December 19, 2025As in previous years, this event will offer a relaxed and collegial atmosphere for presentations and discussions. The Department of Economics at Saint-Louis is hosting the meeting and will provide lunch, coffee breaks, and an early Christmas drink.

08/12/2025 - Brussels What is the The Belgian Short-time Work scheme: Economic and Psychological impacts (BESWEP) project ? The Belgian Federal Science Policy Office has supported a research project entitled "The Belgian Short-time Work scheme: Economic and Psychological impacts (BESWEP)", as part of its research programme BRAIN-be 2.0. The TeamCoordinatorThis project was coordinate

The Institute of Health and Society and the Institute of Economic and Social Research at the Université Catholique de Louvain are proud to host the 12th EuHEA PhD & Supervisor Conference, to be held on the Brussels-Woluwe Campus on September 3-5, 2025.EuHEA's PhD & Supervisor Conference presents a great opportunity for PhD students and early career researchers in health economics to presen

Joint with IDnomics and UCLouvain, BelgiumOrganisersKlaus Desmet (SMU, NBER, CEPR)Joseph F.

May 30 - June 2, 2025 | 14:00 | More 54PhD LECTURE SERIESInnovative Approaches in Development Economics: Methods and Applications Health & EducationKate Rich and Volker Schoer (Wits University,Johannesburg) Session 1Friday, May 30, 14:00 - 17:00The Friday lecture (2-5 PM) will consist of an overview of the WITS professors' respective research areas, with K.

22 May | 12:45 | Doyen 22Enrico Spolaore(Tufts University)will give a presentation onCultural Remittances and Modern FertilityAbstractWe argue that migrants played a significant role in the diffusion of the demographic transition from France to the rest of Europe in the late 19th century.

21 May | 15:30 | OnlineSerena Chellini(KU Leuven)will give a presentation on How do environmental measures impact firms’ trade? joint with Hylke Vandenbussche About the speakerSerena Chellini is PhD candidate at the Department of Economics at KU Leuven.

20 May | 12:45 | Dupriez D. 144Marion Richard(NovaSBE)will give a presentation on Mass media and fertility: evidence from a population-control programAbstractThis paper examines the long-run impact of a national-scale family planning radio campaign on fertility outcomes in Malawi.

May 15, 2025 | Doyen 22 Ralf Meisenzahl (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)will give a presentation on The Research University, Invention, and Industry: Evidence from Germany 1760-1900Abstract: We examine the role of universities in knowledge production and industrial change using historical evidence.

13 May | 12:45 | Dupriez D. 144Keiti Kondi(Bureau Fédéral du Plan)will give a presentation on The importance of migration hypothesis in population projectionsAbstractMigration is a crucial yet inherently uncertain component of population projections, particularly in the context of long-term demographic forecasting and economic planning.