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Paul Muller is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. He previously held an Assistant Professor position at the University of Gothenburg and earned his PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2016. His research focuses on empirical labor economics, particularly job seeker-employer matching, labor market policies (disability, childcare, migration), and the evaluation of job search assistance programs. He received an NWO-Vidi grant (2024) for studying labor market scarcity in the Netherlands.
Education: PhD in Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2016).
Research Interests:
- Job search behavior and strategies
- Experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation methods
- Disability insurance and labor supply disincentives
- Automated labor market information tools
- Childcare policy impacts on labor participation
Recent Research Trends:
- Focus on behavioral economics in job search decisions
- Analysis of policy instruments using RCTs and natural experiments
- Investigation of wage announcement effects on labor market dynamics
Awards:
- NWO-Vidi Grant (2024)
Advising & Grants:
- Supervised 1 PhD thesis (van der Meijden, M.)
- Principal Investigator for NWO-VIDI project on labor market scarcity
- Contributed to NWO-VICI project on efficient labor-school allocation
Labs/Teams: Active collaboration through the Tinbergen Institute and VU Amsterdam's economics department.
