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Working Papers

2025

1. Hiring Subsidies and Temporary Work Agencies
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) (2025)
   Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2025)
2. Too much of a good thing? The macro implications of massive firm entry
   Working Paper Research, National Bank of Belgium
   Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) (2025)
   Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2025)

2023

3. Labour Costs and the Decision to Hire the First Employee
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
   Also in Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) (2023) View citations (2)
   ROA Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) (2023) View citations (2)
   Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2023) View citations (2)
   LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) (2023) View citations (2)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Labour costs and the decision to hire the first employee, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2024) View citations (3) (2024)
4. THE SHIFT PREMIUM: EVIDENCE FROM A DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT
   Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations (1)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023) View citations (1)

2021

5. How Effective Are Hiring Subsidies to Reduce Long-Term Unemployment among Prime-Aged Jobseekers? Evidence from Belgium
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2021)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2021)
   LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) (2021)
   ROA Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) (2021)

2020

6. Minimum wages and wage compression in Belgian industries
   Working Paper Research, National Bank of Belgium View citations (2)

2019

7. Employment Data in Household Surveys: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
8. RELIGION, FOOD CHOICES AND DEMAND SEASONALITY: EVIDENCE FROM THE ETHIOPIAN MILK MARKET
   Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations (3)
   Also in 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2018)
9. Statistical profiling in public employment services: An international comparison
   OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (6)

2018

10. Predicting job satisfaction and workers’ intentions to leave at the bottom of the high value agricultural chain: Evidence from the Ethiopian cut flower industry
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)

2017

11. Land productivity and plot size: is measurement error driving the inverse relationship ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Land productivity and plot size: Is measurement error driving the inverse relationship?, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (114) (2018)

2016

12. Effectiveness of contract farming for improving income of smallholder farmers-Preliminary results of a systematic review
    149th Seminar, October 27-28, 2016, Rennes, France, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (3)
13. The inverse productivity size relationship: can it be explained by systematic measurement error in self-reported production?
    2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) View citations (2)

2015

14. Boserup versus Malthis: does population pressure drive agricultural intensification? Evidence from Burundi
    2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)
    Also in 89th Annual Conference, April 13-15, 2015, Warwick University, Coventry, UK, Agricultural Economics Society (2015) View citations (3)
15. Cow or Goat? Population pressure and livestock keeping in Burundi
    2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy, International Association of Agricultural Economists
    See also Journal Article Cow or Goat? Population pressure and livestock keeping in Burundi, Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA) (2016) (2016)

2014

16. A validity assessment of the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) for Rwanda
    2014 International Congress, August 26-29, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia, European Association of Agricultural Economists
17. Verifying validity of the household dietary diversity score: an application of rasch modelling
    2014 International Congress, August 26-29, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)

2013

18. Options and Impact of Crop Production Specialization on Small-Scale Farms in the Noth of Burundi
    2013 Fourth International Conference, September 22-25, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Labour costs and the decision to hire the first employee
   European Economic Review, 2024, 170, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Labour Costs and the Decision to Hire the First Employee, CESifo Working Paper Series (2023) View citations (2) (2023)

2022

2. How effective are hiring subsidies in reducing long-term unemployment among prime-aged jobseekers? Evidence from Belgium
   IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2022, 12, (1), 38 View citations (23)

2021

3. Statistical profiling of unemployed jobseekers
   IZA World of Labor, 2021, 483 View citations (6)

2018

4. Contract farming for improving smallholder incomes: What can we learn from effectiveness studies?
   World Development, 2018, 104, (C), 46-64 View citations (71)
5. Impact of climate-smart agriculture adoption on the food security of coastal farmers in Bangladesh
   Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2018, 10, (4), 1073-1088 View citations (26)
6. Land productivity and plot size: Is measurement error driving the inverse relationship?
   Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 130, (C), 84-98 View citations (114)
   See also Working Paper Land productivity and plot size: is measurement error driving the inverse relationship ?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (16) (2017)
7. The Rwandan agrarian and land sector modernisation: confronting macro performance with lived experiences on the ground
   Review of African Political Economy, 2018, 45, (157), 408-431 View citations (10)

2017

8. The effectiveness of contract farming for raising income of smallholder farmers in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review
   Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2017, 13, (1), 1-131 View citations (9)

2016

9. Cow or Goat? Population pressure and livestock keeping in Burundi
   Agrekon, 2016, 54, (3)
   Also in Agrekon, 2015, 54, (3), 23-42 (2015)
   See also Working Paper Cow or Goat? Population pressure and livestock keeping in Burundi, 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy (2015) (2015)
10. Summary
    EuroChoices, 2016, 15, (2), 56-61
11. When the Data Source Writes the Conclusion: Evaluating Agricultural Policies
    Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52, (9), 1372-1387 View citations (5)

2015

12. A validity assessment of the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI)™
    Evaluation and Program Planning, 2015, 49, (C), 10-18 View citations (15)