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MATHILDE POURTOIS - “REGARDS ECONOMIQUE” - OCTOBER 2023

Mathilde Pourtois in the edition “Regards Economique” of October 2023

Muriel Dejemeppe, Matthieu Delpierre, and Mathilde Pourtois analyse the main effects of a recruitment aid called “Impulsion moins de 25 ans” introduced in Wallonia in July 2017. Their article is available in the October 2023 edition of UCLouvain’s popular science journal “Regards économiques”. Download here.

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SEMINAR

Simon Watteyne - FNRS postdoctorate reseacher in history at ULB - Raising taxes in Belgium. A history of political battles - 1830-1962.

Thursday 7th December

Raising of taxes is an essential act of sovereignty. The creation, increase, reduction or abolition of taxes and the allocation of the resources needed to collect them… These decisions reflect the main orientations of the government in power …

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TAXFAM PROJECT STARTED

Tax Design and Family Dynamics

September 16th 2023 marks the start of our ARC (Action de Recherche Concertée) project TaxFam. TaxFam stands for Tax Design and Family Dynamics. During the coming 5 years, we will study the interaction between the fiscal system and the structure of Belgian households. The project mobilizes expertise in public economics, econometrics and fiscal law, and focuses on 3 …

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ASTRID ADAM IN LES CAHIER DE L'IBSA

Astrid Adam – Comment mener avec succès une spending review ?

In Les cahiers de l’IBSA No 10 (February 2023), Astrid Adam analyzes spending reviews. In her paper, the PhD student in Economics from University Saint-Louis addresses several questions: In what context have spending reviews emerged in Europe and elsewhere? Which steps articulate a spending review? What are the best practices in terms …

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HÉLÈNE LATZER ON LN24

Hélène Latzer – Decoding the recession

Economic recession seems to be on everyone’s lips. Several European states could indeed enter it in 2023. But what is a recession really? How does it impact the general population ? Where does it emerge from, and how can we get out of it? Hélène Latzer, a professor of economics at the University of Saint-Louis offered short and accessible answers to these …

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INTERVIEW OF KOEN DECLERCQ IN THE NEWSPAPER LA LIBRE

Koen Declercq was interviewed on the issue of the duration of unemployment benefits. Access limited to subscribers.

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