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prof. dr. B van der Klaauw

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0476-9397

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Bas van der Klaauw (PhD Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) is professor in policy evaluation and director of Tinbergen Institute. The Tinbergen Institute is the research school of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam that also hosts research master programs in Economics, Economics, Finance and in Business Data Science. In 2008 he received an ERC Starting Grant and in 2016 a VICI grant from NWO. In the past he held visiting positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University. Currently, he is associated to IZA-Bonn and CEPR-London. 

Research

Bas van der Klaauw is a microeconometrician whose research focuses on labour markets and public policy evaluation. He uses advanced microeconometric methods to analyse how individuals make decisions about work, job search, and education, and how these are influenced by government policies.

A central theme in his work is understanding unemployment dynamics, including how long people remain unemployed and how policies such as benefits, monitoring, and job-search assistance affect their behaviour. He also studies education and school choice, examining how institutional arrangements shape outcomes and inequality.

Teaching

Bas has been program director of the MSc economics at the Vrije Universiteit and chair of the educational board at Tinbergen Institute. Currently he teaches the following courses:

Tinbergen Institute: Econometrics II

Tinbergen Institute: Applied Microeconometrics

BSc economics and business: Microeconomics I

BSc econometrics: Mathematical Economics III

Ancillary activities

  • SEO | Amstterdam | Adviseur | 2015-07-01 - present

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Academic qualification

PhD, Unemployment Duration Determinants and Policy Evaluation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

1 May 1996 → 31 Jan 2000

Award Date: 24 May 2000

User created Keywords

  • Empirical Microeconomics
  • Public Policy Evaluation
  • Labor Markets
  • School Choice
  • Intergenerational Mobility

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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