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Pieter Gautier (PhD 1997, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) is professor in macro labor. He received a VIDI grant from NWO in 2003 and held visiting positions at Georgetown University and MIT. He was associate editor at the Journal of the European Economic Association between 2009 and 2015, is fellow at CEPR, CES/Ifo, IZA and one of the founders of the SaM (search and matching) network. He was scientific advisor of the CPB and helped to design matching mechanisms for high school students and doctors.

Research

His main research interests are: (i) search and matching models of the labor, marriage and housing market, (ii) school assignment models, (iii) competing mechanisms.

Fields:Macro, labor, applied micro

Teaching

BSc: Economics for the global era, personnel economics, macroeconomics.

Msc/ PhD: Advanced macroeconomics, macroeconomics of the labor market

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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):

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

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