The Department of Economics is an internationally visible and respected research group in the European research scene. Our Department members are from a diverse international background and we recruit our PhD students worldwide. Our fields of research are mainly on societal relevant topics in labour economics – in its broadest sense – from macroeconomic as well as microeconomic perspectives. The research topics range from public economics, to family economics, social network analysis, revealed preference theory, fiscal policy, international trade, economic geography, crime and gender economics. Furthermore, our Department members are also very active in the fields of industrial organisation, health economics and socioeconomic inequality of health and the history of economic thought.
Obituary emeritus professor Mathew Tharakan
Mathew Tharakan was a professor at UFSIA (later merged into UAntwerpen). At that time he was associated with the Centre of Development Studies of the then Faculty of TEW. More info about his life and career can be found by clicking through.
Next Research Seminar: 23/10/2024
Kristof BOSMANS: Multidimensional welfare and inequality: we need to talk about efficiency
Article by Sam Cosaert in 'International Economic Review'
Intertemporal Consumption with Anticipating, Remembering, and Experiencing Selves - with Tom Potoms (University of Sussex)
Article by Wilfried Parys to be published in 'Cambridge Journal of Economics'
"Ricardo’s finances and Waterloo: legends by Samuelson and others lack historical evidence"
Article by Giovanni Di Bartolomeo in 'Games and Economic Behavior'
"A stranger in a strange land: Promises and identity"
Article by Sunčica Vujić in 'Journal of Social Policy'
Which training leads to employment? The effectiveness of varying types of training programmes for unemployed jobseekers in Flanders - with Jonas Wood and Karel Neels
