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Home | People | Sabien Dobbelaere
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Sabien Dobbelaere

Research Fellow

University
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Research field
Empirical Microeconomics
Interests
Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Innovation, Labor

List of publications

Bartelsman, E., Dobbelaere, S. and Zona Mattioli, A. (2026). Intangible assets and imperfections in product and labor markets European Economic Review, 186:1--32.

Dobbelaere, S. and Wiersma, Q. (2025). The impact of trade liberalization on firms’ product and labor market power Industrial and Corporate Change, 34(1):210--233.

Dobbelaere, S., McCormack, G., Prinz, D. and Sóvágó, S. (2025). Firm consolidation and labor market outcomes Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 235:1--16.

Dobbelaere, S. and Mairesse, J. (2018). Comparing micro-evidence on rent sharing from two different econometric models Labour Economics, 52:18--26.

Dobbelaere, S. and Kiyota, K. (2018). Labor market imperfections, markups and productivity in multinationals and exporters Labour Economics, 53:198--212.

Dobbelaere, S. and Luttens, R. (2016). Gradual collective wage bargaining Labour Economics, 40(June):37--42.

Bartelsman, E., Dobbelaere, S. and Peters, B. (2015). Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands Industrial and Corporate Change, 24(5):875--949.

Dobbelaere, S., Kiyota, K. and Mairesse, J. (2015). Product and labor market imperfections and scale economies: Micro-evidence on France, Japan and the Netherlands Journal of Comparative Economics, 43(2):290--322.

Dobbelaere, S. and Mairesse, J. (2013). Panel data estimates of the production function and product and labor market imperfections Journal of Applied Econometrics, 28(1):1--46.

Benavente, J.M., Dobbelaere, S. and Mairesse, J. (2009). Interaction between product market and labour market power: Evidence from France, Belgium and Chili Applied Economics Letters, 16(6):573--577.

Brock, E. and Dobbelaere, S. (2006). Has international trade affected workers’ bargaining power? Review of World Economics, 142(2):233--266.

Dobbelaere, S. (2004). Estimation of price-cost margins and union bargaining power for Belgian manufacturing International Journal of Industrial Organization, 22(10):1381--1398.

Dobbelaere, S. (2004). Ownership, firm size and rent sharing in Bulgaria Labour Economics, 11(2):165--189.