology and behavioural economics, according to which individual behavior often seems inconsistent with wellbehaved ...
To work or not to work: constructing structural labour market models for meaningful policy simulation. KU Leuven
Labour markets in advanced economies are becoming more polarized. More people are leaving the labour force, those in employment work more hours. Inequality is on the rise and poverty remains persistent. Potential policy measures to negate these trends are more redistributive tax systems flanked with reworking the unemployment insurance system and wage policies e.g. minimum wages and wage subsidies. Extensive research has been conducted with ...