Interview: Robert Feenstra on tracking global economic milestones through data
Robert Feenstra is a Professor at the Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, and holder of the C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Chair in International Economics. He gave a keynote address on ‘The ‘China Shock’ in Trade Reconsidered’...
Interview: the OECD’s Dirk Pilat on the importance of data
Dirk Pilat is Deputy Director of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation at the OECD. Prior to his work at the OECD, he earned his PhD in economics in 1994 at the University of Groningen. He spoke at the GGDC Conference 2017 on the OECD’s...
Interview: Ingvild Almås on what microdata can teach us about economic inequality
Ingvild Almås is a professor at the Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), and currently a visiting associate professor at IIES, Stockholm University. Almås’ research focuses on economic inequalities. She delivered a paper on...
25 years of telling the story of the world economy through data
The Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) was founded in 1992 within the Economics Department of the University of Groningen. It recently marked 25 years since its founding, with a jubilee conference on the themes that have long been key to the...
What the Berlin Wall can teach us about mergers
History suggests that when two groups merge, it doesn’t end well. Academic research has suggested the same. But my experience and research at the Faculty of Economics and Business has allowed me to identify factors that accommodate successful mergers.
Brexit minister David Davis’ sectoral impact assessments - Groningen style
The minister might not have done his homework, but our economists have: and they estimate that 2.5 million jobs and 8.5 percent of the UK’s GDP is at risk from Brexit.
Female directors, board committees and firm performance
What effect, if any, does female representation have on board performance? Previous research says none. Our research says otherwise.
Why is the Gender Gap in Education Closing?
Historically women have had lower levels of education than men all around the world. But since the mid-20th century the educational attainment of women has grown at a quicker pace than that of men in most countries, leading to a gradual closing of the...
The financialization of healthcare in the Netherlands
In the last decade, the Dutch government has embraced a neo-liberal agenda to deal with the rapidly rising costs of public healthcare. As a result, the characteristics of the healthcare sector have changed to include the emulation of a ‘market’ for care,...