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Home | People | Paul Muller
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Paul Muller

Research Fellow

University
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Research field
Empirical Microeconomics
Interests
Labor, Policy Evaluation, Search

Biography

Paul Muller is an Associate Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and also a research affiliate at IZA.
Paul does research on empirical labor economics, with a focus on the matching between job seekers and employers. Using RCT’s as well as natural experiments He has studied job seekers’ strategies in finding employment. Furthermore he has evaluated and designed a variety of job search assistance programs, including automated online labor-market information provision.

List of publications

Koning, P., Muller, P. and Prudon, R. (2022). Do disability benefits hinder work resumption after recovery? Journal of Health Economics, 82:1--23.

Habla, W. and Muller, P. (2021). Experimental evidence of limited attention at the gym Experimental Economics, 24(4):1156--1184.

Muller, P., van der Klaauw, B. and Heyma, A. (2020). Comparing econometric methods to empirically evaluate activation programs for job seekers Journal of Applied Econometrics, 35(5):526--547.

Belot, M., Kircher, P. and Muller, P. (2019). Providing advice to jobseekers at low cost: An experimental study on online advice Review of Economic Studies, 86(4):1411--1447.

Muller, P., van der Klaauw, B., Gautier, P., Rosholm, M. and Svarer, M. (2018). Estimating equilibrium effects of job search assistance Journal of Labor Economics, 36(4):1073--1125.

Bettendorf, L., Jongen, E. and Muller, P. (2015). Childcare subsidies and labour supply - Evidence from a large Dutch reform Labour Economics, 36:112--123.