Completed PhD Supervision

• Babette Jansen (University of Antwerp, joint with R. Winkler). Fiscal Policy, Credit Cycles and the Macroeconomy (2020/25). (First placement: FOD Economie, Brussels).
• Patrick Ndlovu (University of Antwerp, joint with R. Winkler). Wage Differentials, Economic Shocks and Government Wage Regulation – A Gender Based Empirical Analysis of Labour Market Outcomes in Canada (2019/24). (First placement: Assistant Professor, Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada).
• Ekin Yurdakul (University of Antwerp, joint with L. Merlino). Searching for Partners Via Friends: Implications for Household Formation and Economic Decisions (2019/24). (First placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands).
• Joel Carr (University of Antwerp, joint with J. James). Essays on Causes of Hate Crime (2018/23). (First placement: Research Economist, CPB, The Hague, The Netherlands).
• Sofia Maier (University of Antwerp, joint with G. Erreygers). Empirical Essays on the Effects of the Economic Cycle on Health, Fertility and Human Capital (2015/19). (First placement: Economic Analyst, EU Science Hub, Seville).
• Onyinye Margaret Ezeyi (University of Bath, joint with K. Papps). Retirement, Pensions and Gender: Evidence from the UK (2014/19) (First placement: ONS, Newport).

PhD Jury Chair/PhD Jury Member/Examiner of Ongoing Research Projects

• Goran Milivojević (University of Antwerp). Structural Analysis of Labour Supply with Non-Pecuniary Aspects of Market Work.
• Jasper Daans (University of Antwerp). Structural Analysis of Consumer Types: The Influence of (Green) Identity, Real Estate Assets, and Employment.
• Lucas Mandrisch (University of Antwerp). The Role of the Family in Explaining Gender Gaps in the Labour Market: Lessons from the Economic Crises for the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Lara Collart (University of Antwerp). Turning up the Heat. Second-Round Effects of a Green Energy Intervention in Eastern DR Congo.

PhD Jury Chair/PhD Jury Member/Examiner of Completed Research Projects

• Mathilde Pourtois (UCLouvain – Saint-Louis, Brussels). Youth Labour Market Integration: The Impact of Hiring Subsidies and Unemployment Benefits (10/2025).
• Jef Van Capellen (University of Antwerp). Empirical Market Microstructure Essays in Over-the-Counter Markets (04/2025).
• Mateo Sere Quintero (University of Antwerp). Essays on Well-Being Comparisons, Gender Dynamics, and Economic Resilience (01/2025).
• Emmanuel Temene Ngoy (Universidade do Minho, Escola de Economia e Gestão). Essays on Health and Education in Developing Countries (10/2024).
• Max Brüning (Maastricht University). Essays on Well-Being, Major Life Events and Economics (09/2024).
• Charlotte Fabri (University of Antwerp). Climate Challenges in European Agriculture: Assessing Economic Impacts and Adaptive Strategies (07/2024).
• Jolanda Eline Ygosse Battisti (Fundação Getulio Vargas Escola De Administraçao De Empresas De São Paulo). Essays on Public Health Care in Brazil (02/2024).
• Tair Kasztan Flechner (University of Antwerp). Uptake and Effectiveness of ALMPs in First and Second-Generation Migrants in Belgium (08/2023).
• Ngoc Nguyen (University of Antwerp). Poverty, Inequality and Health: The Case of Migrant Informal Workers in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam (07/2023).
• Srinivasan Ananthraman (Antwerp Management School). An Empirical Investigation into the Effect of Patent Quality on Its Value (04/2023).
• Elisabeth Leduc (Université Libre de Bruxelles – ULB). Essays on the Effects of Labour Market Programs Targeted at Vulnerable Groups (12/2022).
• Céline Detilleux (KU Leuven), Monopsony and the Gender Pay Gap (10/2022).
• Bart Kasper de Koning (Maastricht University). Empirical Studies on Information, Beliefs, and Choices in Education and Work (09/2022).
• Lens Dries (University of Antwerp). Is Labour Migration Hurting Migrant Labour?  (05/2022)
• Leen Marynessen (University of Antwerp). Couples’ Labour Force Participation Around Parenthood: Can Differential Labour Market Trajectories and Resources Account for Doing Gender? (01/2022)
• Gert Thielemans (University of Antwerp). Is Knowing Half the Battle? Anticipating the Consequences of Relationship Dissolution (09/2021)
• Simon Amez (University of Ghent). Smartphonegebruik en studieresultaten: causale impact, mediatie via slaapkwaliteit en moderatie door multitasking (07/2021)
• Diego Collado (University of Antwerp). Poverty, Activation and Dual Earnership in Developed EU Welfare States (11/2020)
• Thi Kim Thanh Bui (University of Antwerp). Study on Multidimensional Inequality and Economic Growth in Vietnam (07/2020).
• Sahawal Alidou (University of Antwerp/KU Leuven). Essays on Household Economics in Sub Saharan Africa (03/2020).
• Deni Mazrekaj (KU Leuven). An Economic Perspective on School Dropout (11/2019).
• Vanessa Simen Tchamyou (University of Antwerp). Essays on Inequality, Knowledge Economy and Financial Development in Africa (09/2019).
• Sergio A. Parra Cely (Maastricht University). Essays on Economics of Education and School Choice (10/2018).
• Alellie Sobreviñas (University of Antwerp). International Migration, Remittance s and Poverty: Evidence from the Community-Based Monitoring System Data (CBMS) in the Philippines (04/2017).
• Bárbara María Sádaba (Erasmus University Rotterdam). Essays in the Empirics of the International Financial Markets (01/2016).
• Geert Meesters (VU University Amsterdam). Disentangling Criminal Careers for Disadvantaged Youths (01/2015).
• Fang Zhang (University of Bath). Modelling the Chinese Housing Market (04/2014).