14th Belgian Day for Labour Economists

Education and Training Policies
(Room More 57)

Unemployment
(Room More 72)

Fritz Schiltz (University of Leuven):
The effect of information shocks in primary schools. Evidence from a quasi-­experimental study  (with Kristof DeWitte)

Céline Piton (ULBrussels):
The unemployment impact of product and labour market regulation: Evidence from European countries

Joris Ghysels (Maastricht University):
The effect of summer schools on grade retention in Dutch secondary education: A regression discontinuity approach (with Carla Haelermans, Mélanie Monfrance and Iryna Rud)   

Yves Saks (National Bank of Belgium):
Socio-­economic transitions on the labour markets: a European benchmarking exercise   

Didier Fouarge (Maastricht University):
Why do some workers never participate in training? (with Zafer Büyükkeçeci and Andries de Grip)

Eva Van Belle (UGent):
Why is unemployment duration a sorting criterion in hiring? (with Ralf Caers, Valentina Di Stasio and Stijn Baert)

Labour Supply
(Room More 57)

Migration and Demography
(Room More 72)

Marion Collewet (UCLouvain):
Measuring labour supply preferences using hypothetical questions (with Lex Borghans)   

Arnaud Herault (University of Angers):
Occupational choices and network effects: Evidence from France (with Eva Moreno-­Galbis and Francois-Charles Wolff)

Lieze Sohier (UGent) :
Involuntary employment and working conditions  (with Elsy Verhofstadt and Luc Van Ootegem)   

Dalal Moosa (UCLouvain):
The demographic boom and the rise of informal employment : The case for Egypt (with Bruno van der Linden)

Education and labor market outcomes
(Room More 57)

Labor Demand
(Room More 72)

Sofia Maier (University of Antwerp):
Safe ports for all? Schooling responses to jobless times in Europe (with Sunčica Vujić)   

Françoise Delmez (University of Namur):
Are we working too much or too little? (with Vincent Vandenberghe)   

Deni Mazrekaj (KULeuven):
Forced to stay in school: Does it pay off? Private returns to vocational education in the Netherlands (with Sofie Cabus)   

Aron Kiss (European Commission):
Statutory minimum wages in the EU: Institutional settings and macroeconomic implications (with Alfonso Arpaia, Pedro Cardoso, Kristine Van Herck and Anneleen Vandeplas)

Brecht Neyt (UGent):
Student work, educational achievement and later employment: A dynamic approach (with Stijn Baert, Eddy Omey and Dieter Verhaest)