Welcome to Dirk Van de gaer's homepage

I am professor of microeconomics and public economics at the Department of Economics, Ghent University.

My research interests are:

  • Inequality of opportunity;
  • Dynamic aspects of income inequality and income mobility;
  • Inheritance and wealth inequality;
  • Optimal Taxation.

I teach Microeconomics in the second year of the BA program, and Microeconomics (Decision Theory), Public Economics and Game Theory in the MSc in Economics program.

This website provides more information about my research, teaching and CV.

Information about the Department of Economics is here.

Information about the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is here.