Wouter is an economist in the Economics Department of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and a visiting professor at the University of Antwerp. He is also affiliated to the Department of Economics of KU Leuven. His main areas of expertise are macroeconomics, labour economics and fiscal policy, with a strong emphasis on policy evaluation. His research has been published in a range of academic journals.
Previously, Wouter worked as an economic analyst at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, where he was principally responsible for the research developing macro-fiscal models accounting for output and employment effects of fiscal reforms. He holds a PhD in Economics as well as a MSc of Advanced Studies in Economics from KU Leuven.
PhD in Economics, 2015
KU Leuven (University of Leuven)
MSc in Advanced Studies in Economics, 2011
KU Leuven (University of Leuven)
MA in Business Economics - Finance, 2010
UHasselt (University of Hasselt)
with Matteo Gatti
with Irina Belousova, Boris Chafwehé and Magdalena Zachłod-Jelec
with Maria Gesualdo