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Prof. Bas van der Klaauw is a Full Professor of Policy Evaluation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's School of Business and Economics and Director of the Tinbergen Institute, a joint research school with Erasmus University Rotterdam and University of Amsterdam. He holds an Economics PhD from VU Amsterdam and has held visiting roles at University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on empirical microeconomics, public policy evaluation, labor markets, school choice, and intergenerational mobility, leveraging microeconometric methods for causal analysis. He has received prestigious grants including an ERC Starting Grant (2008) and NWO-VICI Grant (2016).
Teaching includes Econometrics II and Applied Microeconometrics at the Tinbergen Institute, alongside undergraduate courses in Microeconomics and Mathematical Economics. Ancillary roles include advisory positions at Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, SEO Amsterdam Economics, and Rabobank. He co-leads projects on school allocation efficiency and labor market interventions, collaborating with institutions like IZA-Bonn and CEPR-London.
His research output spans 129 publications, emphasizing policy evaluation and experimental methods. Notable works include analyses of school assignment mechanisms, medical education returns, and labor market speeddating experiments. He has supervised 11 PhD theses and contributed to policy debates via media commentary on school segregation, tuition fees, and job search policies.
Key achievements include grants totaling €4M+, editorial roles at journals like the Journal of Applied Econometrics, and media outreach addressing societal impacts of education and labor policies. His work aligns with UN SDGs related to quality education and decent work.
