Empirical Microeconomics
Empirical microeconomics focuses on applied research in labor, health, education, crime, family, and development economics. The focus is on explaining individual behavior and evaluating public policy using a broad range of microeconometric techniques. The aim is to estimate causal effects achieved by credible identification using large administrative datasets or carefully designed and executed randomized experiments.
Empirical Microeconomics
Empirical microeconomics focuses on applied research in labor, health, education, crime, family, and development economics. The focus is on explaining individual behavior and evaluating public policy using a broad range of microeconometric techniques. The aim is to estimate causal effects achieved by credible identification using large administrative datasets or carefully designed and executed randomized experiments.
Researchers in this field
Fellows and Faculty
Fellows and Faculty
PhD Students
PhD Students
Key Publications
Biroli, P., Galama, T., von Hinke, S., van Kippersluis, H., Rietveld, N. and Thom, K. (2026). The Economics and Econometrics of Gene-Environment Interplay Review of Economic Studies, 93(1):144--180.
Belot, M., Kircher, P. and Muller, P. (2026). Do the Long-term Unemployed Benefit from Automated Occupational Advice during Online Job Search? Economic Journal, 136(673):184--206.
Gomes Figueiredo Varatojo Dos Santos, A., Marie, O. and Markiewicz, A. (2026). The Unequal Job Security Scars of Displacement Journal of Public Economics, 255.
de Bruijn, E.J., Vethaak, H., Koning, P. and Knoef, M. (2026). Welfare debt relief: Impact on employment, benefit receipt, and mental health Journal of Public Economics, 260:1--13.
van der Klaauw, B. and Ziegler, L. (2025). A field experiment on labor market speeddates for unemployed workers Journal of Human Resources, 60(1):259--288.
Discussion Papers
26-045/V - Does Stricter Disability Screening Lead to Improved Targeting on Long-term Health and Employment Outcomes?
Date: July 15, 2026
26-042/V - The Impact of International Conflict on Cross-Border Commercial Dispute Resolution
Date: June 29, 2026
26-024/V - Policing Police Violence: Sheriff-Coroners and the Underreporting of Police Killings
Date: May 21, 2026
26-018/V - A randomized experiment on improving job search skills of older unemployed workers
Date: May 08, 2026
26-020/V - From Grants to Loans: Mental Health and Adaptive Responses to the 2015 Dutch Student Finance Reform
Date: May 08, 2026
Upcoming events
Summer School
| Amsterdam | 09:00 - 17:00
Applied Public Policy Evaluation
Faculty: Prof. Dr. Bas van der Klaauw (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Prof. Dr. Pierre Koning (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Prof. Dr.Maarten Lindeboom ( (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Monash University, Australia)
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:00
Title to be announced
Leila Agha (Harvard University, United States)
- Labor Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Title to be announced
Leila Agha (Harvard University, United States)
- Health and Labor Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:00
Title to be announced
Maria Lombardi (Torcuato di Tella University, Argentina)
- Labor Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:00
Directed Search, Pay, and Non-Wage Amenities: Evidence from an...
Hannah Liepmann (International Labour Organization, Switzerland)
- Labor Seminars
Academic Distinctions
July 09, 2026
Alberto Antonello receives an ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant
Alberto Antonello
May 07, 2026
Erik Plug elected member of KNAW
Erik Plug
April 30, 2026
Carlos Riumallo Herl has been awarded NWO Open Competition SSH...
Carlos Riumallo Herl