30 PhD Theses

• 901 - Capital and Markets for the Missing Middle: Essays on Impact Investing and Agricultural Value Chains in Developing Economies

  Author: Philipp Kollenda

  Supervisors: Remco Oostendorp, Peter Lanjouw

  Defense date: September 23, 2026

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

• 899 - Facing the Hydra: Advancing Research Methods in the Social Sciences

  Author: Jack Fitzgerald

  Supervisor: Arjen van Witteloostuijn

  Defense date: September 15, 2026

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 896 - Essays in the Econometrics of Networks

  Author: Kieran Marray

  Supervisors: Michael König, Ozan Candogan

  Defense date: October 13, 2026

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 879 - Beyond the Surface: Advancing Structural Models for Richer Causal Insights

  Author: Noah Stegehuis

  Supervisors: Francisco Blasques, Paolo Gorgi, Siem Jan Koopman

  Defense date: October 22, 2025

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 863 - Three Essays on the Economics of Science and the Economics of Education: The Role of Barriers to Success in Academia and in School

  Author: Marco Musumeci

  Supervisor: Olivier Marie

  Defense date: March 14, 2025

  University: Erasmus University Rotterdam

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• 859 - Dynamic Clustering Methods in Panel Data

  Author: Igor Custodio Joao

  Supervisors: Andre Lucas, Julia Schaumburg

  Defense date: December 09, 2024

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 852 - Essays on Health and Labor Economics

  Author: Vahid Moghani

  Supervisors: Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Tom Van Ourti

  Defense date: October 30, 2024

  University: Erasmus University Rotterdam

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• 851 - Essays on Currency Crash Risk, Carry Trade Returns, and Sovereign Bond Yields

  Author: Merve Mavus Kutuk

  Supervisors: Franc Klaassen, Sweder van Wijnbergen

  Defense date: September 13, 2024

  University: University of Amsterdam

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• 840 - Dynamic Models for Multi-Dimensional Time Series

  Author: Quint Wiersma

  Supervisors: Siem Jan Koopman, Julia Schaumburg

  Defense date: April 18, 2024

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 835 - From the onset of illness to potential recovery. Empirical economic analysis of health, disability and work

  Author: Roger Prudon

  Supervisors: Pierre Koning, Paul Muller

  Defense date: February 29, 2024

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 826 - Essays on Industry Relatedness

  Author: Zsolt Csafordi

  Supervisors: Frank van Oort, Enrico Pennings

  Defense date: December 07, 2023

  University: Erasmus University Rotterdam

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• 819 - Panel data model for socioeconomic studies in crime and education

  Author: Ilka van de Werve

  Supervisors: Francisco Blasques, Siem Jan Koopman

  Defense date: September 18, 2023

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 808 - The Distribution of Development. Essays on economic mobility, inequality and social change

  Author: David Garces Urzainqui

  Supervisors: Chris Elbers, Peter Lanjouw

  Defense date: January 25, 2023

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 801 - Productivity and Strategies of Multiproduct Firms

  Author: Gianluca Antonecchia

  Supervisors: Enrico Pennings, Ajay Bhaskarabhatla

  Defense date: November 02, 2022

  University: Erasmus University Rotterdam

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• 800 - Decision Making under Different Circumstances: Uncertainty, Urgency, and Health Threat

  Author: Xiao Yu

  Supervisors: Kirsten Rohde, Peter Wakker

  Defense date: October 13, 2022

  University: Erasmus University Rotterdam

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• 798 - Levelling the Playing Field: Inequalities in early life conditions and policy responses

  Author: Joaquim Vidiella

  Supervisors: Eddy van Doorslaer, Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Tom Van Ourti

  Defense date: October 07, 2022

  University: Erasmus University Rotterdam

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• 794 - Estimation and Identification in Macroeconomic Models with Incomplete Markets

  Author: Eva Janssens

  Supervisors: Frank Kleibergen, Christian Stoltenberg

  Defense date: June 15, 2022

  University: University of Amsterdam

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• 793 - Essays on Risk and Econometrics

  Author: Yuan Yue

  Supervisors: Roger Laeven, Jan Magnus

  Defense date: April 28, 2022

  University: University of Amsterdam

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• 792 - On Inequalities in Well-Being and Human Capital Formation

  Author: Coen van de Kraats

  Supervisors: Maarten Lindeboom, Titus Galama

  Defense date: May 10, 2022

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 789 - Words Matter? Gender Disparities in Speeches, Evaluation and Competitive Performance

  Author: Huyen Nguyen

  Supervisors: Josse Delfgaauw, Otto Swank

  Defense date: December 01, 2021

  University: Erasmus University Rotterdam

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