Empirical Microeconomics
Empirical microeconomics focuses on applied research in labor, health, education, crime, family, and development economics. The focus is on explaining individual behavior and evaluating public policy using a broad range of microeconometric techniques. The aim is to estimate causal effects achieved by credible identification using large administrative datasets or carefully designed and executed randomized experiments.
Empirical Microeconomics
Empirical microeconomics focuses on applied research in labor, health, education, crime, family, and development economics. The focus is on explaining individual behavior and evaluating public policy using a broad range of microeconometric techniques. The aim is to estimate causal effects achieved by credible identification using large administrative datasets or carefully designed and executed randomized experiments.
Researchers in this field
Fellows and Faculty
Fellows and Faculty
PhD Students
PhD Students
Key Publications
van der Klaauw, B. and Ziegler, L. (2025). A field experiment on labor market speeddates for unemployed workers Journal of Human Resources, 60(1):259--288.
\Dias Pereira\, R., Rietveld, N. and \van Kippersluis\, H. (2025). The Interplay between Maternal Smoking and Genes in Offspring Birth Weight Journal of Human Resources, 60(2):400--433.
Biroli, P., Galama, T., \von Hinke\, S., \van Kippersluis\, H., Rietveld, N. and Thom, K. (2025). The Economics and Econometrics of Gene-Environment Interplay Review of Economic Studies, :.
Belot, M., Kircher, P. and Muller, P. (2025). Eliciting Time Preferences When Income and Consumption Vary: Theory, Validation, and Application to Job Search American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 17(1):130--170.
Koning, P., Lindeboom, M. and Godard, M. (2024). Application and Award Responses to Stricter Screening in Disability Insurance Journal of Human Resources, 59(5):1353--1386.
Discussion Papers
25-057/V - Intergenerational Education Persistence: Evidence from Molecular Genetic Data
Date: September 26, 2025
25-054/V - For What It's Worth: Outcome Bias in Managerial Decisions
Date: September 19, 2025
25-055/V - Good Vibrations: Outcome Bias in Consumer Demand
Date: September 19, 2025
25-044/V - Reaching Marginalized Job Seekers through Public Employment Services: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
Date: July 25, 2025
25-032/V - Gender and Performance in Collaboration: Evidence from Random Student Teams
Date: May 02, 2025
Upcoming events
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 11:30 - 12:30
Income Uncertainty and Non-linear Dynamics: A Subjective Expectations...
Henrique Basso (Banco de España, Spain)
- Research on Monday
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 15:30 - 16:30
High-School Match Effects
Sturla Løkken (Statistics Norway)
- Labor Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Tightening Work Requirements for Subsidized Child Care and Maternal...
Hans van Kippersluis
- Health and Labor Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 09:30 - 17:30
3nd Dutch Development Economics PhD Workshop (DuDe PhD Workshop)
Mauricio Espinoza Hermoza (Wageningen University), Yifu He, Vrije Universiteit and Tinbergen Institute),Emiliano Hernandez Gomes (Radboud University), Deepakshi Singh (University of Groningen),Karthika Baby Sujatha (United Nations University Merit) Anouk van Velhoven (Utrecht University), Till Wicker (Tilburg University), Zhiqi Xu (Erasumus Univeristy Rotterdam) et al.
- PhD Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 15:30 - 16:30
When Institutions Interact: How the Effects of Unemployment Insurance...
Simon Trenkle (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany)
- Labor Seminars
Academic Distinctions
September 17, 2025
Stanislav Avdeev awarded a Doctoral Research Grant for his work...
Stanislav Avdeev
July 04, 2025
NWO Open Competition SSH M Grant
Anne Gielen,Esmee Zwiers