BELSPO BRAIN HAIOPOLICY Midterm Conference 2025

10/09/2025 – Stormstraat 6–8, Brussels

Presentations

Welcome and outline of the HAIOPOLICY Project – Glenn Magerman (ULB)

Session 1 The Impact of COVID-19 on Households

o   Earnings before, during, and after the COVID-crisis: Some puzzles arising from SILC-data – Bart Capéau (ULB)

o   Does inflation hit the poor more? – Hierro Castro (ULB)

Session 2 The Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses

o   The impact of COVID-19 on business outcomes in Belgium – Xufeng Wang (KU Leuven)

o   The impact of firm-level COVID rescue policies: Evidence from Flanders – Yannick Bormans (KU Leuven)

o   The impact of firm-level COVID rescue policies: Evidence from Wallonia – Yannick Bormans (KU Leuven)

Session 3 The Road Ahead 

o   A quantitative framework and optimal policies – Glenn Magerman (ULB)