Wiljan van den Berge
wvdberge.bsky.social
Wiljan van den Berge
@wvdberge.bsky.social
Labor Economist

Assistant Prof @ Utrecht University, researcher at CPB and IZA affiliate.

Based in Utrecht, NL. Dad, partner, cycling enthusiast.

www.wiljanvandenberge.com
Very sad to hear that @iza.org is closing down at the end of the year. IZA is amazing in supporting and facilitating labor research and careers of (young) researchers. I still have fond memories of all the conferences and especially the summer school. My heart goes out to the people working there.
February 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
New WP out! We measure the insurance value of the Dutch tax&transfer system for various life events and find that across events and subgroups, the reduction in disposable income is remarkably consistent at around 10%, despite large differences in impacts on labor income.

www.cpb.nl/sites/defaul...
February 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Proud and happy to see our paper on the impacts of automation on workers in the current issue of REStat! direct.mit.edu/rest/article...

Workers at automating firms (beyond robots!) on avg suffer a 5-yr cumulative wage loss of 9% of a year's earnings, mostly driven by non-employment margin.
January 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Well, that ended poorly. The small Christian parties co-signed the far right assault on science and education for some crumbs in return. 🟥
Good to see the opposition from left to right uniting against disastrous budget cuts on education by the far right government in NL. This could make it more difficult to pass the cuts in Dutch senate, where the gov has no majority.

www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/opp...
Oppositie wil na btw-verhoging ook bezuinigingen op onderwijs blokkeren
Een monsterverbond van D66, CDA en JA21 wil de aangekondigde onderwijsbezuinigingen grotendeels ongedaan maken.
www.volkskrant.nl
December 13, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Reposted by Wiljan van den Berge
Door nu in te stemmen, zijn deze bezuinigingen wel degelijk de plannen waar het CDA actief voor kiest.
Letterlijk.
Vooropgesteld: de plannen van dit kabinet voor onderwijs zijn niet de plannen waar het CDA voor zou hebben gekozen, dat zullen het ook nooit worden. De bezuinigingen die overeind blijven zijn niet de onze. 3/8
December 12, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Good to see the opposition from left to right uniting against disastrous budget cuts on education by the far right government in NL. This could make it more difficult to pass the cuts in Dutch senate, where the gov has no majority.

www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/opp...
Oppositie wil na btw-verhoging ook bezuinigingen op onderwijs blokkeren
Een monsterverbond van D66, CDA en JA21 wil de aangekondigde onderwijsbezuinigingen grotendeels ongedaan maken.
www.volkskrant.nl
November 23, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Reposted by Wiljan van den Berge
I created an IZA @iza.org Network Fellows/Affiliates starterpack, starting from those I am following, and who are following me. I surely missed a lot. Please reply below this tweet and tag yourself and your fellow Fellows! #econsky #laboreconomics #econ

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November 12, 2024 at 8:30 AM