Institute of Economic and Social Research

Welcome to IRES!

IRES is a research centre in economics of the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). The research centre was founded in 1928. With the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), the Institut de Statistique, Biostatistique et Sciences Actuarielles (ISBA) and Louvain Finance (LFIN) and the platform Support en Méthodologie et Calcul Statistique (SMCS), IRES now belongs to the Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modeling in economics and statistics (LIDAM).

Upcoming Events at IRES

June 24, 2024

Louvain FRESH Workshop 2024

Institutions, human capital, and long-term development:...

Louvain FRESH Workshop 2024 Institutions, human capital, and long-term development: Lessons from pre-modern Europe. Organizers David de la Croix (UCLouvain), Sandra de Pleijt (...

July 05, 2024

IRES Seminar - Mazhar Waseem - University of Manchester

Mazhar Wasseem (University of Manchester) will give a presentation on Welfare Consequences of Anti-Avoidance Measures: Evidence from Uganda Abstract: Profit shifting by MNCs is a...

What's new at IRES

June 14, 2024

New video

Who will be the next president of the United States in...

David de la Croix explains for the second time the current trends for the US presidency. He introduces two powerful electoral prediction tools: Pollyvote and, for the first time, 270toWin. In...

June 11, 2024

LIDAM in the Media

Immigration et activité criminelle : résultats...

Le Pr. Fabio Mariani (IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain) et Marion Mercier (chercheuse CNRS au LEDa et professeure associée à l'Université Paris-Dauphine - PSL) interviennent dans le dossier comprendre...

June 10, 2024

LIDAM in the Media

Quelles mesures mettre en œuvre pour contrer le déclin...

Le Pr. David de la Croix (IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain) a publié une chronique dans La Libre Belgique en collaboration avec Les professeures. Paula Eugenia Gobbi (ULB) et Christinie Schnor...

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