Labour Economics
Inequality
Labour Market Discrimination
Policy Evaluation
Microeconometrics
Experimental Economics
2022 - present: Assistant professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
2018 - 2022: Postdoctoral researcher, NCCR - on the move, Switzerland
June - October, 2018: Postdoctoral researcher, Ghent University, Belgium
April - October, 2018: External collaborator, International Labour Organization, Switzerland
2013 - 2018: Doctoral researcher, Ghent University, Belgiume
2017 - 2018: Research intern, International Labour Organization, Switzerland
September - November, 2013: Intern, United Nations Headquarters, United States
July - August, 2012: Assistant and Data researcher "De perfecte storm", Ghent University, Belgium
2013 - 2018: PhD in Economics, Ghent University, Belgium
2012 - 2013: Master of Arts in Economics of Globalization and European Integration, Xiamen University (China), University of Antwerp (Belgium), Prague Univesity of Economics (Czech Republic)
2011 - 2012: Master of Science in Economics, Ghent University, Belgium
2008 - 2011: Bachelor of Science in Economics, Ghent University, Belgium
Al Yussef, A., Hens, L., & Van Belle, E. (2025). Working hours, income volatility and public sector employment as insurance. Labour Economics, 102689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102689
Osanami Törngren, S., Schütze, C., Van Belle, E., & Nyström, M. (2024). “We choose this CV because we choose diversity”–What do eye movements say about the choices recruiters make?. Frontiers in Sociology, 9, 1222850. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1222850
Auer, D., Ruedin, D., & Van Belle, E. (2023). No Sign of Increased Ethnic Discrimination during a Crisis: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic. Socio-Economic Review. 21(3), 1501-1524. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwac069.
Ruedin, D., & Van Belle, E. (2022). The Extent of Résumé Whitening. Sociological Research Online. https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804221094625.
Pignatti, C. & Van Belle, E. (2021). Better together: Active and passive labor market policies in developed and developing economies. IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2021-0009.
Van Belle, E., Caers, R., Cuypers, L., De Couck, M., Neyt, B., Van Borm, H., & Baert, S. (2020). What do student jobs on graduate CVs signal to employers?. Economics of Education Review, 75, 101979, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.101979.
Van Belle, E., Caers, R., De Couck, M., Di Stasio, V., & Baert, S. (2019). The Signal of Applying for a Job Under a Vacancy Referral Scheme. Industrial Relations, 58(2), 251-274, https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12230
Cockx, B., & Van Belle, E. (2019). Wating Longer Before Claiming, and Activating Youth. No Point?. International Journal of Manpower, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-04-2017-0060.
Van Belle, E., Di Stasio, V., Caers, R., De Couck, M., & Baert, S. (2018). Why Are Employers Put Off by Long Spells of Unemployment?. European Sociological Review, 34(6), 694–710, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcy039.
Baert, S., Marx, I., Neyt, B., Van Belle, E., & Van Casteren, J. (2018). Student employment and academic performance: An empirical exploration of the primary orientation theory. Applied Economics Letters, 25(8), 547-552, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2017.1343443.
Cockx, B., & Van Belle, E. (2016). Jongeren sneller aan het werk krijgen? Een evaluatie van twee maatregelen. OVER. WERK, 26(2), 29-34, http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8503616.
Are students appropriate research surrogates? A comparison between sophomores, master students and professionals.
A meta-analysis of the immigrant-native and ethnic wage gaps.
Is there a fair immigrant-native wage gap?
Is current discrimination mediated/moderated by discrimination histories?
Experimental methods in discrimination research.
Can wage gaps be explained by attitudes?
The impact of racial bias & occupational culture on hiring discrimination
Discrimination in Public Employment Services
A survey with recent newcomers in Belgium
The impact of GenAI on the Belgian labour market
Perceptions of fair wages
Human capital responses to anticipated discrimination
Fair wages for cross border workers
2022 - present: Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Development Economics (course titular)
Macro-Economie voor Bedrijfskunde (course titular)
International Trade (course titular)
Sustainability Economics (course co-titular)
Guidance of Master dissertations (16 dissertations).
2019: The Migration-Mobility Nexus and the Labor Market
2019: Introduction reading group migration and mobility studies
2015 - 2018: Teaching assistant, Ghent University
Teaching assistance for the following courses: Introduction to Economics, Microeconomics, Labour Economics, Research Methods, Seminar in Labour Economics
Guidance of Master Dissertations (9 dissertations).
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Pieter Koens (2024 - present)
Richard Carrere Caceres (co-supervision with Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe; 2024 - present)
Tulya Su Güven (co-supervision with Veerle Buffel; 2024 - present)
Jef Bormans (2024 - present)
Margarita Coosemans (2024 - present)