dr. M. (Mark) van Duijn

ESSPIN
Economic, Social and Spatial Inequalities in Europe - is a Horizon Europe research project funded by the European Union (2023-2026). Mark focuses on housing and the causes and consequences of housing affordability challenges in Western countries. One of the papers (joint work with dr. Agata Troost) focuses on the relationship between mental health and housing stress and affordability.

URD-HELP
Urban Regions in the Delta - Higher Educated Location Preferences is a research project funded by NWO (2012-2016). Mark worked on further developing state-of-the-art econometric models to get a better understanding of location preferences of highly educated households. A book, a book chapter, and several papers were published in international peer-reviewed journals.

Economic valuation of cultural heritage is a research project funded by Platform 31 (Nicis Institute) and its partners (2008-2013). During the project, Mark obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the VU Amsterdam. The majority of the dissertation shows how to value non-market products, such as cultural heritage, by using state-of-the-art econometric models (e.g. sorting models, differences-in-differences hedonic price models).