Bart Cockx

Research Fellow

Ghent University

bart.cockx@ugent.be

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Between 1982 and 1987 Bart Cockx studied economics at the Catholic University of Leuven (undergraduate degree) and at the London School of Economics (MSc). He obtained his PhD in Leuven in 1992. Between 1993 and 2008, he was professor at the Department of Economics of the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve). Currently, he's professor at SHERPPA, Ghent University. His major research interest is the evaluation of labour market policies. He has published in journals such as the Economic Journal, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Health Economics, the Journal of Applied Econometrics, the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) and the Journal of Public Economics.
He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in June 2001.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16596

The Long-Term Impact of Parental Migration on the Health of Young Left-behind Children

Jinkai Li, Erga Luo, Bart Cockx

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16153

Long-Term Effects of Hiring Subsidies for Low-Educated Unemployed Youths

Andrea Albanese, Bart Cockx, Muriel Dejemeppe

Revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 235, 105137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16122

Labour Costs and the Decision to Hire the First Employee

Bart Cockx, Sam Desiere

published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 170, 104859

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15439

Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment

Bart Cockx, Koen Declercq, Muriel Dejemeppe

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 95, 102424

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14767

How Effective Are Hiring Subsidies to Reduce Long-Term Unemployment among Prime-Aged Jobseekers? Evidence from Belgium

Sam Desiere, Bart Cockx

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2022, 12(1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13825

How Does Working-Time Flexibility Affect Workers' Productivity in a Routine Job? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Marie Boltz, Bart Cockx, Ana Maria Diaz, Luz Salas

published in in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2023, 61 (1), 159 - 187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13002

Switching from an Inclining to a Zero-Level Unemployment Benefit Profile: Good for Work Incentives?

Bart Cockx, Koen Declercq, Muriel Dejemeppe, Leda Inga, Bruno Van der Linden

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 64, 101816

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12875

Priority to Unemployed Immigrants? A Causal Machine Learning Evaluation of Training in Belgium

Bart Cockx, Michael Lechner, Joost Bollens

published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 80, 102306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10487

Imperfect Monitoring of Job Search: Structural Estimation and Policy Design

Bart Cockx, Muriel Dejemeppe, Andrey Launov, Bruno Van der Linden

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36 (1), 75-120

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10221

Waiting Longer Before Claiming, and Activating Youth: No Point?

Bart Cockx, Eva Van Belle

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2019, 40 (4), 658-687

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9619

Working Time Reductions at the End of the Career: Do They Prolong the Time Spent in Employment?

Andrea Albanese, Bart Cockx, Yannick Thuy

published in: Empirical Economics, 2020, 59, 99–141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9556

Modeling the Effects of Grade Retention in High School

Stijn Baert, Bart Cockx, Matteo Picchio

revised version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34 (3), 403 - 424

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9459

Contracting Out Mandatory Counselling and Training for Long-Term Unemployed: Private For-Profit or Non-Profit, or Keep It Public?

Bart Cockx, Stijn Baert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8988

Permanent Wage Cost Subsidies for Older Workers: An Effective Tool for Increasing Working Time and Postponing Early Retirement?

Andrea Albanese, Bart Cockx

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 58, 145-166

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8889

Scars of Recessions in a Rigid Labor Market

Bart Cockx, Corinna Ghirelli

published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 41, 162-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7266

Monitoring Job Search Effort with Hyperbolic Time Preferences and Non-Compliance: A Welfare Analysis

Bart Cockx, Corinna Ghirelli, Bruno Van der Linden

revised version published as 'Is it Socially Efficient to Impose Job Search Requirements on Unemployed Benefit Claimants with Hyperbolic Preferences?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 113, 80-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7262

Pure Ethnic Gaps in Educational Attainment and School to Work Transitions: When Do They Arise?

Stijn Baert, Bart Cockx

revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 35, 276 - 294

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7145

Do Employers Discriminate Less If Vacancies Are Difficult to Fill? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Stijn Baert, Bart Cockx, Niels Gheyle, Cora Vandamme

revised version published as 'Is There Less Discrimination in Occupations Where Recruitment Is Difficult?' in: Industrial and Labor Relations, 2015, 68 (3), 467 - 500

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6562

Overeducation at the Start of the Career: Stepping Stone or Trap?

Stijn Baert, Bart Cockx, Dieter Verhaest

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 25, 123-140

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6181

Monitoring, Sanctions and Front-Loading of Job Search in a Non-Stationary Model

Bart Cockx, Muriel Dejemeppe, Andrey Launov, Bruno Van der Linden

for substantially revised version please see IZA DP 10487