Professor of Economics and Director of the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University. https://roa.nl/index.php/d.fouarge
Didier Fouarge
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Connecting job seekers in occupations with poor prospects with volunteer "buddies" who have recently exited unemployment and found jobs in new occupations can meaningfully improve employment and earnings outcomes.
Bart de Koning et al.
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In an RCT, we treat job seekers in slack occupations with information about the better prospects in other suitable jobs. Effects are large: employment, hours of work and labor income all improve by 5%/6% after 18 months, with limited externalities to other job seekers. docs.iza.org/dp17905.pdf
Yesterday, I presented our Skills2Capabilities research on skills in VET curricula at the Belgian Day for Labour Economists. With Ziyue Zhu, Melline Somers and Barbara Belfi, we show that curricula updates are conducive to better labour market outcomes. skills2capabilities.eu/results.html
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Kleine impressie van onze @roamaastricht.bsky.social workshop van gisteren rond de #POA prognoses en toekomstige uitdagingen in de aansluiting onderwijs-arbeidsmarkt.
Kleine impressie van onze @roamaastricht.bsky.social workshop van gisteren rond de #POA prognoses en toekomstige uitdagingen in de aansluiting onderwijs-arbeidsmarkt.
Call for Papers – EALE TOUR 2026
We invite applications from job market candidates who work in the broad field of labour economics.
3 candidates will be selected to take part in a post–job market tour of 3 leading European institutions.
Submit by: 30 October 2025
Details: eale.nl/node/7803
