Eva Van Belle

Experience

• 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

Education

• 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

Journal articles

• 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. 

Work in progress

• 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

Teaching activities

• 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).

    • Vlaamse Scriptie Prijs

Supervised PhD candidates

• 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)