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• Bart Cockx and Sam Desiere (2024). "Labour costs and the decision to hire the first employee", European Economic Review, volume 170, November, 104859. For last version click here.

• Andrea Albanese, Bart Cockx and Muriel Dejemeppe (2024). "Long-Term Effects of Hiring Subsidies for Low-Educated Unemployed Youths",  Journal of Public Economics, volume 235, 105137. For last version click here. 

• Bart Cockx, Koen Declercq, and Muriel Dejemeppe (2023). "Tightening Eligibility Requirements for Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment. Economics of Education Review,  95, 102424 Last pre-publication version (Revision of  "Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment").  

• Cockx Bart, Michael Lechner and Joost Bollens (2023). "Priority to Unemployed Immigrants. A Causal Machine Learning Evaluation of Training in Belgium".  Labour Economics, 80, 102306. Download and Online Appendix. 

• Marie Boltz, Bart Cockx, Ana Maria Diaz, Luz Magdalena Salas (2023). "How Does Working-Time Flexibility Affect Workers' Productivity in a Routine Job? Evidence from a Field Experiment", British Journal of Industrial Relations, 61(1), 159-187.  Last submitted version.

New research

• Jinkai Li, Erga Luo, and Bart Cockx (2023). "The Long-Term Impact of Parental Migration on the Health of Young Left-behind Children", UGent Department of Economics Working Paper WP 23/1077, IZA Discussion Paper 16596, LIDAM Discussion Paper - IRES/2023/19, CESifo Working Paper10780.