Janneke Pieters

Janneke Pieters is an Associate Professor in the Development Economics Group at Wageningen University (since 2014) and Program Leader at the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (since 2024). Affiliated with the IZA Institute of Labor Economics and UNU-WIDER, her work focuses on labor markets, gender, and economic development in low- and middle-income countries. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Groningen (2011).

Her research examines structural transformation, globalization’s impacts on labor markets, and women’s economic participation. Notable contributions include studies on Sub-Saharan Africa’s employment dynamics, China’s rural-urban wage gaps, and the effects of trade liberalization on gender outcomes in Indonesia and Brazil. She has also explored policy responses to crises like the 2020 pandemic’s disproportionate effects on informal sectors.

Recent articles highlight Africa’s food security challenges linked to labor market transitions, experimental evidence on job creation’s political effects, and gender wage disparities in structural shifts. Her work appears in journals like the Journal of Human Resources, IMF Economic Review, and World Bank Economic Review.

Janneke received the IPUMS Research Excellence Award (2025) and contributes to policy dialogues through platforms like IZA World of Labor. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges micro-level household analysis with macroeconomic policy design.