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Bart Cockx is a full professor in the Department of Economics at Ghent University and an associate researcher at IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain. His academic career centers on empirical labor economics with a focus on Belgian social security systems and labor market policies.
His research spans unemployment insurance design, job search activation policies, youth integration programs, and ethnic discrimination in labor markets. Key methodologies include quasi-experimental designs and administrative data analysis, particularly examining how benefit structures and monitoring requirements affect employment outcomes. He frequently investigates policy responses to economic shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals consistent emphasis on evaluating active labor market interventions through rigorous econometric methods. Dominant themes include benefit sanction effects, big data applications in job matching, pandemic-era policy adaptations, and structural barriers facing vulnerable groups like youth and ethnic minorities. His work demonstrates strong policy relevance with direct implications for Belgian welfare reforms.
