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VINCENT VANDENBERGHE – DEC 05 2025

December 5, 2025

Career arduousness and (healthy) life expectancy in Europe

Vincent Vandenberghe (UCLouvain)

“The primary policy response to population ageing in advanced economies has been to raise the mandatory retirement age. However, these policies have reignited calls for differentiated retirement ages …

PHILIPPE LIÈGEOIS – DEC 12 2025

December 12, 2025

A multi-dimensional and high granularity view on pensions for residents in Luxembourg through (dynamic and static) microsimulation

Philippe Liègeois (LISER, University of Luxemburg)

TOM POTOMS – JAN 09 2026

January 9, 2026

Public insurance and marital outcomes: evidence from the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansions.

Tom Potoms (University of Antwerp)

“Public insurance may disincentivize marriage, but for whom? Using a search-based model of the marriage market we show that those with a high expected …

ETIENNE BACHER – JAN 16 2026

January 16, 2026

Handling - very - large data with Python and R

Etienne Bacher (LISER)

“Data used in social sciences grows increasingly large as we gain access to full censuses, genomics data, mobile phone data, and many other sources. Most of us are used to handling data going from a few hundred to a few …

STEF PROOST – JAN 30 2026

January 30, 2026

Climate emissions in aviation - tackling the elephant in the room

Stef Proost (KULeuven)

MAXIME FRANÇOIS – FEB 06 2026

February 6, 2026

When University Goes Global: The Causal Impact of International Peers on Domestic Students' Performance

Maxime François (KU Leuven)

DIETER VERHAEST – FEB 20 2026

February 20, 2026

The job preferences of war refugees and their underlying motivations

Dieter Verhaest (KULeuven)

TOON VANDYCK – MAR 13 2026

March 13, 2026

Enhancing fairness in climate action through policy packages

Toon Vandyck (KULeuven)

“Achieving a fair transition to climate neutrality requires a careful balancing of policy options. Here, we quantitatively evaluate the equity implications of different EU climate policy packages, considering …

BRAM VERVLIET – MAR 20 2026

March 20, 2026

The Psychology of Poverty

Bram Vervliet (KULeuven)

“Poverty claims lives. It leads to premature death, hinders personal development, undermines physical health, and triggers mental disorders. The stress caused by financial scarcity is chronic and extremely heavy. Despite the strong resilience …

FABIO BLASUTTO – APR 17 2026

April 17, 2026

Income Pooling and Within Household Risk-Sharing: Evidence from Data on Individual Expenditures

Fabio Blasutto (ULB)

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