Department of Economics KU Leuven
@leuveneconomics.bsky.social
Department of Economics KU Leuven, Europe's most innovative university.
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📢 Our seminar series continues!
Tomorrow, 18 November (12:00–13:15), we welcome Moritz Drupp (ETH Zürich) for his talk on:
“Fuel Taxation and Environmental Externalities: Evidence from the World’s Largest Environmental Tax Reform."
👉 Full program: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
Tomorrow, 18 November (12:00–13:15), we welcome Moritz Drupp (ETH Zürich) for his talk on:
“Fuel Taxation and Environmental Externalities: Evidence from the World’s Largest Environmental Tax Reform."
👉 Full program: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
📢 Our seminar series continues!
Tomorrow, 18 November (12:00–13:15), we welcome Moritz Drupp (ETH Zürich) for his talk on:
“Fuel Taxation and Environmental Externalities: Evidence from the World’s Largest Environmental Tax Reform."
👉 Full program: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
Tomorrow, 18 November (12:00–13:15), we welcome Moritz Drupp (ETH Zürich) for his talk on:
“Fuel Taxation and Environmental Externalities: Evidence from the World’s Largest Environmental Tax Reform."
👉 Full program: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
We’re delighted to share another outstanding achievement from our department! 💫
✒️ Professor Edoardo Ciscato has published his new article “Assessing Racial and Educational Segmentation in Large Marriage Markets” in the Review of Economic Studies.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/rest...
✒️ Professor Edoardo Ciscato has published his new article “Assessing Racial and Educational Segmentation in Large Marriage Markets” in the Review of Economic Studies.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/rest...
Assessing Racial and Educational Segmentation in Large Marriage Markets
Abstract. Complementarities between partners’ characteristics are often held responsible for the patterns of assortative mating observed in marriage market
doi.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We’re delighted to share another outstanding achievement from our department! 💫
✒️ Professor Edoardo Ciscato has published his new article “Assessing Racial and Educational Segmentation in Large Marriage Markets” in the Review of Economic Studies.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/rest...
✒️ Professor Edoardo Ciscato has published his new article “Assessing Racial and Educational Segmentation in Large Marriage Markets” in the Review of Economic Studies.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/rest...
In the latest edition of Kennismakers Magazine, our professor Christian Pröbsting joins Tine Compernolle (UAntwerpen) to explore how economics and sustainability go hand in hand.
📖 Read the full article here: kennismakers.be/over-het-muu...
📖 Read the full article here: kennismakers.be/over-het-muu...
Over het muurtje: over de grens, onder de grond | Kennismakers
Hoe stuur je de economie in de juiste richting? Tine Compernolle (UAntwerpen) en Christian Pröbsting (KU Leuven) bekijken dat vraagstuk op micro- en macroniveau.
kennismakers.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In the latest edition of Kennismakers Magazine, our professor Christian Pröbsting joins Tine Compernolle (UAntwerpen) to explore how economics and sustainability go hand in hand.
📖 Read the full article here: kennismakers.be/over-het-muu...
📖 Read the full article here: kennismakers.be/over-het-muu...
💫 Ready to take your academic career to the next level?
The Department of Economics at KU Leuven is now inviting applications for its PhD program in Economics.
🗓️ Application deadline: January 31, 2026
🔗 Find out more and apply: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
The Department of Economics at KU Leuven is now inviting applications for its PhD program in Economics.
🗓️ Application deadline: January 31, 2026
🔗 Find out more and apply: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
💫 Ready to take your academic career to the next level?
The Department of Economics at KU Leuven is now inviting applications for its PhD program in Economics.
🗓️ Application deadline: January 31, 2026
🔗 Find out more and apply: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
The Department of Economics at KU Leuven is now inviting applications for its PhD program in Economics.
🗓️ Application deadline: January 31, 2026
🔗 Find out more and apply: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
📢 A new academic year, a new seminar series!
Tomorrow in Brussels: Lisandra Flach (LMU Munich) presents “Demand and Supply Side Linkages in Exporting Multiproduct Firms.”
👉 Full program: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
Tomorrow in Brussels: Lisandra Flach (LMU Munich) presents “Demand and Supply Side Linkages in Exporting Multiproduct Firms.”
👉 Full program: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
September 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
📢 A new academic year, a new seminar series!
Tomorrow in Brussels: Lisandra Flach (LMU Munich) presents “Demand and Supply Side Linkages in Exporting Multiproduct Firms.”
👉 Full program: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
Tomorrow in Brussels: Lisandra Flach (LMU Munich) presents “Demand and Supply Side Linkages in Exporting Multiproduct Firms.”
👉 Full program: feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
As the new academic year officially begins, we are thrilled to welcome three new faculty members: Léa Bignon, Marleen Marra, and Paul Schaudt. 🎉
We are excited to have them joining us to advance our mission in research and education.
Learn more 👉 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
We are excited to have them joining us to advance our mission in research and education.
Learn more 👉 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
September 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
As the new academic year officially begins, we are thrilled to welcome three new faculty members: Léa Bignon, Marleen Marra, and Paul Schaudt. 🎉
We are excited to have them joining us to advance our mission in research and education.
Learn more 👉 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
We are excited to have them joining us to advance our mission in research and education.
Learn more 👉 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
📰 Proud to share that the paper "Quantifying the Benefits of Labour Mobility in a Currency Union" by Chris House , Christian Pröbsting, and Linda Tesar has been published in the Review of Economic Studies.
🔗 Read it here : academic.oup.com/restud/advan...
🔗 Read it here : academic.oup.com/restud/advan...
September 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
📰 Proud to share that the paper "Quantifying the Benefits of Labour Mobility in a Currency Union" by Chris House , Christian Pröbsting, and Linda Tesar has been published in the Review of Economic Studies.
🔗 Read it here : academic.oup.com/restud/advan...
🔗 Read it here : academic.oup.com/restud/advan...
“Work Meaning and Fair Wages” 💼
New research paper by Thimo De Schouwer, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Iris Kesternich & Heiner Schumacher examines how much people value purpose in their jobs and whether they’re willing to trade pay for meaning.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/publications/DPS
New research paper by Thimo De Schouwer, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Iris Kesternich & Heiner Schumacher examines how much people value purpose in their jobs and whether they’re willing to trade pay for meaning.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/publications/DPS
August 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“Work Meaning and Fair Wages” 💼
New research paper by Thimo De Schouwer, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Iris Kesternich & Heiner Schumacher examines how much people value purpose in their jobs and whether they’re willing to trade pay for meaning.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/publications/DPS
New research paper by Thimo De Schouwer, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Iris Kesternich & Heiner Schumacher examines how much people value purpose in their jobs and whether they’re willing to trade pay for meaning.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/publications/DPS
We’re proud to announce two key editorial appointments:
Frank Verboven starts this July as co-editor of the American Economic Review — the first Belgian in this role.
Jan De Loecker began earlier this year as editor of the Review of Economic Studies.
congratulations to both!
Frank Verboven starts this July as co-editor of the American Economic Review — the first Belgian in this role.
Jan De Loecker began earlier this year as editor of the Review of Economic Studies.
congratulations to both!
July 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We’re proud to announce two key editorial appointments:
Frank Verboven starts this July as co-editor of the American Economic Review — the first Belgian in this role.
Jan De Loecker began earlier this year as editor of the Review of Economic Studies.
congratulations to both!
Frank Verboven starts this July as co-editor of the American Economic Review — the first Belgian in this role.
Jan De Loecker began earlier this year as editor of the Review of Economic Studies.
congratulations to both!
The final ECORES PhD Lecture of the year will be delivered tomorrow by Cosmin Ilut (Duke University).
📅 June 4, 2025
📍 UCLouvain, Room Doyen 22, Place des Doyens 1, Louvain-la-Neuve
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
📅 June 4, 2025
📍 UCLouvain, Room Doyen 22, Place des Doyens 1, Louvain-la-Neuve
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
June 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The final ECORES PhD Lecture of the year will be delivered tomorrow by Cosmin Ilut (Duke University).
📅 June 4, 2025
📍 UCLouvain, Room Doyen 22, Place des Doyens 1, Louvain-la-Neuve
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
📅 June 4, 2025
📍 UCLouvain, Room Doyen 22, Place des Doyens 1, Louvain-la-Neuve
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
🎙️ Prof. Laurens Cherchye talks family economics & the marriage market in @FWOVlaanderen 's SOS Science podcast. He explains family economics & the marriage market in a podcast + short video.
📽️ Video: kennismakers.be/sos-science-...
🎧 Podcast: kennismakers.be/sos-science-...
📽️ Video: kennismakers.be/sos-science-...
🎧 Podcast: kennismakers.be/sos-science-...
SOS Science: Laurens Cherchye over gezinseconomie en de huwelijksmarkt | Kennismakers
Hoe nemen gezinnen beslissingen over tijd en geld? We vroegen het aan Laurens Cherchye, onderzoeker aan de Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen van de KU Leuven Kulak.
kennismakers.be
June 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🎙️ Prof. Laurens Cherchye talks family economics & the marriage market in @FWOVlaanderen 's SOS Science podcast. He explains family economics & the marriage market in a podcast + short video.
📽️ Video: kennismakers.be/sos-science-...
🎧 Podcast: kennismakers.be/sos-science-...
📽️ Video: kennismakers.be/sos-science-...
🎧 Podcast: kennismakers.be/sos-science-...
📢 Call for Presentations
The 2025 Belgian Stata Conference will take place on September 9 at our Brussels campus. PhD students and postdoctoral researchers are especially encouraged to submit.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Seminars/2025BelgianStataConference
The 2025 Belgian Stata Conference will take place on September 9 at our Brussels campus. PhD students and postdoctoral researchers are especially encouraged to submit.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Seminars/2025BelgianStataConference
May 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
📢 Call for Presentations
The 2025 Belgian Stata Conference will take place on September 9 at our Brussels campus. PhD students and postdoctoral researchers are especially encouraged to submit.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Seminars/2025BelgianStataConference
The 2025 Belgian Stata Conference will take place on September 9 at our Brussels campus. PhD students and postdoctoral researchers are especially encouraged to submit.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Seminars/2025BelgianStataConference
Reposted by Department of Economics KU Leuven
[PORTRAIT] 🖼
From TSE to @leuveneconomics.bsky.social Léa Bignon’s journey reflects the strength of research at the intersection of economics and digital health.
📖Discover her work as she prepares to join KU Leuven as assistant professor
👉 https://www.tse-fr.eu/taking-pulse-digital-health
From TSE to @leuveneconomics.bsky.social Léa Bignon’s journey reflects the strength of research at the intersection of economics and digital health.
📖Discover her work as she prepares to join KU Leuven as assistant professor
👉 https://www.tse-fr.eu/taking-pulse-digital-health
![[PORTRAIT] 🖼
From TSE to @leuveneconomics.bsky.social Léa Bignon’s journey reflects the strength of research at the intersection of economics and digital health.
📖Discover her work as she prepares to join KU Leuven as assistant professor
👉 https://www.tse-fr.eu/taking-pulse-digital-health](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mxfjfvws3bzp4nvtr7rx7eft/bafkreibm5x44gcz7qaz562jry72wgyawxgd2ehwokaz56a2f2kuergxpm4@jpeg)
May 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
[PORTRAIT] 🖼
From TSE to @leuveneconomics.bsky.social Léa Bignon’s journey reflects the strength of research at the intersection of economics and digital health.
📖Discover her work as she prepares to join KU Leuven as assistant professor
👉 https://www.tse-fr.eu/taking-pulse-digital-health
From TSE to @leuveneconomics.bsky.social Léa Bignon’s journey reflects the strength of research at the intersection of economics and digital health.
📖Discover her work as she prepares to join KU Leuven as assistant professor
👉 https://www.tse-fr.eu/taking-pulse-digital-health
"What do teachers want? An inverse optimum approach"
A new research paper by Thibault Deneus & Erwin Ooghe explores how teachers balance individual, group, and class instruction.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
A new research paper by Thibault Deneus & Erwin Ooghe explores how teachers balance individual, group, and class instruction.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
May 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"What do teachers want? An inverse optimum approach"
A new research paper by Thibault Deneus & Erwin Ooghe explores how teachers balance individual, group, and class instruction.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
A new research paper by Thibault Deneus & Erwin Ooghe explores how teachers balance individual, group, and class instruction.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
"Cash or care? Insights from the German long-term care system"
A new research paper by Iris Kesternich, André Romahn, Jo Van Biesebroeck, and Marjolein Van Damme analyzes Germany's long-term care system and the impact of cash benefits.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
A new research paper by Iris Kesternich, André Romahn, Jo Van Biesebroeck, and Marjolein Van Damme analyzes Germany's long-term care system and the impact of cash benefits.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
May 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"Cash or care? Insights from the German long-term care system"
A new research paper by Iris Kesternich, André Romahn, Jo Van Biesebroeck, and Marjolein Van Damme analyzes Germany's long-term care system and the impact of cash benefits.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
A new research paper by Iris Kesternich, André Romahn, Jo Van Biesebroeck, and Marjolein Van Damme analyzes Germany's long-term care system and the impact of cash benefits.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
We are thrilled to share a significant milestone for KU Leuven as it celebrates its 600th anniversary! 🎉
A heartfelt thank you to the Van Eeckhoudt-Ruttens family for establishing the new "KU Leuven 600 Years" Chair: "Growing Up in Poverty."
🔗 steun.kuleuven.be/hoe-steunen/...
A heartfelt thank you to the Van Eeckhoudt-Ruttens family for establishing the new "KU Leuven 600 Years" Chair: "Growing Up in Poverty."
🔗 steun.kuleuven.be/hoe-steunen/...
April 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We are thrilled to share a significant milestone for KU Leuven as it celebrates its 600th anniversary! 🎉
A heartfelt thank you to the Van Eeckhoudt-Ruttens family for establishing the new "KU Leuven 600 Years" Chair: "Growing Up in Poverty."
🔗 steun.kuleuven.be/hoe-steunen/...
A heartfelt thank you to the Van Eeckhoudt-Ruttens family for establishing the new "KU Leuven 600 Years" Chair: "Growing Up in Poverty."
🔗 steun.kuleuven.be/hoe-steunen/...
Join us at the Brussels campus of KU Leuven on May 19th for presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities!
We are glad to have Prof. Bas van der Klaauw, as the keynote speaker.
Registrations are open now, more information 🔗https://lnkd.in/epcQRqbC
We are glad to have Prof. Bas van der Klaauw, as the keynote speaker.
Registrations are open now, more information 🔗https://lnkd.in/epcQRqbC
April 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Join us at the Brussels campus of KU Leuven on May 19th for presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities!
We are glad to have Prof. Bas van der Klaauw, as the keynote speaker.
Registrations are open now, more information 🔗https://lnkd.in/epcQRqbC
We are glad to have Prof. Bas van der Klaauw, as the keynote speaker.
Registrations are open now, more information 🔗https://lnkd.in/epcQRqbC
"How to make work meaningful?"
A new paper by Thimo De Schouwer, Thibault Deneus, and Marco Forti explores the role of social and non-social impact in shaping meaningful work
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
A new paper by Thimo De Schouwer, Thibault Deneus, and Marco Forti explores the role of social and non-social impact in shaping meaningful work
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
April 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"How to make work meaningful?"
A new paper by Thimo De Schouwer, Thibault Deneus, and Marco Forti explores the role of social and non-social impact in shaping meaningful work
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
A new paper by Thimo De Schouwer, Thibault Deneus, and Marco Forti explores the role of social and non-social impact in shaping meaningful work
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
"Self-selection on human capital for Ukrainian refugees in Belgium"
New research paper by Ruxanda Berlinschi, Dieter Verhaest, Eline Poelmans, and Stef Adriaenssens
🖇️ feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
New research paper by Ruxanda Berlinschi, Dieter Verhaest, Eline Poelmans, and Stef Adriaenssens
🖇️ feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
April 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"Self-selection on human capital for Ukrainian refugees in Belgium"
New research paper by Ruxanda Berlinschi, Dieter Verhaest, Eline Poelmans, and Stef Adriaenssens
🖇️ feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
New research paper by Ruxanda Berlinschi, Dieter Verhaest, Eline Poelmans, and Stef Adriaenssens
🖇️ feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
"A Decade of Grade Inflation boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic – An Empirical Analysis of a Top European University"
Maxime François and Kristof De Witte examine grade trends at a major European university and the pandemic's impact on student outcomes.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
Maxime François and Kristof De Witte examine grade trends at a major European university and the pandemic's impact on student outcomes.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
April 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"A Decade of Grade Inflation boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic – An Empirical Analysis of a Top European University"
Maxime François and Kristof De Witte examine grade trends at a major European university and the pandemic's impact on student outcomes.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
Maxime François and Kristof De Witte examine grade trends at a major European university and the pandemic's impact on student outcomes.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
Reposted by Department of Economics KU Leuven
Looking forward to the talk by Ahmad Lashkaripour @lashkaripour.bsky.social
On ‘Can Trade Policy Mitigate Climate Change? joint by Farid Farrokhi
@leuveneconomics.bsky.social
On ‘Can Trade Policy Mitigate Climate Change? joint by Farid Farrokhi
@leuveneconomics.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Looking forward to the talk by Ahmad Lashkaripour @lashkaripour.bsky.social
On ‘Can Trade Policy Mitigate Climate Change? joint by Farid Farrokhi
@leuveneconomics.bsky.social
On ‘Can Trade Policy Mitigate Climate Change? joint by Farid Farrokhi
@leuveneconomics.bsky.social
"Does more subnational tax autonomy promote national growth? Evidence from OECD countries (1995-2018)"
A new study by Paul Van Rompuy investigates the impact of regional tax autonomy on national economic growth in OECD countries.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
A new study by Paul Van Rompuy investigates the impact of regional tax autonomy on national economic growth in OECD countries.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
April 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"Does more subnational tax autonomy promote national growth? Evidence from OECD countries (1995-2018)"
A new study by Paul Van Rompuy investigates the impact of regional tax autonomy on national economic growth in OECD countries.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
A new study by Paul Van Rompuy investigates the impact of regional tax autonomy on national economic growth in OECD countries.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
"Income Inequality in Belgium 1985-2022 New evidence from Distributional National Accounts"
New paper by Bart Capéau, André Decoster, Nabil Sheikh Hassan, Stijn Van Houtven, Jonas Vanderkelen, & Kobe Wolfs.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
New paper by Bart Capéau, André Decoster, Nabil Sheikh Hassan, Stijn Van Houtven, Jonas Vanderkelen, & Kobe Wolfs.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
March 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Income Inequality in Belgium 1985-2022 New evidence from Distributional National Accounts"
New paper by Bart Capéau, André Decoster, Nabil Sheikh Hassan, Stijn Van Houtven, Jonas Vanderkelen, & Kobe Wolfs.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
New paper by Bart Capéau, André Decoster, Nabil Sheikh Hassan, Stijn Van Houtven, Jonas Vanderkelen, & Kobe Wolfs.
🔗https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/economics/Publications/DPS
"Post-Pandemic Trends in Average Student Achievement in Grades 4 and 6 of Primary School: Evidence from Flanders, Belgium"
New research paper by Letizia Gambi and Kristof De Witte.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
New research paper by Letizia Gambi and Kristof De Witte.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
March 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Post-Pandemic Trends in Average Student Achievement in Grades 4 and 6 of Primary School: Evidence from Flanders, Belgium"
New research paper by Letizia Gambi and Kristof De Witte.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
New research paper by Letizia Gambi and Kristof De Witte.
🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...