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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Apr 4

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 9d

Brains recharged, team spirit boosted, and now we’re ready to dive back into what we do best: research and teaching. Here’s to another great year ahead!

Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 9d

We kicked off the new academic year with a little friendly competition 🎉. Last week our department swapped roles, answering questions instead of asking them, at a pub quiz! Turns out we’re also experts in storm-themed songs and 90s sitcoms.

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 28

The model also shows how policies like Ban the Box, which restrict ex post screening, can backfire, prompting firms to screen more intensively before applications are submitted, potentially discouraging some workers from applying.

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Search, Screening, and Sorting

(July 2025) - We examine how search frictions impact labor market sorting by constructing a model consistent with evidence that employers interview a subset of a pool of applicants. We derive necessar...

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 28

The sorting threshold depends on the share of high-type workers and increases smoothly with the number of interviews firms can conduct.

Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 28

This paper allows vacancies to attract many applicants, with firms screening only a fraction. Surprisingly, positive sorting is less likely to occur when firms can screen many workers.

Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 28

In a new paper published in the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, our colleague Pieter Gautier (together with his former VU PhD students Xiaoming Cai and Ronald Wolthoff) explores how firms screen applicants and how this shapes sorting in the labor market.

Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 28

How do firms search for and screen workers? When do the best workers match with the best firms?

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 21

📝 In addition, his policy fact sheet on private (innovative) investment was published by the Dutch Parliament.

📄 Download it (in Dutch) here : www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken...

Wetenschappelijke factsheet Bartelsman inzake Private investeringen | Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 21

📢 Policy Work

We’re proud to share that Eric Bartelsman has been appointed by the Raad van State as an external member of the Expert Group for Independent Budgetary Oversight (Expertisekring Miljoenennota/Onafhankelijk begrotingstoezicht).

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 14

Economische en Statistiche Berichten
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NPO Radio 1, Geld of je Leven
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Economisch succes hangt sterk samen met familieachtergrond - ESB

Kansenongelijkheid tussen kinderen wordt vaak bepaald aan de hand van het ouderinkomen. Krijgen we een beter beeld als ook andere familiekenmerken, zoals de opleiding en het vermogen van ouders én oom...

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 14

His work was highlighted in De Volkskrant, Het Financieele Dagblad, and Economische en Statistische Berichten. Sander’s research offers new insights into the extent to which children’s economic success is shaped by their family background.

Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 14

🎙️Media Spotlight

Over the last weeks, several major media outlets featured research by our PhD student Sander de Vries on inequality of opportunity in the Netherlands.

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 3

🔗 Learn more about the event here: lnkd.in/dqK2-diT

#MarketingScience #ISMS2025 #PhDAchievement #AwardWinningResearch #ProductInfluence #NetworkAnalysis #Congratulations #AcademicExcellence

Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 3

Her award-winning presentation, "Heterogeneous-Time Product Influence Network," is a collaborative project with Bernd Heidergott, Ines Lindner (she/her), and Gui Liberali. Well done, Thao! 👏

Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 3

👥 Conference Participation and Prize

We are thrilled to share that first-year PhD student Thao Le has been awarded the Best Flash Talk and Poster Presentation Award at the 2025 ISMS Marketing Science Conference in Washington D.C.! 🏆

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jun 16

You can check more about the event here: www.ln.edu.hk/chs/econ/ccp...

2025 Lingnan International Conference on Competition Policy and Industrial Organization | 竞争政策与规制研究中心 (CCPR)

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jun 16

José Luis presented his work (with Evgenia Motchenkova) on “Mergers and R&D: A Unified Approach”, which encompasses a good number of existing results within a unified setting and highlights new results on the impact of mergers on R&D. Congrats José Luis!

Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jun 16

👥 Conference Participation

We’re proud to share that José L. Moraga-González, Professor of Microeconomics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, was one of the keynote speakers at the 2025 Lingnan University (Hong Kong) International Conference on Competition Policy and Industrial Organization.

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · May 20

Bas presented his work on “Randomized Evaluations of Active Labor Market Programs,” highlighting recent research and publications in this area.

Congrats Bas!

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · May 20

We’re proud to share that Bas van der Klaauw, Professor of Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Director at the Tinbergen Institute, was the keynote speaker at the 19th Belgian Day of Labour Economists in Bruxelles.

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · May 12

Thank you to all presenters, organizers and participants for the great event!

Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · May 12

We heard presentations by speakers from over ten different universities, including invited guests Jonathan J Morduch (New York University, United States), Jon de Quidt (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom), and Juan Vargas (Collegio Carlo Alberto and University of Turin, Italy).

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · May 12

👥 Conference Organization

Our development group organized the 14th Dutch Development Economics (#DuDE2025) Network Conference this year.

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Apr 30

Read more here: doi.org/10.1093/icc/...

#Economics#EconomicResearch #Research #NewPublication #AcademicLife #VUAmsterdam #IndustrialandCorporateChange #NewResearch #Trade #Tariffs

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