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
Gomes Figueiredo Varatojo Dos Santos, A., Marie, O. and Markiewicz, A. (2026). The Unequal Job Security Scars of Displacement Journal of Public Economics, 255.
Biroli, P., Galama, T., Von Hinke, S., van Kippersluis, H., Rietveld, CorneliusA. and Thom, K. (2026). The Economics and Econometrics of Gene–Environment Interplay Review of Economic Studies, 93(1):144--180.
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.
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.
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
26-079/IV - The Impact of Health Insurance: Evidence from High-frequency Data in Kenya
Date: October 02, 2026
26-066/V - A Bayesian-Inspired Approach to Improving the Precision of Synthetic Panel Estimates of Poverty Dynamics
Date: September 04, 2026
26-059/V - Dust in the Wind: Causes and Consequences of Managerial Replacements
Date: August 18, 2026
26-054/V - Job Matches and Mobility of High Wage Workers in an International Labor Market
Date: August 06, 2026
26-049/V - Family Health Spillovers: A Multidimensional Regression Discontinuity Design
Date: August 02, 2026
Upcoming events
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 11:30 - 12:30
The Social Cost of Suicide
Petra Persson (Stanford University, United States)
- Research on Monday
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:00
The Social Cost of Suicide
Petra Persson (Stanford University, United States)
- Labor Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 13:00 - 14:00
Fighting Silent Killers: How India’s Public Healthcare Staffing...
Patrick Agte (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)
- Health and Labor Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Deprivation Payments, Regional Disparities in Birth Outcomes,...
Tom Van Ourti
- Health and Labor Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:00
Title to be announced
Amanda Dahlstrand (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
- Labor Seminars
Academic Distinctions
July 20, 2026
Wendy Janssens and Pierre Koning receive grant from NWO-KIC...
Wendy Janssens,Pierre Koning
July 09, 2026
Alberto Antonello receives an ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant
Alberto Antonello