Egbert Jongen is Full Professor of Economics and Socioeconomic Policy at Leiden University. Before moving to Leiden University he worked nearly 25 years at CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, in the last period as Program Manager of the Labour Program. Egbert obtained his PhD from the VU University Amsterdam. His research interests include inequality, labour economics and public economics. Amongst others, he has published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Journal of Public Economics and Labour Economics.

Egbert Jongen became a Research Fellow in October 2017.