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

IRES Lunch Seminar - Mathilde Pourtois, IRIS-L

Mathilde Pourtois (IRIS-L) will give a presentation on Tightening Eligibility Requirements for Unemployment Benefits: Impact on Housing Autonomy Abstract: Leaving the parental...

Leuven - Louvain Trade Workshop - Serena Chellini, KU Leuven

Serena Chellini (KU Leuven) will give a presentation on Trade Liberalization and Green Transformations within Firms Abstract:   If you would like to attend the seminar,...

UCLouvain Economics Seminars - Fabio Blasutto, ULB

Fabio Blasutto (ULB) will give a presentation on Pension Caregiver Credits and the Gender Gap in Old-Age Income Abstract: We study a 2001 pension insurance reform in Germany that...

Leuven-Louvain Trade Workshop

Giorgos Morakis (IMT Lucca) will give a presentation on “Indirect Exporters in the Global Value Chain"

IRES Lunch Seminar - Clara Seynaeve, IRES

Clara Seynaeve (IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain) will give a presentation on TBA Abstract:  

UCLouvain Economics Seminar - Natalie Chen, University...

Natalie Chen (University of Warwick) will give a presentation on TBA Abstract:

IRES Lunch Seminar - Esther Arenas Arroyo, Vienna University

Esther Arenas Arroyo (Vienna University) will give a presentation on Low-Wage Jobs, Foreign-Born Workers, and Firm Performance   Abstract: We examine how migrant workers...

Leuven-Louvain Trade Workshop

Elisa Navarra (ULB) will give a presentation on The Effects of Corporate Subsidies Along Supply Chains

UCLouvain Economics Seminar - Anna Maria Mayda,...

Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University) will give a presentation on TBA Abstract:

IRES Lunch Seminar - Tiziano Toniolo, IRES

Tiziano Toniolo IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain will give a presentation on TBA Abstract:

What's new at IRES

Populism and the skill content of globalisation

A new Voxeu Column by Prs Frédéric Docquier, Stefano Iandolo, Hillel Rapoport, Riccardo Turati and Gonzague Vannoorenberghe. Abstract : The rise of populism worldwide is largely seen as a...
Regards économiques no.183

Soutenabilité sociale des pensions : compenser une...

Dans ce nouveau numéro de Regards, Laurent Collot et le Pr. Jean Hindriks s'intéressent à la soutenabilité des pensions. Un enjeu fondamental de notre système de pension consiste à garantir...
LIDAM in the Media

La semaine de 4 jours, une utopie?

Peut-on envisager de réduire le temps de travail sans réduire les salaires ? Une semaine de 32h payée 38h est-elle envisageable en Belgique ? Si oui, pour tous les salariés ou seulement...