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🎉We are thrilled to pre-kickoff the BRIDGE Project with our first keynote speaker Philip Oreopoulos! 🎙️His presentation focuses on computer-assisted learning in the real world. 👉🏽Stay tuned for more insights from our project...🧵 #education #EducationMatters #BRIDGEProject

This Friday, February 7th, the Belgian Environmental Economics Day (BEED 2025) will take place at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) 🌍📊 The keynote session will be led by Patrick Meyfroidt (UC Louvain). More information 👉feb.kuleuven.be/research/econo…

📢 Join us for the 4th Leuven Summer Event on May 26-28, 2025! This event will feature workshops on: 🔹 Macroeconomics 🔹 Applied Microeconomics 🔹 Industrial Organization 🔗 More info & registration: feb.kuleuven.be/research/econo…

Registrations for the 19th Belgian Day for Labour Economists are now open! more info : feb.kuleuven.be/bdle

Waar komt onze staatsschuld vandaan, aan wie zijn we die verschuldigd, en wanneer is dat een probleem? Ik antwoordde op die vraag vorige vrijdag op Radio 1 : vrt.be/vrtmax/luister…

📢 We're happy to host Laurens Cherchye from Economics KU Leuven for the Advanced Seminar in Economics! He'll present: "Spouses with Benefits: on Match Quality and Consumption Inside Households". Join us tomorrow for this insightful discussion!🌟 👉 Details: bit.ly/3D4eGLd

The schedule for the Leuven Summer Event 2025 is now out! Explore the program and register for workshops to secure your spot. #LeuvenSummerEvent

The next ECORES PhD Lecture will be delivered by Hans-Martin von Gaudecker and Tim Mensinger from the University of Bonn. They will present on "Effective Programming Practices for Economists" 📅March 10–21, 2025 🔗feb.kuleuven.be/research/econo…

"How learning about behavioural biases can improve financial literacy?" Francisco Pitthan and Kristof De Witte examine how addressing behavioral biases can boost financial literacy, evidence from a trial with 814 Belgian students. 🔗feb.kuleuven.be/research/econo…

"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/econo…

"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. 🔗feb.kuleuven.be/research/econo…

Edoardo Ciscato of Economics KU Leuven was on campus last week to talk about matching on gender and sexual orientation Data from the US & Germany reveal that same-sex couples, in particular between men, experience lower gains from live-in relationships

Deze donderdag 3 april middaggesprek over De bijlesmarkt in Vlaanderen, met Willem De Cort en Joris Vlieghe: kuleuven.be/metaforum/agen… KU Leuven Economics KU Leuven PPW_KULeuven #bijles

"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/econo…

"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/econo…

"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/econo…

This week we had Dirk Krueger (Dirk Krueger) from Penn Economics Department presenting his work in Leuven: “Shaping Inequality and Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty: Free College or Better Schools?” Here’s the link to the paper: bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.… Economics KU Leuven

"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 🔗 feb.kuleuven.be/research/econo…

"What do teachers want? An inverse optimum approach" A new paper by Thibault Deneus & Erwin Ooghe explores how teachers balance individual, group, and class instruction—and what this reveals about equity, efficiency, and preferences in education. 🔗feb.kuleuven.be/research/econo…

📢 Call for Presentations – 2025 Belgian Stata Conference The 2025 Belgian Stata Conference will take place on September 9 at our Brussels campus. 🔗feb.kuleuven.be/research/econo…