Interesting AIPRIL Lunch Seminar with John Gibson (University of Waikato, New Zealand) on “Measuring Economic Activity from Space”. A fascinating talk on how coarse spatial resolution in night-time light data can distort estimates of local shocks and disaster impacts. #BigData #SpatialAnalysis
At today’s #CSBLunchSeminar, our colleague Cato Desmyter presented insightful research on how unstable work patterns shape poverty risks across European welfare states and the extent to which social protection systems can buffer these risks.
#EmploymentInstability #PovertyRisk #LabourMarket
Today our colleague Kilian Van Looy presented his research “The Curious Case of the Flexi-Job Scheme in Belgium” at the #CSBLunchSeminar series.
#FlexiJobs #LabourMarket #SocialPolicy #Research
Yesterday we welcomed Hyojin Seo (King’s College London) for our #CSBLunchSeminar on labour market segmentation, outsider trajectories, and gendered barriers in the South Korean labour market.
#LabourMarketSegmentation #EmploymentTrajectories #Research
Yesterday, Mark Visser (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) shared his research on how work-family trajectories and welfare states shape retirement outcomes. Thank you, Mark, for inspiring discussions on aging, retirement, and social policy!
#Retirement #WelfareState #SocialPolicy #CSBLunchSeminar
Today we welcomed Stefano Filauro (Sapienza Università di Roma), who presented his research on the residualisation of renters and intergenerational inequalities in access to homeownership in Europe.
#Housing #Research #SocialPolicy
Today, our own Quinten Bronckars presented his research “Food Aid Under Pressure: Perspectives for the Future” at the #CSBLunchSeminar. He discussed how food aid increasingly supplements inadequate minimum incomes, the growing pressures on food banks, and three avenues to re‑envision support.
Link to Minister #Vandenbroucke's full analysis:
vandenbroucke.belgium.be/nl/responsib...
This Wednesday we were delighted to host Frank #Vandenbroucke, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for #SocialAffairs and #PublicHealth, as part of our AIPRIL Lunch Seminar Series for a discussion on #welfarestate #solidarity, personal responsibility, and moral hazard.
📄 Link to his paper 👇
Yesterday we hosted Jaewook Lee (Universiteit Leiden) for our #CSBLunchSeminar on whether macroeconomic prospects influence welfare chauvinism in Europe.
#WelfareState #Attitudes #SocialPolicy #Research
We recently had the pleasure to host, Inés Guillemyn for our #CSBLunchSeminar to talk about how child penalties in Belgium extend to employer pension contributions.
#ChildPenalty #Pensions #GenderInequality
What would it mean to live in a “Zero Poverty World”?
That was the guiding question of the ESPAnet/AIPRIL Workshop on Minimum Income Protection at @uantwerpen.
A great exchange on today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities for MIP.
#SocialPolicy #EconSky #MIP #Research
🚨 New Paper from CSB researchers in RSSM
Dries Lens, Kilian Van Looy, and @IveMarx studied whether temporary employment acts as a stepping stone or a trap for unemployed immigrants in Belgium
📄 Free access ⬇️
Wouter presented his work on using the maximal position approach to identify older Europeans with clustered disadvantages. Using cross-country data from SHARE, he examined the correlation between clustered disadvantages and mortality rates, and their persistence.
Our very own Sakura recently presented her work assessing the welfare outcomes of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes. She evaluated a hypothetical expansion in the Colombian CCT programme, estimating the impact of targeting based on a multidimensional well-being proxy.
We were honoured to welcome Dr. Lisa Suckert (University of Antwerp) for an insightful seminar on how we can conceptualize the multiple, overlapping crises. She introduced a novel theoretical framework that explores layers of uncertainty from an imagined futures perspective.
We were pleased to host Esteban Delgado from Universidad ICESI as a visiting PhD researcher. Esteban presented his research on gold mining's impact on forced displacement and public health in Colombia. We are thankful for the opportunity to support and learn from his vital work.
We were pleased to host Joy Schols (KU Leuven) for a seminar on social tax expenditures (STEs), namely Belgium's second pillar pensions. Using administrative data, her research highlights the overlooked fiscal and social impact of private pensions.
Recently, dr. José A Noguera (GSADI, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) shared his work, which explores the basic income "iceberg" by comparing the distributional changes of implementing UBI against alternative policies. We heartfully thank dr. José for his engaging seminar!
We welcomed Nicolas Larrea Avila (University of Namur), who presented his work on poverty and mobility in Argentina (2003 to 2023), using synthetic panels and machine learning to examine how economic cycles impact welfare dynamics. Thank you for this enlightening seminar!
Our own Stef Dielen presented research on the medicalisation of psychotropic drug use in Europe. He explored the link between loneliness and drug consumption among older adults, and how cross-country differences in institutional and cultural factors affect medicalisation.
Reminder: the call for abstracts for the ESPAnet/AIPRIL Workshop closes this week! More details below ⬇️
📢 The deadline for the ESPAnet/AIPRIL workshop on minimum income protection has been extended!
More info: www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-...
We were pleased to welcome dr. Domenico Moramarco from Università di Bari for our CSB Lunch Seminar Series recently. He presented his work on measuring intersectional disadvantage, offering the first axiomatic approach to understanding how race, gender, and class interact shape inequality.
Interested in how the wellbeing of individuals can be studied? Our very own prof. dr. Koen Decancq explains his work in his interview (NL) with Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) :
Benieuwd hoe het welzijn van mensen bestudeerd kan worden? Onze welvaartseconoom prof. dr. Koen Decancq legt het uit in zijn interview met het Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO): www.kennismakers.be/op-speeddate...
Our esteemed prof. dr. Koen Decancq recently provided a glimpse into SHARE and the research he and our doctoral scholars are conducting using SHARE data. Watch the short video (NL) from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) here: kennismakers.be/geflitst-met...
Read the full Working Paper here:
repository.uantwerpen.be/docstore/d:i...
New Working Paper:
"Correcting for starting point bias in the elicitation of willingness to pay for health" by Santiago Burone & Lukas Leitner.
We identify & correct for starting point bias in double-bounded dichotomous choice WTP questions in health economics.
#HealthEcon #WTP
Thank you, prof. dr. Daniël van Vuuren (SEO & Tilburg University) @danielvanvuuren.bsky.social, for presenting your work in our CSB Lunch Seminar Series. His research with the SEO highlighted the benefits of replacing income-dependent allowances with tax credits in the Netherlands.