Microeconometrics and policy evaluation

The department of Microeconometrics and Policy Evaluation focusses on policy-relevant research in the fields of labour economics and industrial relations using microeconometric methods. Topics include the prevalence and determinants of employers' and workers' labour market power, wage discrimination against women, wage assimilation of migrants, regional wage differentials, the impact of workplace co-determination and collective bargaining on wage levels and wage inequality, the consequences of works councils, temporary agency work, and workforce composition on firm performance and turnover, and the determinants of presenteeism at work. 

The courses offered by the department include basic statistics for students majoring in economics, business administration, and related fields as well as basic and advanced econometrics for students majoring in economics and at the master’s level. The emphasis lies on the standard (micro)econometric and evaluation methods that form the backbone of causal inference.