Thomas de Graaff

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Assistant Professor, School of Business and Economics, Spatial Economics
Assistant Professor, Tinbergen Institute

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1782-9742

Emailt.de.graaff@vu.nl

Gustav Mahlerplein 117
1082 MS Amsterdam
Netherlands

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Personal information

Thomas de Graaff is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Spatial Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He holds a Master's degree in business econometrics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 1997 and a Ph.D. in economics from the Department of Spatial Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His Ph.D. thesis dealt with ethnic cluster forming and endogenous dynamics in international migration patterns. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 2001, he continued working at the department of Spatial Economics as a researcher and subsequently as an assistant professor.

Research

Spatial location patterns of households and firms, spatial econometrics, and migration theory are among his main research interests.

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H Social Sciences (General)
HA Statistics

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Research Output 1998 2019

Competitive network positions in trade and structural economic growth: A geographically weighted regression analysis for European regions

Thissen, M., de Graaff, T. & van Oort, F. G., 2016, In : Papers in Regional Science. 95, 1, p. 159-180 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

economic growth

regression analysis

market

market share

trade flow

An European cross-country comparison of the impact of housing market institutions on labour mobility

de Graaff, T. & van Leuvensteijn, M., 2013, In : Regional Studies. 47, 9, p. 1443-1461 28 p.

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

labor mobility

homeownership

housing market

transaction costs

labor

Regional Population--Employment Dynamics across Different Sectors of the Economy

de Graaff, T., Florax, R. J. G. M. & van Oort, F. G., 2012, In : Journal of Regional Science. 52, 1, p. 60-84 25 p.

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

economy

economics

structural adjustment

econometrics

urban planning

Does new information technology change commuting behavior?

Gubins, S., van Ommeren, J. & de Graaff, T., 2019, In : Annals of Regional Science. 62, 1, p. 187-210

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

commuting

information technology

new technology

profession

technology adoption

Barriers of Culture, Networks, and Language in International Migration: A Review

Wang, Z., de Graaff, T. & Nijkamp, P., 11 May 2018, In : Region. 5, 1, p. 73-89 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Open Access

international migration

migration pressure

migrant

labor mobility

migrant worker

Activities 2002 2009

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