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label Burse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:00 history_edu Silviu Marinescu
The candidate will write a doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Vandenberghe on the research project entitled Employment, Wage Discrimination and Poverty (EDIPO)-The firm-level evidence. The aim of the project is to assess the situation of groups among the population facing labour-market barriers using firm-level evidence.

The research is that it implies the use of matched employer-employee data, and a marked focus on firm-level labour productivity. The research will also try to deploy a robust firm-level analysis of the relationship between human capital (formal education...) and the productivity and wage of employees.

The project is financed by the research program “Society and Future” of the Belgian Federal Science Administration (BESLPO). It will be carried out in collaboration with a research team at ULB (Prof. F. Ryckx) and at KUL (Prof. J. Konings) In addition to performing the tasks of the research project, the candidate will undertake a doctoral training program.