Kristof De Witte - KU Leuven

Curriculum Vitae of Kristof De Witte, September 20, 2022

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Kristof De Witte

Contact Details Leuven Economics of Education Research

Educatieve Master in de Economie

Faculty of Economics and Business

University of Leuven (KU Leuven)

Naamsestraat 69, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

Tel: +32 (0)16 32 66 56

Fax: +32 (0)16 32 67 96

[email protected]

www.feb.kuleuven.be/kristof.dewitte

Twitter: @DeWitteK

United Nations University (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht University

Boschstraat 24

N-6211 AX Maastricht, the Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0)43 38 84 437

[email protected]

Short Biography Kristof De Witte is a full professor (gewoon hoogleraar) in Education Economics and Political

Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven, Belgium, and he holds the chair in

‘Effectiveness and Efficiency of Educational Innovations’ (bijzonder hoogleraar) at United Nations

University (UNU-MERIT) at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Kristof De Witte is further a

Fellow member of the CESifo Network. At KU Leuven he is program director of the ‘Master in

Economic Education’, and the founding member and director of the research group ‘Leuven

Economics of Education Research’.

The research interests of Kristof De Witte comprise education economics, performance

evaluation, and political economy. Among his more than 100 Web of Science publications, he

published 71 papers in Q1-journals from which 26 papers in top-10% journals and 8 papers in top-5%

journals. Thanks to funding from multiple national and international organizations, he has a strong

track record in leading and coordinating large research projects. Stimulated by interdisciplinary

research funding, his work touches upon multiple disciplines which is reflected in publications in the

leading journals from various academic fields, including ‘American Sociological Review’, ‘The

Economic Journal’, ‘Journal of Urban Economics’, ‘European Journal of Operational Research’,

‘Government Information Quarterly’, ‘Economics of Education Review’, ‘Labour Economics’,

‘Exceptional Children’, ‘World Development’, and ‘Educational Research Review’.

Kristof De Witte shows a deep commitment to public dissemination of his research. To

increase societal impact, he is actively disseminating his research output to Dutch field journals, policy

journals and media. De Witte’s work has been frequently featured (more than 250 times) in national

and international media including CNN, the New York Post, the Washington Post, La Presse and El

Pais. Multiple of his papers have had a documented impact on policy making through invited seminars

at and citations by the European Commission, the OECD, and the Flemish Parliament. He serves as an

expert in the ‘European Commission Expert Group on quality investment in education and training’.

He is an associate editor for ‘International Transactions in Operational Research’, and former guest

editor in three academic journals.

De Witte is the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including the ‘2021 Pioneer

Award’ of KU Leuven (10,000 euro), the ‘2020 Laureate of the Academy’ award from the Royal

Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (10,000 euro) and the ‘2021 CELSA Service to

Society Award’ (honorific), two international prizes for his doctoral dissertation (Biennial "Edgard

Milhaud" Prize of CIRIEC – 10,000 euro; Annual “Hans-Jürgen-Ewers-Prize”– 2,500 euro), eight

paper prizes, an award for his undergraduate thesis, and an award at the end of secondary education.

De Witte was keynote speaker at 15 academic conferences. Under his supervision, 15 PhD’s were

successfully defended. He spent academic visits at, among others, Columbia University,

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung and Aston University. His Google Scholar citation

page counts more than 6,300 citations, an h-index of 43 and an i10-index of 88, while his

ResearchGate Interest Score amounts to 2,853. According to IDEAS (last 10 years publications

ranking), he is ranked among the top 5% economists world-wide.

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Research interests Economics of Education - Public Sector Efficiency - School dropout –

Political Economy - Non-parametric Production - Efficiency Analysis –

Financial Literacy

Personal Details Date of birth 08/06/1983 Nationality Belgian

Place of birth Bruges, Belgium Married and three children

Current and Previous Appointments 2022 - present KU Leuven, Belgium (1 fte)

Full Professor (Gewoon Hoogleraar) at Faculty of Economics and Business

Director of research center ‘Leuven Economics of Education Research’ ;

Coordination of Teacher Training Programme in Economics and Business for

higher secondary education.

2019 – present Maastricht University, the Netherlands (0.20 fte)

Chair in ‘Effectiveness and Efficiency of Educational Innovations’

Professor (Bijzonder hoogleraar) at United Nations University (UNU-

MERIT) – funded by Stichting Wetenschapsbeoefening Maastricht University

2021 – present Member ‘Child & Youth Institute’ – Interdisciplinary research Institute KU

Leuven

2019 – present Fellow of CESifo Network.

2017 – present Visting Fellow think tank ‘Itinera’

2018 - 2022 KU Leuven (1 fte) - Professor (Hoogleraar)

2017 – 2022 Affiliated researcher of the Finish VATT Institute for Economic Research

(http://vatt.fi/en/affiliated-researchers)

2015 – 2018 Professor at Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Maastricht Uni (0.20 fte)

2015 – 2019 Affiliate member of CESifo Network.

2014 - 2018 KU Leuven, Belgium (1 fte); Associate professor (Hoofddocent) at Faculty of

Economics and Business

Director of research center ‘Leuven Economics of Education Research’ ;

Coordination of Teacher Training Programme in Economics and Business for

higher secondary education.

2013 – 2015 Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Associate Professor at Faculty of Humanities and Sciences

2009 – 2014 University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Visiting Researcher at Amsterdam School of Economics – Faculty of

Economics and Business

2010 – 2014 KU Leuven, Belgium; Visiting Professor (Gastdocent) at FEB


Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) at TIER


Postdoc at Top Institute for Evidence Based Education Research

2009 – 2010 KU Leuven, Belgium

Lecturer (Plaatsvervangend docent) at Faculty of Economics and Business

2005 – 2009 KU Leuven, Belgium

Research Assistant at the Faculty of Economics and Business

Research Unit: Public Economics – Center for Economic Studies

http://vatt.fi/en/affiliated-researchers


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Awards Education 2.0: Outstanding Leadership Award – Honorific. Awarded for “academic excellence, and a

demonstrated history of exhibiting exceptional creativity when confronted with challenges and driving

innovations that have the potential to become standard industry practices.”. Awarded by the Education

2.0 Conference.

Best Paper Award - ‘8th International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public

Services’ for the paper ‘Impact evaluation in a multi-input multi-output setting: Evidence on the effect

of additional resources for schools’ (with Giovanna D’Inverno and Mike Smet) (September 2022) –

250 euro.

American Sociological Association - Family Section Article of the Year Award. This award

recognizes a journal article that has made a significant contribution to the field of family sociology. -

For the paper: Paper: Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Cabus, S. (2020). School Outcomes of Children

Raised in Same-Sex Families: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data. American Sociological

Review 85 (5). 830-856.

Top Cited Article British Educational Research Journal 2020-2021 - Awarded for Maldonado, J. and

De Witte, K. (2022). The effect of school closures on standardised student test outcomes. British

Educational Research Journal 48 (1), p. 49-94.

GSBE Fellowship – Graduate School of Business and Economics Maastricht University (2022-2025)

Top Cited Article Journal of Consumer Affairs 2020-2021 – Awarded for: De Beckker, K., De Witte,

K., and Van Campenhout, G. (2020). The Role of National Culture in Financial Literacy: Cross-

Country Evidence. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 54 (3), 912-930.

Nominated member of the ‘G53 Financial Literacy and Personal Finance Research Network’ (G53

Network), which connects top scholars around the world to facilitate the exchange of ideas, promotes

evidence-based research, and meets the growing urgency for data-driven solutions.

CELSA Service to Society Award 2021 – Honorific. “Awarded to performing way beyond his duties

in order to service community and mankind in general.”. Awarded by the CELSA consortium of

European universities working together on research and education.

Pioneer Award 2021 – Humanities and Social Sciences Group KU Leuven – 10 000 euro. “Awarded

to research that is scientifically innovative and opens a completely new avenue of research. The main

aim is to celebrate researchers who have ventured outside the confines of the established research in

their domain.”

Laureate of the Academy 2020 – Class Human Sciences – Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for

Science and the Arts – 10 000 euro. “The award is one of the most prestigious prizes awarded by the

Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for young, promising researchers (up to 40 years of age).”

James Coleman Award. Best Article Award by the American Sociological Association - Sociology of

Education Section. For the paper: Paper: Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Cabus, S. (2020). School

Outcomes of Children Raised in Same-Sex Families: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data.

American Sociological Review 85 (5). 830-856.

‘2020 ITOR Best Paper Award’ – Category Surveys and Tutorials – 500 dollar. For the paper: Narbon,

I. and De Witte, K. (2018). Local governments’ efficiency: a systematic literature review - Part 1.

International Transactions in Operational Research 25, p. 431–468.


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Highly influential article: “Received an extraordinary amount of attention”. Attention Score among the

top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric

(https://sage.altmetric.com/details/91354776#score); and ranked 7th out of all published articles in the

American Sociological Review overall. Paper: Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Cabus, S. (2020).

School Outcomes of Children Raised in Same-Sex Families: Evidence from Administrative Panel

Data. American Sociological Review 85 (5). 830-856.

‘Topic of the Month February 2020 in International Sociology’ for paper “Teachers’ and pupils’

perspectives on homosexuality. A comparative analysis across European countries” (with Kaat

Iterbeke and Oliver Holz).

Maria Jesús San Segundo Award (AEDE 2019) - Second Best Paper Award for the paper ‘Impact

evaluation in a multi-input multi-output setting: Evidence on the effect of additional resources for

schools’ (with Giovanna D’Inverno and Mike Smet) (June 2019) – 500 euro.

Poster competition prize at the ‘Atlantic Causal Inference Conference 2019’. Prize awarded to paper

‘Heterogeneous causal effects with imperfect compliance: a novel Bayesian machine learning

approach’ (with Falco Bargagli-Stoffi, Giorgio Gnecco) (May 2019) – 1250 CAD

Top downloaded article in 2017-2018, and in 2021 recognized as 4th most downloaded ITOR paper

ever with 12,667 downloads (over 1885 publications). For the paper ‘Local governments’ efficiency: a

systematic literature review - Part 1’ in International Transactions in Operational Research (with

Isabelle Narbon).

OECD’s Young Scholars for Better Statistics Award. Prize awarded to paper ‘The added value of

more accurate predictions for school rankings’ (with Fritz Schiltz, Paolo Sestito, Tommaso Agasisti)

(June 2018) – 500 euro.

Foundation P&V Prize for ‘Research on Integration of Young People Excluded by Early School

Leaving and Unemployment’. Prize awarded to paper ‘Does School Time Matter? On the impact of

compulsory education age on school dropout’ (with Sofie Cabus) (March 2013) – 1,500 euro

Hans-Jürgen-Ewers-Prize for applied research in Infrastructure Economics 2010. Awarded for doctoral

thesis - Berlin University of Technology – 2,500 euro

Edgard Milhaut prize. Awarded for doctoral thesis - CIRIEC (International Centre of Research and

Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy; Berlin 2010) – 10,000 euro

2005 prize of the ‘Belgisch Instituut voor Openbare Financiën’ (Belgian Institute of Public Finance)

for undergraduate (master) thesis (‘The productive efficiency of the Belgian drinking water sector’) –

1,500 euro

‘Rotary School Achievement Award Sint-Leo College Bruges’ (Bruges, 2001) for dedication to social

and intellectual life during secondary education – 150 euro

Editorial Boards

Associate Editor ‘International Transactions in Operational Research’ (2015 - …)

Guest Editor ‘Performance measurement and efficiency analysis’ (2019) with Laura Carosi, Anna

Camanho, Giovanna D’Inverno and Rossana Riccardi in ‘Decisions in Economics and Finance’.

https://www.asanet.org/publications/journals/annual-reports#ASR


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Guest Editor ‘Efficiency in Education, Health and Other Public Services’ (2020) with Tommaso

Agasisti, Geraint Johnes and Jill Johnes in ‘International Transactions in Operational Research’.

Guest Editor ‘Big data and the measurement of public organizations’ performance and efficiency: The

state-of-the-art” with Tommaso Agasisti in ‘Public Policy and Administration 32 (4)’ (2017).

Member of ‘International Advisory Board’ of International Journal of Productivity Management and

Assessment Technologies (2010 - 2016).

Academic Service European Commission Expert Group on quality investment in education and training (2021-…).

Providing support to authorities to make the best use of available funds through mutual learning and

the exchange of best practices regarding investment in education infrastructure.

Member of the ’G53 Financial Literacy and Personal Finance Research Network’

(www.g53network.org)

Vlaamse Brede Heroverweging (Flemish Board Review) - Beleidsdomein Onderwijs en Vorming:

Expert in evaluation of education spending (2021). Spending review of Flemish education funding.

Member of Scientific Committee of XXIX Meeting Economic of Education Association – July 2021;

Zaragoza – Spain.

President of the ‘Fund for Financial Literacy’ by King Baudouin Foundation (2020 - …).

Member of the Organising Committee of the ‘International Workshop on Efficiency in Education’

(2015 – Leuven; 2016 – Milan; 2017 – Budapest; 2018 – Huddersfield; 2019 – Barcelona; 2020 -

Moscow).

Scientific Committee for the Belgian Center for Financial Literacy Education (2017- …).

External member to the Advisory Committee (Beoordelingscommissie) of professor ‘Didactics in

Economics’ at Antwerp University (2017).

Member of Scientific Committee of DEA2017 conference, June 2017, Prague – Czech Republic.

Member of the ‘Peer Review Commission’ for Educational Portfolios for professors at KU Leuven

(2015- …)

Member of Scientific Committee of DEA2015 conference, August 2015, Braunschweig - Germany.

Organizer of teaching seminar series for faculty of Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven,

2014-2019.

Organizer of seminar series for new PhD students and assistants at Faculty of Economics and

Business, KU Leuven, 2012-…

Organizer of ‘LEER Workshop on Education Economics’, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

Leuven – Belgium.

Member of Organizing Committee of Conference ‘Education and Gender’, May 2014, Izmir – Turkey.


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Member of the Scientific Committee of the ‘Onderwijs Research Dagen 2014’, Groningen –

Netherlands.

Coordination University Teaching Qualification for Faculty of Humanities and Sciences (Maastricht

University; Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs BKO), 2012-2015.

Member of Scientific Committee of DEA2012 conference, August 2012, Natal – Brazil.

Young Researchers Academy of Maastricht University – Invitations to this academic community are

issued on the basis of the achievements of the researcher (2011 - 2016)

[http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main/Research/ResearchTraining/YoungResearchersAcademy.htm]

Chairman of Programme Committee (Opleidingscommissie) Master in Evidence Based Innovation in

Teaching (2010 - 2017)

Organization of annual ‘Workshop for economics teachers in secondary education’ (Studiedag Leraren

Economie) (2010 - )

Chairman of Programme Committee (Permanente Onderwijs Commissie) Specifieke Lerarenopleiding

Economie (teachers training programme in economics) (2015 - )

Elected representative of the associate and junior academic staff in the Academic Council, University

Council, Humanities and Social Sciences Executive Committee – KU Leuven (2008-2009)

Board of VAPL (Association for Academic Personnel KU Leuven) (2008-2009)

Member of the Department Board - Center for Economic Studies, KU Leuven (2007-2009)

Examination Ombudsperson – Master in Beleidseconomie (KU Leuven), 2005 – 2009

Competitive research funding

Horizon Europe RIA – DemoTrans: The Interchange between Democratic Institutions and the

Globalisation of the Economy (Project Coordinator, 2022-2026, 2.7m euro).

FWO senior Research Project - The long run impact of the COVID-19 school closures (Promotor,

2022-2026, grant G0D2722N, 396k euro).

Flemish Ministry of Employment – Who choses for dual learning? An application of behavioral

economics insights to education. (Promotor, 2020-2021; 90k euro).

Postdoctoral mandate (PDM) at KU Leuven for Giovanna D’Inverno (Promotor, 2021-2022)

FWO PhD fellowship fundamental research (Aspirant) for Francisco Pitthan (Promotor, 2020-2024)

CELSA University research grant – Collaborative Research on Political Economy with Prague

University – Transparency Reforms and the Allocation of Public Funds (Promotor, 2020-2022; 90k

euro)

Key Action 2 (KA2-project) - All Inc! Building LGBT+ friendly schools across Europe (Promotor,

2020-2023; grant 2020-1-NL01-KA201-064556; 449k euro)


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FWO Junior Research Project – The underlying mechanisms and the heterogeneity of school and

labour market outcomes (Promotor, 2020-2023, grant G067120N, 430k euro)

FWO postdoctoral fellowship for Deni Mazrekaj (Promotor, 2020-2023; 180k euro)

European Commission - UP4Diversity (Co-promotor, 2020-2022; 75k euro)

Flemish Ministry of Well-being, Public Health and Families – Research to the financial literacy

competences of people in poverty (Co-promotor, 2018-2019; 94k euro)

Baloise Insurance Chair to Financial Well-being (Promotor, 2019-2023, 276k euro)

Global Minds-programma KU Leuven - GATE: Global Academic Teacher Education Plus

(Interfaculty council for development cooperation; copromotor, 2020, 25k euro)

FWO PhD fellowship fundamental research (Aspirant) for Anna Mergoni (Promotor, 2019-2023)

Key Action 2 (KA2-project) - EUFin: Innovative integrated tools for financial literacy education

across Europe (European Commission - Strategic Partnerships for higher education – coordinator;

grant 2018-1-BE02-KA203-046843; 2018-2021; 443k euro)

Received “Erasmus+ Recognition as Good Practice Example”.

Internal funding KU Leuven (C2) - How management practices, scale economies, competition and

politics influence school district performance (KU Leuven – Promotor, 2018-2022, 323k euro).

FWO Postdoctoral Fellowship for Giovanna D’Inverno (Promotor, 2018-2021; 180k euro)

FWO research projects - The effect of donating firms to political parties on procurement contract

allocations. (Research Foundation Flanders FWO – promotor, 2018-2021, 223k euro)

KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access (for book publication – promotor, 2018, 5.5k euro)

Global Minds-programma KU Leuven - GATE: Global Academic Teacher Education (Interfaculty

council for development cooperation; copromotor, 2018, 30k euro)

Nationale Bank van België (finaliteitsfinanciering – Promotor, 2018-2019, 49k euro)

Syntra – Effectiveness and Efficiency of Entrepreneurial education (Syntra Vlaanderen, 2017-2018,

200k euro)

Strategic Basic Research - Financial Literacy @ School (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek –

project leader, 2017-2021; 1.24m euro)

German-speaking Community of Belgium - The design of school funding systems in primary,

secondary and special needs education (Project leader, 2017, 81k euro)

Wikifin Chair on Financial Literacy (FSMA – Financial Services and Markets Authority; 2016-2020;

200k euro)

Transitiefonds Lerarenopleidingen - Naar een geïntegreerd organisatiemodel voor lerarenopleidingen

met meerdere aanbieders (Governance structure for teacher training programs) (Flemish ministry of

Education – Promotor, 2017; 198k euro)

Perspective.Brussels – Truancy and early school leaving in Brussels (promotor, 2017, 100k euro)


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Key Action 2 (KA2-project) - Homo’poly (European Commission - Strategic Partnerships for higher

education - coordinator, grant 2016-1-NL01-KA203-022893; 2016-2019; 394k euro)

Received “Erasmus+ Recognition as Good Practice Example”.

FWO Fellowship (Aspirant) for Deni Mazrekaj (Promotor, 2016-2020; 195k euro)

Flemish Ministry of Education - Steunpunt voor Onderwijsonderzoek SONO (Co-promotor, 2016-

2020; 308k euro)

Cedefob - Statistical services for data monitoring, analysis and reporting in the fields of VET,

lifelong learning and skills (co-promotor, 2016-2020, 600k euro)

Viona ‘Leerrendement van opleidingen in het beleidsdomein Werk: een conceptuele analyse en

ontwikkeling van een meetsysteem’ (co-promotor, 2016, 66k euro)

Horizon 2020 – EDEN: Economics of Education Network - Twinning project with KU Leuven,

Maastricht University, Politecnico di Milano and University of Budapest (grant 691676 - 01-01-2016

– 31-12-2018; 681k euro).

Received recognition as “NCP_wide.net 2021 Success Story”

O&O – Onderzoek naar organisatievormen van schoolbesturen en hun impact op het beleidsvoerend

vermogen op scholen (Promotor, 2015-2017, 164k euro)

Nationaal Regie Orgaan Onderwijsonderzoek – Doorstroom beroepsonderwijs naar hoger onderwijs

(co-promotor, 2015-2019; 495k euro)

School of Education – Binnenklasdifferentiatie voor en door studenten in de lerarenopleiding (Co-

promotor, 2014-2016; 150k euro)

OBPWO – Evaluatieonderzoek decreet leren en werken. Flemish Ministry of Education (Co-promotor,

2014; 220k euro).

The efficiency and effectiveness of Computer-Assisted instruction in math education. Dutch Ministry

of Education, Culture and Science (Promotor, 2013-2014; 40k euro)

Expert for ‘Review Commission Dutch Higher Education’ (www.rcho.nl). Detachment to Dutch

Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences to analyse performance based funding in higher education

(2011- 2016; 200k euro).

Life long learning - Education and Gender - www.education-and-gender.eu (Comenius funding

European Commission - 518097-LLP-1-2011-BE-COMENIUS-CMP – Co-promotor, 1/10/2011-

30/09/2014; 383k euro)

Effect of school closures in city of Amsterdam (project for Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and

Sciences – Promotor, 2011; 25k euro).

Levenslang leren, Blended werktrajecten en multicampusonderwijs – ‘Life long learning, blended

learning and multicampus education’ (project for Onderwijsontwikkelingsfonds Associatie KU

Leuven -- Co-promotor, 2011; 130k euro)

Evaluation of active truancy policy on early school leaving (project for Limburgs Voortgezet

Onderwijs – Promotor, 2011; 10k euro)

Influence of selective migration on educational attainments (project for Municipality of Almere –

Promotor, 2011; 25k euro)

http://www.education-and-gender.eu/


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Influence of selective migration on labour market outcomes (project for Province of Flevoland –

Promotor, 2010; 25k euro)


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Q1-Publications1

1. Mergoni, A. and De Witte, K. (2022). Estimating the Causal Impact of an Intervention on

Efficiency in a Dynamic Setting. Journal of the Operational Research Society. In Press

2. Ansyari, F., Groot, W. and De Witte, K. (2022). Teachers’ preferences for online professional

development: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment. Teaching and Teacher Education 119,

p. 1-13.

3. Ansyari, F., Groot, W. and De Witte, K. (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of data

use professional development interventions. Journal of Professional Capital & Community 7 (3),

P. 256-289.

4. Palmaccio, S. , Schiltz, F. and De Witte, K. (2022). Information shocks and parental response in

education. A case study of an open government initiative. Government Information Quarterly 39

(3), 101702, p. 1-26. (also Department of Economics KU Leuven Discussion Paper Series 22.02.

pp. 60)

5. Maldonado, J. and De Witte, K. (2022). The effect of school closures on standardised student test

outcomes. British Educational Research Journal 48 (1), p. 49-94. (also Department of Economics

KU Leuven Discussion Paper Series 20.17. pp. 49)

6. Titl, V. and De Witte, K. (2022). How Politics Influence Public Good Provision. Socio-Economic

Planning Sciences 81 (10100) – p. 1-12.

7. D’Inverno, G., Moesen, W. and De Witte, K. (2022). Local government size and service level

provision. Evidence from conditional non-parametric analysis. Socio-Economic Planning

Sciences 81 (100917), p. 1-15.

8. Iterbeke, K., Schelfhout, W. and De Witte, K. (2022). The Role of Students’ Interests during

Computer-Assisted Learning: A Field Experiment. Computers in Human Behavior 130 (107168),

p. 1-17.

9. Mazrekaj, D., Triebs, T. and De Witte, K. (2022). Mind the Gap: Measuring Academic

Underachievement Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis. Exceptional Children 88 (4), 442-459.

10. Schiltz. F. and De Witte, K. (2022). Sugar Rush or Sugar Crash? Experimental Evidence on the

Impact of Sugary Drinks in the Classroom. Health Economics 31 (1), p. 215-232. (also

Department of Economics KU Leuven Discussion Paper Series 21.11. pp. 40).

11. Iterbeke, K. and De Witte, K. (2022). Helpful or Harmful? The Role of Personality Traits in

Student Experiences of the COVID-19 Crisis and School Closure. Personality and Social

Psychology Bulletin. In Press. (also Department of Economics KU Leuven Discussion Paper

Series 20.19. pp. 30.

12. Compen, B., Pitthan, F., Schelhout, W. and De Witte, K. (2022). How to elicit and cease herding

behaviour? On the effectiveness of a warning message as a debiasing decision support system.

Decision Support Systems 152 (113652), p. 1-10.

1 Publications in a first quartile (top 25%) ranked journal, source: Scimago SJR.


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13. Bargagli Stoffi, F., Gnecco, G. and De Witte, K. (2021). Heterogeneous causal effects with

imperfect compliance: a Bayesian machine learning approach. Annals of Applied Statistics 16 (3),

1986-2009.

14. Titl, V., De Witte, K., and Geys, B. (2021). Political Donations, Public Procurement and

Government. World Development 148, p. 1- 11.

15. Soncin, M. and De Witte, K. (2021). Do international classes pay off? A cost-benefit analysis of

the internationalisation of higher education in Flanders. Higher Education 82, p. 459-476. (also

Department of Economics KU Leuven Discussion Paper Series 21.08. pp. 41). Impact of the

paper: developed indicator of ‘stay rate’ is currently used by Flemish Ministry of Science and

Innovation.

16. De Beckker, K., De Witte, K. and Van Campenhout, G. (2021). The effect of financial education

on students’ consumer choices: Evidence from a randomized experiment. Journal Of Economic

Behavior & Organization, 188, p. 962-976.

17. Mergoni, A. and De Witte, K. (2021). Policy Evaluation and Efficiency: a Systematic Literature

Review. International Transactions in Operational Research 29, 1337-1359.

18. D’Inverno, De Witte, K. and Smet, M. (2021). Impact evaluation in a multi-input multi-output

setting: Evidence on the effect of additional resources for schools. European Journal of

Operational Research 290 (3), p. 1111-1124. (received Best Paper Award)

19. Iterbeke, K., De Witte, K, and Schelfhout, W. (2021). The effects of computer-assisted adaptive

instruction and elaborated feedback on learning outcomes. A randomized control trial. Computers

in Human Behavior 106666, p. 1-19. (also KU Leuven Discussion Paper Series DPS20.20)

20. Compen, B., Schelfhout, W. and De Witte, K. (2021). The impact of teacher engagement in an

interactive webinar series on the effectiveness of financial literacy education. British Journal of

Educational Technology 52 (1), 411-425.

21. Bayon-Calvo, S., Corrales-Herrero, H. and De Witte, K. (2020). Assessing regional performance

against early school leaving in Spain. International Journal of Educational Research 99, 101515,

p. 1-13.

22. Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Cabus, S. (2020). School Outcomes of Children Raised in Same-

Sex Families: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data. American Sociological Review 85 (5),

830-856.

23. Ansyari, F., Groot, W. and De Witte, K. (2020). Tracking the process of data use professional

development interventions for instructional improvement: A systematic literature review.

Educational Research Review 31 (100362), p1-18.

24. De Beckker, K., De Witte, K., and Van Campenhout, G. (2020). The Role of National Culture in

Financial Literacy: Cross-Country Evidence. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 54 (3), 912-930.

25. Iterbeke, K., De Witte, K., Declercq, K. and Schelfhout, W. (2020). The Effect of Group

Formation and Differentiated Instruction in Financial Literacy Education. Evidence from Two

Randomised Control Trials. Economics of Education Review 78 (2020), 101949.

26. D’Inverno, G. and De Witte, K. (2020). Service level provision in municipalities: A flexible

directional distance composite indicator. European Journal of Operational Research 286 (3), pp.

1129-1141. (also KU Leuven Discussion Paper Series DPS20.11)


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27. Mazrekaj, D., & De Witte, K. (2020). The effect of modular education on school dropout. British

Educational Research Journal 46 (1), 92-121.

28. Schiltz, F., De Witte, K. and Mazrekaj, D. (2019). Managerial Efficiency and Efficiency

Differentials in Adult Education: A Conditional and Bias-Corrected Efficiency Analysis. Annals

of Operations Research 288, pp. 529-546.

29. Schiltz, F., Mazrekaj, D., Horn, D. and De Witte, K. (2019). Does It Matter When Your Smartest

Peers Leave Your Class? Evidence from Hungary. Labour Economics 59, pp. 79-91.

30. Momo, M., Cabus, S., Groot, W., Rud, I. and De Witte, K. (2019). The Relationship between

Contextual Characteristics and the Intergenerational Correlation of Education in Developing

Countries. International Journal of Educational Development 66, 173-183.

31. Cherchye, L., De Witte, K. and Perelman, S. (2019), A Unified Productivity-Performance

Approach Applied to Secondary Schools. Journal of the Operational Research Society 70 (9),

1522-1537.

32. Compen, B., De Witte, K., and Schelfhout, W. (2019). The Role of Teacher Professional

Development in Financial Literacy Education: A Systematic Literature Review. Educational

Research Review 26, 16-31.

33. Schiltz, F., Sestito, P., Agasisti, T., and De Witte, K. (2018). The added value of more accurate

predictions for school rankings. Economics of Education Review 67, 207-215.

34. De Witte, K., Geys, B. and Lauritz Schönhage, N.L. (2018). Strategic Public Policy around

Population Thresholds. Journal of Urban Economics. 106, p. 46-58.

35. De Witte, K. and Schiltz, F. (2018). Measuring and explaining organizational effectiveness of

school districts: Evidence from a robust and conditional Benefit-of-the-Doubt approach.

European Journal of Operational Research 267 (3), 1172-1181.

36. Narbon, I. and De Witte, K. (2018). Local governments’ efficiency: a systematic literature review

- Part 1. International Transactions in Operational Research 25, p. 431–468.

37. Narbon, I. and De Witte, K. (2018). Local governments’ efficiency: a systematic literature review

- Part 2. International Transactions in Operational Research 25, 1107-1136.

38. Schiltz, F. and De Witte, K. (2017). Estimating scale economies and the optimal size of school

districts. A flexible form approach. British Educational Research Journal 43 (6), 1048-1067.

39. Minviel, J.J. and De Witte, K. (2017). The influence of public subsidies on farm technical

efficiency: A robust conditional nonparametric approach. European Journal of Operational

Research. 259 (3), p. 1112-1120.

40. Rogge, N., Agasisti, T. and De Witte, K. (2017). Big data and the measurement of public

organizations’ performance and efficiency: The state-of-the-art. Public Policy and Administration

32 (4), Lead article, 263-281.

41. Sneyers, E. and De Witte, K. (2017). The interaction between dropout, graduation rates and

quality ratings in universities. Journal of the Operational Research Society 68(4), 416-430.

42. Sneyers, E. and De Witte, K. (2017). The effect of an academic dismissal policy on dropout,

graduation rates and student satisfaction. Evidence from the Netherlands. Studies in Higher

Education, 42 (2), 354-389.


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43. De Witte, K. and Lopez-Torres, L. (2017). Efficiency in Education. A review of literature and a

way forward. Journal of Operational Research Society 68 (4), 339-363.

44. Haelermans, C. and K. De Witte (2015). Does residential social mobility improve educational

outcomes? Evidence from the Netherlands. Social Science Research 52, p. 351-369.

45. Balezentis, T. and De Witte, K. (2015). One- and multi-directional conditional efficiency

measurement - Efficiency in Lithuanian Family Farms. European Journal of Operational

Research 245 (2), 612-622.

46. De Witte, K., Van Klaveren, C. and Smets, A. (2015). Can cities be held responsible for early

school leaving? Evidence from the Netherlands. Policy Studies 36 (2), 217-239.

47. De Witte, K., Haelermans, C. and Rogge, N. (2015). The effectiveness of a computer-assisted

math learning program. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 31 (4), 314-329.

48. De Witte, K., Geys, B., and Solondz, C. (2014). Public Expenditures, Educational Outcomes and

Grade Inflation: Theory and Evidence from a Policy Intervention in the Netherlands. Economics

of Education Review. 40, 152–166.

49. Cherchye, L., Demuynck, T., De Rock, B. and De Witte, K. (2014). Nonparametric Analysis of

Multi-Output Production with Joint Inputs. The Economic Journal 124 (577), 735-775.

50. De Witte, K. and Rogge, N. (2014). Does ICT matter for effectiveness and efficiency in

mathematics education? Computers & Education 75, 173-184.

51. De Witte, K., Rogge, N., Cherchye, L. and Van Puyenbroeck, T. (2013), Economies of scope in

research and teaching: a non-parametric investigation. Omega – International Journal of

Management science 41, 305-314.

52. De Witte, K., Cabus, S., Thyssen, G., Groot, W. and Maassen van den Brink, H. (2013). A

Critical Review of the Literature on School Dropout. Educational Research Review 10 (1), 13-28.

53. De Witte, K. and Hudrlikova, L. (2013). What about excellence in teaching? A benevolent

ranking of universities. Scientometrics 96 (1), 337-364.

54. De Witte, K. and Geys, B. (2013). Citizen Coproduction and Efficient Public Good Provision:

Theory and Evidence from Local Public Libraries. European Journal of Operational Research

224, 592-602.

55. De Witte, K., Rogge, N., Cherchye, L. and Van Puyenbroeck, T. (2013), Accounting for

economies of scope in performance evaluations of university professors. Journal of the

Operational Research Society 64, 1595-1606.

56. Haelermans, C. and De Witte, K. (2012). The role of innovations in secondary school efficiency –

Evidence from a conditional efficiency model. European Journal of Operational Research 223,

541-549.

57. Haelermans, C., De Witte, K. and Blank, J. (2012), On the allocation of resources for secondary

education schools. Economics of Education Review 1 (5), 575-586.

58. Mbuvi, D., De Witte, K. and Perelman, S. (2012), Urban water sector performance in Africa: A

Stepwise bias-corrected efficiency and effectiveness. Utilities Policy, 22, 31-40.


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59. De Witte, K. and Rogge, N. (2012), Dropout from secondary education: all's well that begins

well. European Journal of Education 47 (4), 131-149.

60. De Witte, K. and Marques, R. (2012), Gaming in a benchmarking environment. A non-parametric

analysis of benchmarking in the water sector. Water Policy 14, 45-66.

61. Cabus, S. and De Witte, K. (2011), Does School Time Matter? On the impact of compulsory

education age on school dropout. Economics of Education Review 30, 1384-1398.

62. De Witte, K. and Geys, B. (2011), Evaluating Efficient Public Good Provision: Theory and

Evidence from a Generalised Conditional Efficiency Model for Public Libraries. Journal of

Urban Economics 69 (3), 319-327.

63. De Witte, K. and Rogge, N. (2011), Accounting for exogenous influences in performance

evaluations of teachers. Economics of Education Review 30(4), 641-653.

64. De Witte, K. and Rogge, N. (2010), To publish or not to publish? On the aggregation and drivers

of research performance. Scientometrics 85 (3), 657-680.

65. Emrouznejad, A. and De Witte, K. (2010), COOPER-framework: A Unified Standard Process for

Non-parametric Projects. European Journal of Operational Research 207 (3), 1573-1586.

66. De Witte, K. and Moesen, W. (2010), Sizing the Government. Public Choice 145 (1), 39-55.

67. Cherchye, L., De Witte, K., Ooghe, E. and Nicaise, I. (2010), Equity and Efficiency in Private

and Public Education: a nonparametric comparison. European Journal of Operational Research

202 (2), 563-573.

68. De Witte, K., Thanassoulis, E., Simpson, G., Battisti, G. and Charlesworth-May, A. (2010),

Assessing pupil and school performance by non-parametric and parametric techniques. Journal of

the Operational Research Society 61, 1224-1237.

69. De Witte, K. and Marques, R. (2010), Towards a benchmarking paradigm in the water and

sewerage services. Public Money and Management 30 (10), 42-48.

70. Simoes, P., De Witte, K. and Marques, R. (2010), Regulatory Structures and Operational

Environment in the Portuguese Waste Sector. Waste Management 30 (6), 1130-1137.

71. De Witte, K. and Dijkgraaf, E. (2010), Mean and bold? On separating merger economies from

structural efficiency gains in the drinking water sector. Journal of the Operational Research

Society 61, 222-234.

Publications in Field Journals (peer-reviewed IT journals)

1. Cannistrà, M., Agasisti, T., Amagir, A., Pöder, K., Holz, O., Vartiak, L. and De Witte, K. (2022).

A comparative analysis of financial literacy levels and initiatives among students in five

European countries. Research in Comparative and International Education 17 (2) p. 246- 280. –

Q2 journal.

2. Compen, B., De Witte, K., Declercq, K. and Schelfhout, W. (2022). Improving students’ financial

literacy by training teachers using an online professional development module. Education

Economics. In Press. – Q2 journal.


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3. Maldonado, J., De Witte, K., and Declercq, K. (2022). The Effects of Parental Involvement in

Homework - Two Randomised Controlled Trials in Financial Education. Empirical Economics

62, 1439-1646. – Q2 journal

4. Maldonado, J., and De Witte, K. (2021). The Impact of Information Provision to Parents:

Experimental Evidence on Student Outcomes. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance

31, p. 1-10. - Q2 journal.

5. Pitthan, F. and De Witte, K. (2021). Puzzles of Insurance Demand and its Biases A survey on the

Role of Behavioural Biases and Financial Literacy on Insurance Demand. Journal of Behavioral

and Experimental Finance 30 (100471), p. 1-8. – Q2 journal

6. Badunenko, O., Mazrekaj, D., Kumbhakar, S. and De Witte, K. (2021). Persistent and Transient

Inefficiency in Adult Education. Empirical Economics 60, 2925-2942. – Q2 journal

7. Graziosi, G., Sneyers, E., Agasisti, T., and De Witte, K. (2021). Can Grants Affect Student

Performance? Evidence from Five Italian Universities. Journal of Higher Education Policy and

Management 43 (1), 24-48. – Q2 journal

8. Muyters, G., Broucker, B. and De Witte, K. (2021). On Higher Education’s Complexities and the

Potential of Network Governance. A Case Study. International Journal of Public Administration

45 (2), 198-212. – Q2 journal

9. Carosi, L., Camanho, A., D’Inverno, G., De Witte, K., Riccardi, R. (2020). Preface to the special

issue on performance measurement and efficiency analysis—theory and practice. Decisions in

Economics and Finance 43, p. 409-412. – Q3 journal

10. De Beckker, K., De Witte, K., and Van Campenhout, G. (2019). Identifying financially illiterate

groups: An international comparison. International Journal of Consumer Studies 43(5), 490–501.

– Q2 journal

11. Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Vansteenkiste, S. (2019). Labour Market Consequences of a High

School Diploma. Applied Economics 51 (21), 2313-2325. – Q2 journal

12. De Witte, K., Iterbeke, K. and Holz, O. (2019). Teachers’ and pupils’ perspectives on

homosexuality. A comparative analysis across European countries. International Sociology 34

(4), 471-519. – Q2 journal

13. Momo, M., Cabus, S., Groot, W. and De Witte, K. (2019). A Systematic Review of the Literature

on the Causes of Early School Leaving in Africa and Asia. Review of Education 7(3), 496-522.

14. Sneyers, E. and De Witte, K. (2018). Interventions in higher education and their effect on student

success: a meta-analysis. Educational Review 70 (2), p. 208-228. – Q2 journal

15. Okatsara, R. and De Witte, K. (2019). How to use Socratic questioning in order to promote adults'

self-directed learning. Studies in the Education of Adults 51 (1), 109-129. – Q2 journal

16. Widiputera, F., De Witte, K., Groot, W. and Maassen van den Brink, H. (2017). The

Attractiveness of Programs in Higher Education: An Empirical Approach. European Journal of

Higher Education 7 (2), p. 153-172. – Q2 journal

17. Kourtesi, S., De Witte, K. and Polymeros, A. (2017). Technical Efficiency in the Agricultural

Sector - Evidence from a Conditional Quantile-Based Approach. Agricultural Economics Review

17(2), 100-123. – Q3 journal


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18. De Witte, K. and Rogge, N. (2016). Problem-based learning in secondary education: Evaluation

by an experiment. Education Economics 24 (1), 58-83. – Q3 journal

19. Cabus, S. and De Witte, K. (2016). Why do Students Leave Education Early? - Theory and

Evidence on high school dropout rates. Journal of Forecasting 35, 690-702. – Q2 journal

20. Cabus, S. and De Witte, K. (2015). Does Unauthorized School Absenteeism Accelerates the

Dropout Decision? -- Evidence from a Bayesian Duration Model. Applied Economics Letters 22

(4), p. 266-271. – Q3 journal

21. Cabus, S. and De Witte, K. (2015). The Effectiveness of Active School Attendance Interventions

to Tackle Dropout in Secondary Schools -- A Dutch Pilot Case. Empirical Economics 49 (1), p

65-80. – Q2 journal

22. Asatryan, Z. and De Witte, K. (2015). Direct democracy and local government efficiency.

European Journal of Political Economy 39, 58-66. – Q2 journal

23. Van Klaveren, C. and De Witte, K. (2015). Football to Improve Math and Reading Performance.

Education Economics 23 (5), 577-595. – Q2 journal

24. De Witte, K. and C. Van Klaveren (2014). The influence of closing poor performing primary

schools on the educational attainment of students. Educational Research and Evaluation 20 (4),

290-307. – Q2 journal

25. Van Klaveren, C. and De Witte, K. (2014), How are teachers teaching? A nonparametric

approach. Education Economics 22 (1), (Lead article) 3-23. – Q2 journal

26. De Witte, K. and M. Csillag (2014), Does anybody notice? On the impact of improved truancy

reporting on school dropout. Education Economics 22 (6), p. 549-569. – Q2 journal

27. De Witte, K., Nicaise, I., Lavrijsen, J., Van Landeghem, G., Lamote, C. and Van Damme, J.

(2013). The impact of institutional context, education and labour market policies on early school

leaving: a comparative analysis of EU countries. European Journal of Education 48 (3). 331-345.

– Q2 journal

28. De Witte, K. and Cabus, S. (2013), Dropout prevention measures in the Netherlands, an

evaluation. Educational Review 65 (2), 155-176. – Q2 journal

29. De Witte, K. and Kortelainen, M. (2013), What Explains Performance of Students in a

Heterogeneous Environment? Conditional Efficiency Estimation with Continuous and Discrete

Environmental Variables. Applied Economics 45(17). 2401-2412. – Q2 journal

30. Cabus, S. and De Witte, K. (2012), Naming and shaming in a fair way. On disentangling the

influence of policy in observed outcomes. Journal of Policy Modeling 34, 767-787. – Q2 journal

31. De Witte, K. and Van Klaveren, C. (2012), Comparing students by a matching analysis – on early

school leaving in Dutch cities. Applied Economics 44 (28), 3679-3690. – Q2 journal

32. Marques, R. and De Witte, K. (2011), Is big better? On scale and scope economies in the

Portuguese water sector. Economic Modelling 28 (11), 1009-1016. – Q2 journal

33. De Witte, K. and Marques, R. (2011), Big and beautiful? On non-parametrically measuring scale

economies in non-convex technologies. Journal of Productivity Analysis 35 (3), 213-226. – Q2

journal


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34. De Witte, K. and Marques, R. (2010), Incorporating heterogeneity in non-parametric models: a

methodological comparison. International Journal of Operational Research 9 (2), 188-204. – Q3

journal

35. De Witte, K. and Marques, R. (2010), Influential observations in frontier models, a robust non-

oriented approach to the water sector. Annals of Operations Research 181 (1), 377-392. – Q2

journal

36. De Witte, K. and Saal, D. (2010), Is a little sunshine all we need? On the impact of sunshine

regulation on profits, productivity and prices in the Dutch drinking water sector. Journal of

Regulatory Economics 37 (3), 219-242. – Q2 journal

37. De Witte, K. and Marques, R. (2009), Designing performance incentives, an international

benchmark study in the water sector. Central European Journal of Operations Research 18 (2),

189-220. – Q2 journal

38. Adriaen, M., De Witte, K. and Simoens, S. (2008), Pricing strategies of originator and generic

medicines following patent expiry in Belgium. Journal of Generic Medicines 5 (3), 175-187. –

Q3 journal

Working Papers

Pitthan, F. and De Witte, K. (2022). Improving financial literacy by mitigating behavioural biases: A

causal mediation analysis on the effects of behavioural-based financial education. G53 Network

Working Paper Series 2022-2. Pp. 38.

Gambi, L. and De Witte, K. (2021). The resiliency of school outcomes after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Standardised test scores and inequality one year after long term school closures. Department of

Economics Discussion Paper Series DPS21.12, pp. 50.

Stoffi, F. J. B., De Beckker, K., Maldonado, J. E., and De Witte, K. (2021). Assessing Sensitivity of

Machine Learning Predictions. A Novel Toolbox with an Application to Financial Literacy. arXiv

preprint arXiv:2102.04382.

Bargagli-Stoffi, F. J., De Witte, K., & Gnecco, G. (2019). Heterogeneous causal effects with imperfect

compliance: a novel Bayesian machine learning approach. arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.12707.

Hindryckx, J. and De Witte, K. (2015). The influence of the learning environment on course

efficiency. Evidence from Flanders. TIER Working paper 2015/04. Pp. 25.

De Witte, K., Groot, W. and Maassen van den Brink, H. (2014). The effectiveness of a computer

assisted method to enhance learning – A randomized experiment. TIER Working paper Series 14/29.

Pp. 26.

De Witte, K., Bezuijen, D., Kruis, R., and Haelermans, C. (2014). Can ICT reduce teacher shortages?

A mixed methods design. TIER Working Paper Series. Pp. 23. Mimeo.

Ong, C. and De Witte, K. (2014). School choice, Segregation and forced school closure. UNU-Merit

Working Paper Series 2014-008. Pp. 37.

Ong, C. and De Witte, K. (2013). The influence of ethnic segregation and school mobility in primary

education on high school dropout – Evidence from regression discontinuity at a contextual tipping

point. UNU-Merit Working Paper Series 2013-064. Pp. 35.


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Ong, C. and De Witte, K. (2013). Ethnic segregation and heterogeneous preferences of homeowners

for housing and neighbourhood characteristics. Evidence from the Netherlands. UNU-Merit Working

Paper Series 2013-061. Pp. 43.

Cabus, S. and K. De Witte (2013). Why do students leave education early? Theory and evidence on

high school dropout rates. TIER WP 13/01, pp. 24.

Book (Chapters)

1. De Witte, K., Geunis, L. and Holz, O. (2022). “A little Respect? LGBT+ Perspectives on Education

From Across Europe”. Waxmann Germany. Pp. 224. ISBN 978-3-8309-4561-1.

2. Chénier, M.A., Maldonado, J. and De Witte, K. (2021). Die Auswirkung von Schulschließungen

auf standardisierte Testergebnisse. In Dohmen, D. and Hurrelmann, K. (Eds.) Generation Corona?

Wie Jugendliche durch die Pandemie benachteiligt warden. Beltz Juventa. ISBN 9783779965466.

Pp. 149-164.

Reprinted as: Chénier, M.A., Maldonado, J. and De Witte, K. (2021). De invloed van extra

schoolsluitingsdagen op gestandaardiseerde testscores in het zesde leerjaar. Over.Werk

2021/1. p.61-70.

3. Smet, M., D’Invero, G., Tierens, H., Bargagli, S. and De Witte, K. (2021). De effectiviteit van het

GOK-beleid. In De Vos, G. and Tuytens, M. (Eds.). Verschillen in onderwijs – Streven naar

excellentie en gelijke onderwijskansen. Politeia. ISBN 9782509038692. Pp. 255-276.

4. Verhaest, D., Neyt, B., Tobback, I., Baert, S. and De Witte, K. (2020). Werkplekleren in het

secundair onderwijs. Gevolgen voor de arbeids- en onderwijsloopbanen van leerlingen. In G.

Devos en M. Tuytens (Eds.). Verschillen in onderwijs. Streven naar excellentie en gelijke

onderwijskansen. Politeia. ISBN 9782509038692. pp. 80-97.

5. Schelfhout, W. and De Witte, K. (2020). Economisch-financiële educatie binnen PAV. In Placké, I.

and Van Cauteren, C. (Eds). Vakdidactiek PAV – Leren in Samenhang. ISBN 9789463798655. Pp.

192-216.

6. De Witte, K., Holz, O., and De Beckker, K. (2020). Financial education – Current practices and

future challenges. Waxmann Münster – New York. ISBN 978-3-8309-4063-0. Pp. 193.

7. De Witte, K., Titl, V., Holz, O., and Smet, M. (2019). Financing Quality Education for All – The

funding methods of compulsory and special needs education. Leuven University Press, Leuven.

ISBN 9789461663016. Pp. 164.

Annotated as: De Witte, K., Vitezslav, T., Holz, O. and Smet, M. (2021). Financing Quality

Education for All: The Funding Methods of Compulsory and Special Needs Publication. –

Annotated Listing of New Books. Journal of Economic Literature 59(1), p. 333-334.

8. De Witte, K. and Ooghe, E. (2019). De Verdeling en aanwending van de middelen: efficiënt,

rechtvaardig en verantwoordbaar? In Vlaamse Onderwijsraad (Ed.) Spots op onderwijs –

Wetenschappers voor het voetlicht. ISBN 9789401460705. pp. 67-81.

9. Verhaest, D. Baert, S., De Rick, K., De Witte, K., Laurijssen, I., Smet, M. and Tobback, I. (2018).

Duaal leren in Vlaanderen: kansen en gevaren. Skribis. ISBN 9789492944405. Pp. 84.

10. De Witte, K. and Hindriks, J. (Eds.) (2018). De (her)vormende school. Itinera Institute – Skribis.

ISBN 9789492944207. Pp. 248.


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Reprinted as: De Witte, K. and Hindriks, J. (Eds.) (2018). L’école du renouveau. Itinera

Institute – Skribis. ISBN 9789492944214. Pp. 250.

11. De Witte, K., Holz, O. and Geunis, L. (Eds.) (2018). Somewhere over the rainbow – Discussions

on homosexuality in education across Europe. Waxmann. ISBN 978-3-8309-3747-0. Pp. 168.

12. De Witte, K., Holz, O. and Geunis, L. (2018). Coming out. A Comparative Analysis of Pupils’,

Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives in Eight European Countries. P. 11-29. In De Witte, K., Holz,

O. and Geunis, L. (Eds.) (2018). Somewhere over the rainbow – Discussions on homosexuality in

education across Europe. Waxmann. ISBN 978-3-8309-3747-0. Pp. 168.

13. De Witte, K., and Tomini, F. (2017). Inequality and education: education as a cure for

disadvantage. In Johnes, G., Johnes, J., Agasisti, T., and López-Torres, L. (Eds.). Handbook of

Contemporary Education Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing.

14. De Witte, K. and Hindriks, J. (Eds.) (2017). De Geslaagde School. Itinera Institute – Skribis. ISBN

9789073626553. Pp. 206.

Reprinted as: De Witte, K. and Hindriks, J. (Eds.) (2017). L’Ecole de la réussite. Itinera

Institute – Skribis. ISBN 9789073626560. Pp. 206.

15. Vanthienen, J. and De Witte, K. (Eds.) (2017). Data Analytics Applications in Education. Taylor

and Francis. ISBN 978-14-9876-927-3. Pp. 276.

16. De Smedt, J., Vanden Broucke, S., Vanthienen, J. and De Witte, K. (2017). Improved Student

Feedback with Process and Data Analytics. P. 11-37. In Vanthienen, J. and De Witte, K. (Eds.)

(2017). Data Analytics Applications in Education. Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-14-9876-927-3.

Pp. 276.

17. De Witte, K., Graziosi, G. and Hindryckx, J. (2017). The Use of Educational Data Mining

Procedures to Assess Students’ Performance in a Bayesian Framework. P. 161-180. In Vanthienen,

J. and De Witte, K. (Eds.) (2017). Data Analytics Applications in Education. Taylor and Francis.

ISBN 978-14-9876-927-3. Pp. 276.

18. Castelein, E., Coens, J., De Witte, K., Houben, A., Lauwers, W., Segers, J. and Van den Branden,

K. (2016). Binnenklasdifferentiatie, een beroepshouding, geen recept. Acco Leuven – Den Haag.

ISBN 978-94-6292-560-1. Pp. 152.

19. Thanassoulis, E., De Witte, K., Johnes, J., Johnes, G., Karagiannis, G. and Portela, C.S. (2016).

Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis in Education. In (Ed.) Zhu, J., Data Envelopment

Analysis - A Handbook of Empirical Studies and Applications. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4899-7682-

6. pp. 367-439.

20. De Witte, K. and Schelfhout, W. (2015). Vakdidactiek Economie. Lannoo Campus. ISBN 978-94-

014-2806-4, Pp. 338.

a. Second reprint: August 2021

b. Third reprint: July 2022

21. De Witte, K. (Eds.) (2015). Contemporary Economic Perspectives in Education. Leuven

Universitaire Pers, Leuven. ISBN 978-94-6270-025-3, pp. 126.

22. De Witte, K. and Holz, O. (2015). The Causal Effect of Single-Sex Education versus Coeducation

on Motivation and Educational Attainments. Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in

Secondary Education. P. 53-75. In De Witte, K. (Ed.). Contemporary Economic Perspectives in

Education. Leuven Universitaire Pers, Leuven. ISBN 978-94-6270-025-3, pp. 126.


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23. De Witte, K. and Oliver, H. (2014). The effect of single-sex education on motivation. Evidence

from a randomized experiment in secondary education. In Jarecka-Zyluk, M. and Holz, O. (Eds.),

Gender and Education from Different Angles. Lit Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Wien, Zürich. ISBN

978-3-643-90519-2, p. 125-138.

24. De Witte, K. (2013). Early School Leaving – Suggestions from the literature for Wallonia,

Brussels and Flanders. In Maystad, P., Cantillon, E., Denayer, L., Pestieau, P., Van der Linden, B.

and Cattelain, M. (Eds.), Le modèle social belge: quel avenir? 20e Congrès des économistes belges

de langue française. Presses Interuniversitaires de Charleroi, Charleroi. ISBN 2-87306-123-5, p.

829-846.

25. De Witte, K. and Moesen, W. (2013). Government effectiveness, budget size and civic capital. In

Maystad, P., Cantillon, E., Denayer, L., Pestieau, P., Van der Linden, B. and Cattelain, M. (Eds.),

Le modèle social belge: quel avenir? 20e Congrès des économistes belges de langue française.

Presses Interuniversitaires de Charleroi, Charleroi. ISBN 2-87306-123-5, p. 615-640.

26. Cabus, S. and De Witte, K. (2013). Does School Time Matter? On the impact of compulsory

education age on school dropout. Chapter 1 in De Groof, S. and Elchardus, M. (Eds)., Early School

Leaving and Youth Unemployment. Lannoo Campus Publishers, Tielt. ISBN 978 94 014 0818 9, p.

19-44. [Reprint of article in Economics of Education Review]

27. De Witte, K. and Holz, O. (2013). Gender Specific Education in 12 European countries – A

comparison. In Holz, O. and Shelton, F.. (Ed.). Gender-Specific education in different countries.

Historical aspects – Current trends. Waxmann, München – New York. pp. 159-175. ISBN: 978-3-

8309-2868-3.

Reprinted as: De Witte, K. and Holz, O. (2013). Genderrechtvaardig onderwijs in 12 Europese

landen – een vergelijking. In Holz, O. en Hempen, B. (Ed). Genderrechtvaardige vorming en

opvoeding in diverse landen. Historische aspecten – Actuele trends. Waxmann, München –

New York. pp. 171-187. ISBN: 978-3-8309-2869-0.

Reprinted as: De Witte, K. and Holz, O. (2013). Gendergerechte Bildung und Erziehung in 12

europäischen Ländern Ein Vergleich. P. 179-197. In Holz, O. and Grimus, M. (Ed.).

Gendergerechte Bildung und Erziehung in ausgewählten Ländern Historische Aspekte –

aktuelle Trends. Waxmann, München – New York. pp. 179-197. ISBN: 978-3-8309-2867-6.

Reprinted as: De Witte, K. and Holz, O. (2013). 12 Avrupa ulkesinde cinsiyet temelli eğitim

ve oğretim: Bir kıyaslama. P. 157-175. In Holz, O. and Ertürk, O. (Ed.). Farklı ulkelerde

cinsiyet temelli eğitim Tarihsel bakışacısı – cağdaş akımlar. Waxmann, München – New

York. pp. 157-175. ISBN: 978-3-8309-2870-6.

28. De Witte, K. and Haan, F. (2013). Girls ignite education. In Holz, O. and Shelton, F.. (Ed.).

Gender-Specific education in different countries. Historical aspects – Current trends. Waxmann,

München – New York. pp. 93-103. ISBN: 978-3-8309-2868-3.

Reprinted as: De Witte, K. and Haan, F. (2013). Meisjes schudden het onderwijs wakker. In

Holz, O. en Hempen, B. (Ed). Genderrechtvaardige vorming en opvoeding in diverse landen.

Historische aspecten – Actuele trends. Waxmann, München – New York. pp. 101-111. ISBN:

978-3-8309-2869-0.

Reprinted as: De Witte, K. and Haan, F. (2013). Mädchen rütteln das Bildungswesen wach. P.

101-113. In Holz, O. and Grimus, M. (Ed.). Gendergerechte Bildung und Erziehung in

ausgewählten Ländern Historische Aspekte – aktuelle Trends. Waxmann, München – New

York. pp. 101-113. ISBN: 978-3-8309-2867-6.


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Reprinted as: De Witte, K. and Haan, F. (2013). Kızlar eğitimi ateşliyor. P. 93-103. In Holz,

O. and Ertürk, O. (Ed.). Farklı ulkelerde cinsiyet temelli eğitim Tarihsel bakışacısı – cağdaş

akımlar. Waxmann, München – New York. pp. 93-103. ISBN: 978-3-8309-2870-6.

29. De Fraine, B., K. Hannes, K. De Witte, F. Maes, C. Clarebout, D. Smits and J. Vanderhoeven

(2012), Intuïtie of Onderzoek? Mogelijkheden en beperkingen van evidence-based Onderwijs.

(Intuition or research? On the possibilities and restrictions of evidence based education). In De

Coen, D., De Man, L., Denys, K. (Eds.), Handboek beleidsvoerend vermogen. Brussel: Politeia.

pp.1-8.

30. De Witte, K. (2009), On Analyzing Drinking Water Monopolies by Robust Non-Parametric

Efficiency Estimations. PhD thesis KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business, 308, pp. 248.

31. De Witte, K. and Marques, R. (2008), Optimal Incentives in Local Public Utilities: An

International Benchmarking Study of the Drinking Water Sector. In Performance Assessment of

Urban Infrastructure Services. Edited by E. Cabrera and M. Pardo, 297-307 pp., ISBN

1843391910, 540 p.

Policy Papers and Dutch (peer-reviewed) papers

1. De Witte, K. and Maldonado, K. (2022). Moeten ouders huiswerk krijgen? Ouderbetrokkenheid in

het Onderwijs. Leuvense Economische Standpunten 2022/193, p. 8.

2. Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Triebs, T. (2022). A new approach to measuring academic

underachievement. Researching Education 9 (2) – University of Nottingham.

3. De Witte, K. & Geunis, L. (2022). In de klas, uit de kast – Hoe omgaan met LGBT+ in het

Onderwijs? Welwijs 33 (1). p. 32-35.

4. De Witte, K. & Iterbereke, K. (2022). Het lerarentekort als katalysator voor

onderwijshervormingen. Leuvense Economische Standpunten 191, p. 16.

5. European Commission, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, Fack, G.,

Agasisti, T., Bonal, X., De Witte, K., et al. (2022). Interim report of the Commission expert group

on quality investment in education and training, 2022. Pp. 143.

6. De Witte, K., Verhaest, D. and De Cort, W. (2022). Wie kiest voor duaal leren? Een analyse van de

instroom in duaal leren en beleidsaanbevelingen aan de hand van gedragsinzichten. VIONA studie –

Departement Werk & Sociale Economie. Pp. 139.

a. Reprinted as: De Cort, W., Verhaest, D. and De Witte, K. (2022). Wie kiest voor

duaal leren? Over.werk 2022/1, p. 185-192.

7. Iterbeke, K. and De Witte, K. (2021). Financiële geletterdheid op school en de effecten van

differentiatie. Macro Micro – Vereniging van Leraren economische wetenschappen 2021/4, p. 13-

15.

8. De Witte, K. and Gambi, L. (2021). De effecten van de COVID-19 crisis op leerprestaties en

onderwijsongelijkheid een jaar na de langdurige schoolsluitingen. Leuvense Economische

Standpunten 190, p. 9.

9. De Witte, K. and Smet, M. (2021). Financing Education in the Context of COVID-19. European

Expert Network on Economics of Education - EENEE Ad Hoc Report 3. Pp. 27.


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10. Palmaccio, S., Mazrekaj, D. and De Witte, K. (2021). Barriers to Same-Sex Parenting Remain in

Europe and are Unfounded. Feminist Perspectives – King’s College London. Online.

11. De Witte, K., Soncin, M., Vansteenkiste S., and Sels, L. (2020). De economische effecten van

internationalisering in het hoger onderwijs. Over.Werk 2020/2, p. 114-126.

12. Schiltz, F., De Witte, K. and Mazrekaj, D. (2020). Een efficiëntie-analyse van

ondernemerschapsonderwijs in Vlaanderen. Over.Werk 2020/2, p. 55-59.

13. Mazrekaj, D. and De Witte, K. (2020). The effect of modular education on school dropout.

Researching Education 1 (4) – University of Nottingham. December 10.

14. Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Cabus, S. (2020). De schoolprestaties van kinderen met

homoseksuele ouders. Leuvense Economische Standpunten 183, p. 6.

15. De Witte, K. and Iterberke, K. (2020). De rol van persoonlijkheidskenmerken in de ervaringen van

leerlingen tijdens de covid-19 crisis. Leuvense Economische Standpunten 182, p. 6.

16. De Witte, K. and Maldonado, J. (2020). De effecten van de COVID-19 crisis en het sluiten van

scholen op leerlingprestaties en onderwijsongelijkheid. Leuvense Economische Standpunten 181, p.

6.

17. De Beckker, K., Smits, I., Maldonado, J., Vermeersch, L. and De Witte, K. (2020). Onderzoek naar

de financiële geletterdheidscompetenties van mensen in armoede. Vlaams Departement Welzijn,

Volksgezondheid en Gezin. Pp. 104.

18. De Witte, K., Soncin, M., Vansteenkiste, S. and Sels, L. (2020). De economische effecten van

internationalisering in het hoger onderwijs. Studie in opdracht van de ‘Vlaamse Universiteiten en

Hogescholen Raad’ (VLUHR) en de Vlaamse Adviesraad voor Innoveren en Ondernemen

(VARIO).

19. De Witte, K. and Declercq, K. (2020). Over het effect van maatregelen voor en na de poort –

Toelatingsproeven, bindend studieadvies en mentoring. Th&ma Hoger Onderwijs 2020/3, p. 45-

50.

20. Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K, and Schiltz, F. (2019). Het rendement van ondernemerschapsonderwijs

op de Vlaamse arbeidsmarkt. Over.Werk 2019/2, p. 83-90.

21. De Witte, K. and Verhaest, D. (2019). Duaal leren – Uitdagingen en aanbevelingen voor de

volgende Vlaamse regering. Over.werk 2019/1, p. 72-79.

22. De Witte, K., Maldonado, J., , K., Compen, B., Declercq, K., Schelfhout, W. and Van Campenhout,

G. (2019). De rol van ouders, binnenklasdifferentiatie en leerkrachten in financiële educatie.

Leuvense Economische Standpunten 174, p. 7.

23. Cabus, S., Nesseler, C. and De Witte, K. (2018). Barrières voor deelname aan het hoger

beroepsonderwijs. Thema Hogeronderwijs 5, p. 45-51.

24. De Witte, K and Moesen, W. (2018). In en rond het gemeentehuis: vijf voornemens voor

beleidsmakers. Leuvense Economische Standpunten 171, p. 10.

25. De Beckker, K., De Witte, K. and Van Campenhout, G. (2018). De kwetsbaarheid van financieel

analfabeten. Leuvense Economische Standpunten 166, p. 5.


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26. Broucker, B., Muyters, G. and De Witte, K. (2018). De lerarenopleiding: een analyse van bestaande

governancemodellen. Tijdschrift voor lerarenopleiders 39 (2), 5-16.

27. Muyters, G., Quanten, E., Broucker, B., De Witte, K. and Martens, P. (2018). Governancemodellen

voor lerarenopleidingen met meerdere aanbieders. Tijdschrift voor Onderwijsrecht en Beleid, 2017-

18 (1-2), p. 91-101.

28. De Witte, K., Smet, M., and Van Assche, R. (2017). Specific Interventions in Equity Funding – A

review of policy interventions. Research Paper SONO/2017.OL3.1/2, pp. 29.

29. De Witte, K., Smet, M. en Van Assche, R. (2017). The impact of Additional Funds for Schools

with Disadvantaged Pupils. A regression Discontinuity design. Research paper

SONO/2017.OL3.1/3, pp. 60.

30. Juchtmans, G., Mazrekaj, D., Meert, C., De Rick, K. and De Witte, K. (2017). Schoolverzuim in

het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest. Naar een gecoördineerde en gedeelde strategie tegen

schoolverzuim voor het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest. Perspectives.brussels, pp. 355.

31. Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Vansteenkiste, S. (2017). Het rendement van een diploma

middelbaar onderwijs op de Vlaamse arbeidsmarkt. Over.Werk. Tijdschrift van het Steunpunt Werk,

27(1) p.10-15.

32. Van Ooyen-Houben, M., Bieleman, B., Korf, D. and De Witte, K. (2017). Het besloten club- en het

ingezetenencriterium voor coffeeshops – Een natuurlijk experiment. Tijdschrift voor Criminologie,

59 (1-2), p. 10-30.

33. Mulder, J., Cabus, S., Cuppen, J., Nijman, D., de Lange, M., Peters, M. and De Witte, K. (2017).

Ga zelf op onderzoek uit. Hoe hogescholen de doorstroom kunnen verbeteren. Thema: Tijdschrift

voor Hoger Onderwijs en Management 2017/2, p. 55-61.

34. De Rick, K., Mazrekaj, D., and De Witte, K. (2016). Het rendement van opleidingen in het

beleidsdomein ‘werk’. Een conceptuele analyse en ontwikkeling van een meetmodel. Viona Studie.

SBN 9789088360596. Pp. 82.

35. De Rick, K., Mazrekaj, D., and De Witte, K. (2016). Hoe kunnen we weten of opleidingen in het

beleidsdomein Werk renderen?. Over.Werk. Tijdschrift van het Steunpunt Werk, 26 (2), 83-90.

36. De Witte, K. and Van Campenhout, G. (2016). Financiële geletterdheid op school: werk aan de

winkel. Tijdschrift voor Onderwijsrecht en Beleid 16 (1-2), p. 95-96.

37. De Witte, K., & Mazrekaj, D. (2016). Vroegtijdig schoolverlaten in het (deeltijds)

beroepsonderwijs. Over.Werk. Tijdschrift van het Steunpunt Werk, 26(1), 111-119.

38. Celis, W., Castelein, E., Coens, J., De Witte, K., Houben, A., Lauwers, W., and Van Den Branden,

K. (2016). Bewust differentiëren. Didactief. 46 (6), 44-45.

39. Castelein, E., Coens, J., De Witte, K., Houben, A., Lauwers, W., Segers, J. and Van Den Branden,

K. (2016). Binnenklasdifferentiatie: een beroepshouding, geen recept. Impuls voor

Onderwijsbegeleiding 46 (3), 107-114.

40. Smet M., Stevens C., De Rick K., De Witte K., Van Landeghem G. & De Fraine B. (2015). Leren

en Werken: Evaluatie van het Decreet van 2008, 215p. Leuven: KU Leuven.

41. De Witte, K. and Mazrekaj, D. (2015). Vroegtijdig schoolverlaten – Evidence Based

Beleidsaanbevelingen. Itinera Institute Analyse 2015/4, pp. 32.


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42. De Witte, K. (2015). Hoe referenda kunnen bijdragen tot een efficiëntere lokale overheid. Leuvense

Economische Standpunten. 2015/150. Pp. 4.

43. Cabus, S. and De Witte, K. (2014). Op naar een adaptief beleid tegen vroegtijdig schoolverlaten.

Impuls voor onderwijsbegeleiding 45 (2). 70-75.

44. De Witte, K. (2014). Voortijdig schoolverlaten in Vlaanderen – Bewezen maatregelen uit de

literatuur (Early school leaving in Flanders). Galeidoscoop – Leerlingenbegeleiding vandaag en

morgen 26 (1), 28-34.

45. De Witte, K. (2014). Beleid rond vroegtijdig schoolverlaten is de investering waard. Leuvense

Economische Standpunten 143, pp. 4.

46. De Witte, K. and M. Cachet (2014). Clickers: een duur speeltje of een werkvorm met toegevoegde

waarde? (The added value of ‘clickers’ as an intruction method). Impuls voor onderwijsbegeleiding

44 (3), p. 136-143.

47. Cabus, S. and K. De Witte (2014). Hoeveel kost aanval op de schooluitval? Voorspellingen over de

kosten van het vsv-beleid. (The costs for reducing early school leaving – Projections on the costs of

early school leaving policy.) Tijdschrift voor Onderwijsrecht- en Beleid 14 (2-3). 217-224.

48. De Witte, K. and C. Van Klaveren (2013). Het effect van verlengde leertijd op de taal- en

rekenprestaties van basisschoolleerlingen (The effect of extended school time on language and

math achievement in primary education). Tijdschrift voor Onderwijsrecht- en Beleid. Jaargang

2013-2014 (1), 17-29.

49. De Witte, K. and M. Cachet (2013). Flip de klas: Theorie als huiswerk en oefeningen als les –

Ervaringen uit de literatuur en voorbeelden voor het economie-onderwijs (Flip the class: Theory as

homework and excercises during class). Didactief - Opinie en onderzoek voor de schoolpraktijk 43

(9). November 2013, 26-27.

50. Nicaise, I., De Witte, K., Lavrijsen, J., Lamote, C. and Van Landeghem, G. (2013). Towards a

Basic Qualification for All in the EU – A Social, Educational and Economic Agenda. Policy paper

by KU Leuven Euroforum. Metaforum KU Leuven. Pp. 27.

51. Moesen, W. and De Witte, K. (2013), Value for tax money: the relevance of civic capital. In Tax

Freedom Day 2013, Comprehensive reforms vs. a low flat corporate income tax. Edited by

PricewaterhouseCoopers, 8-19.

52. Sneyers, E. and K. De Witte (2013). Serious gaming in het onderwijs: leuk en/of leerrijk (Serious

gaming in education: fun and/or instructive). Tijdschrift voor het Economisch Onderwijs 113 (3),

39-43.

53. Clochet, J. and K. De Witte (2013). Gebruik van cartoons in het onderwijs: een literatuurstudie

(The use of cartoons in education: a literature review). Impuls voor onderwijsbegeleiding 43 (4),

215-222.

54. Haelermans, C. and K. De Witte (2012). Onderwijsinnovaties en leerprestaties. (Educational

innovations and attainments). Economisch Statistische Berichten 97 (4642), 513-516.

55. De Witte, K., Groot, W. and Maassen van den Brink, H. (2012), The efficiency of education in

generating literacy: a stochastic frontier approach. Review of Economics & Finance 2 (1), 25-37.


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56. De Witte, K. and M. Csillag (2011). De invloed van spijbelen op vroegtijdig schoolverlaten. (The

influence of truancy on early school leaving). Tijdschrift voor Onderwijsrecht en Onderwijsbeleid

11-12 (2), 152-157

57. Cabus, S. and K. De Witte (2011). Werkt een actief verzuimbeleid? (Is an active truancy policy

effective?). Tijdschrift voor Onderwijsrecht en Onderwijsbeleid 11-12 (1), 36-45.

58. Cabus, S., K. De Witte, M. Csillag, W. Groot and H. Maassen van den Brink (2011). Voortijdig

schoolverlaten: Beleidsevaluatie 2011 – Deel 2 Kwalificatieplicht – Verzuimbeleid. NICIS/TIER

Universiteit Maastricht, pp. 23.

59. Cabus, S. and K. De Witte (2011). Invloed van leerplichtwet op voortijdig schoolverlaten (The

influence of compulsory education on early school leaving). Economisch Statistische Berichten 96

(4606), 166-169.

60. IDEA Consult, SEOR and K. De Witte (2010). Stappenplan voor de Vlaamse drinkwaterregulator

(A roadmap for the Flemish drinking water regulator). Eindrapport 15 juni 2010 in opdracht van

Vlaamse Milieu Maatschappij, pp. 65.

61. Thyssen, G., K. De Witte, W. Groot, H. Maassen van den Brink (2010). De stereotypen van

voortijdig schoolverlaten (The stereotypes of early school leaving). Impuls voor

onderwijsbegeleiding 41 (3), 151-153.

62. De Witte, K., W. Groot, H. Maassen van den Brink, S. Cabus and G. Thyssen (2010). Dropout

prevention measures in the Netherlands – A quantitative assessment.

63. De Witte, K., W. Groot, H. Maassen van den Brink, S. Cabus and G. Thyssen (2010). Evaluatie

van maatregelen ter preventie van voortijdig schoolverlaten in Nederland (Evaluation of measures

to prevent early school leaving in the Netherlands). TIER Maastricht.

64. De Witte, K., S. Cabus, G. Thyssen, W. Groot and H. Maassen van den Brink (2010). Voortijdig

schoolverlaten: Beleidsevaluatie 2010 – Deel 1 Verkenningen (Early school leaving: Policy

evaluation 2010). NICIS Institute.

65. De Witte, K. and Rogge, N. (2010), Evaluatie van onderzoeksprestaties (Evaluation of research

performance). Economisch Statistische Berichten 95 (4581), 170-173.

66. De Witte, K. and Geys, B. (2009), Politieke economie en efficiëntie van lokale voorzieningen

(Political economy and efficiency of local public services). Economisch Statistische Berichten 94

(4564), 442-443.

67. De Witte, K. (2008), Regulering zonder regulator (Regulation without a regulator). Economisch

Statistische Berichten 93 (4547), 685-686.

68. De Witte, K. and Moesen, W. (2008), The competitiveness of nations, tax levels and the quality of

government. In Tax Freedom Day 2008, Some perspectives on taxation and the public sector in

Belgium. Edited by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 4-15.

69. De Witte, K. (2008), How to stimulate natural monopolies? The drinking water experience.

Documentatieblad Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën – Bulletin de Documentation Service

Public Fédéral Finances 68 (1), 255-264.

70. De Witte, K. and Moesen, W. (2008), Moet de overheid in België afslanken?. EWI-review 3 –

Dutch version, 12-17.


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71. De Witte, K. and Moesen, W. (2008), De performantie van de overheid (‘The performance of the

government’). Review of Business and Economics 53 (2), 171-187.

72. De Witte, K. and Moesen, W. (2008), Time for a slimmer government in Belgium?. EWI-review 3,

12-17.

73. De Witte, K. and Dijkgraaf, E. (2008), Fusies versus benchmark in de drinkwatersector (‘Mergers

versus benchmarking in the drinking water sector’). Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol 92, no.

4526, 14-15.

74. De Witte, K. (2007), Het beste van twee werelden: Vewin versus Dijkgraaf (‘The best of two

worlds: Vewin versus Dijkgraaf’). Helder 2 (7), p. 6-7.

75. De Witte, K. and Moesen, W. (2007), De voetdruk van de familie en de omvang van de overheid

(‘The relationship between family size and government size’). Tijdschrift voor Openbare

Financiën, jaargang 2007, no. 1, p. 1-7.

76. De Witte, K. and Moesen, W. (2007), Beheersing uitgaven wenselijk en haalbaar (‘Expenditures

control is advisable and attainable’). Policy paper – Leuvense Economische Standpunten.

77. Bowen, H., De Witte, K., Chavez, J. and Moesen, W. (2007), The competitiveness of Flanders in

the ranking of the world economic forum. Internal Report Vlerick Leuven Gent Management

School.

78. De Witte, K. and Moesen, W. (2007), Intercommunales, corporate governance onder de radar (‘On

the corporate governance of intermunicipal utilities’). Vlaams Tijdschrift voor

Overheidsmanagement, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 36 – 43.

79. De Witte, K. and Marques, R. (2007), Regulering brengt efficiëntie in de drinkwatersector

(‘Regulation induces efficiency in the drinking water sector’), Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol 92, no. 4506.

80. De Witte, K. (2006), Efficiëntieprikkels in de drinkwatersector (‘Efficiency incentives in the

drinking water sector’). Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol 91, no. 4485.

81. De Witte, K. and Moesen, W. (2006), Roergangers zonder peillood, over het valoriseren van

intercommunales (‘On determining the value of intermunicipal utilities’). Burger, bestuur & beleid,

jaargang 3, no. 2.

Keynote Presentations at international conferences

1. Invited speaker at ‘2021 International Network for School Attendance Conference’. Melbourne /

Online. October 13-14, 2021.

2. Keynote speaker at ‘Association of European Economics Education’. Freiburg, Germany.

October 7-9, 2021.

3. Keynote speaker at ‘Financial Education: Current Practices and Future Challenges’. Tallinn /

Online. June 3-4, 2021.

4. Keynote speaker at Homo’poly - International Conference on homosexuality in education.

Leuven, May 17-18, 2019.

https://www.econ.kuleuven.be/ew/academic/econover/Papers/Regulering%20brengt%20efficiëntie%20-%20ESB.pdf


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5. Keynote speaker at DAMSS – Data Analysis Methods for Software Systems, Druskininkai,

Lithuania, November 30, 2018.

6. Keynote speaker at 9th El Seminario Internacional de Investigación sobre la calidad de la

Educación, Bogota, Colombia, November 1-2, 2018.

7. Keynote speaker at International Perspectives in Education 2018, Derby, UK, October 12-13,

2018.

8. Keynote speaker at XXVII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association, Barcelona,

Spain, June 29-30, 2018.

9. Keynote speaker at Workshop on Recent Advances in Public Economics and Quantitative

Methods, IMT Lucca, Italy, March 9, 2018.

10. Keynote speaker at 9th International Conference ‘Current trends in Higher Education in Europe’.

– Brussels, Belgium, May 27-28, 2016.

11. Keynote speaker at Second Workshop on Education Economics – Maastricht, Netherlands, March

23-24, 2016.

12. Keynote speaker at ‘International Association for Truancy and Dropout Prevention’ (IATDP) –

San Antonio, Texas USA, October 26-29, 2014.

13. Keynote speaker at ‘Efficiency in Education’ – London, UK, September 19-20, 2014.

14. Keynote speaker at conference ‘Education and Gender’, Izmir, Turkey, May 16-17, 2014.

15. Keynote speaker at Second Helsinki Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis

(HeWEPA) - Aalto University School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland, October 7, 2011

Academic Conference Presentations

Conférence Internationale de l’Observatoire pour l’éducation et la santé des enfants (Montreal / online,

10/06/2022).

Organiser and host of Workshop on education Economics – KU Leuven – Leuven. 1 June 2022.

Cherry Blossom Conference on Financial Literacy. The George Washington University. Washington

DC. April 21-22, 2022.

Organiser and host of Workshop on Experimental Evidence in Education Economics – KU Leuven –

Leuven and online. September 25, 2021.

IFORS Global Webinar – Online. September 20, 2021.

Onderwijs Research Dagen ORD 2021 – Utrecht University / Online. June 7-9, 2021.

LEARN! – Free University of Amsterdam. Conference Increasing Educational Opportunities after

Corona. June 9, 2021.


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CIREQ Conference – Policy Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Toronto / Online. June 6-8,

2021.

Organiser and host of Workshop on Empirical Public and Political Economics – KU Leuven – Leuven

and online. September 25, 2020.

Organiser and host of Conference on Financial Literacy – KU Leuven – Brussel and Online.

September 14-15, 2020.

Organiser and host of Data Science Webinar. IMT Lucca – KU Leuven – Online. July 8, 2020.

Co-organiser of International Conference on Efficiency in Education, Health and other public

services, Barcelona, Spain, September 5-6, 2019.

Co-organiser of International Conference on Education Economics, Budapest, Hungary,

November 21-23. 2018.

Co-organiser of Efficiency in Education, Health and other public services, Huddersfield University,

UK, September 5-6, 2018.

Organiser and host of IV Workshop on Education Economics – Leuven, March 28-29, 2018.

Organiser and host of Workshop on Education Economics – Maastricht, the Netherlands, December

13, 2017.

Organiser and host of Workshop on Equity in Education – Leuven, Belgium, November 30-December

1, 2017.

Co-organiser of Efficiency in Education, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary, October 19-20,

2017.

Fifteenth European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis – London, UK, June 13-15,

2017.

Sixth Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis - Catholic University of Porto, Portugal,

June 9, 2017

Organiser and host of Third Workshop on Education Economics – Leuven, Belgium, March 30-31,

2017.

Composite Indicators for policy evaluation and benchmarking: the right tool for the right purpose?,

KU Leuven, Belgium, January 18, 2017.

Organiser of Efficiency in Education, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, October 20-21, 2016.

European Economic Association, Geneva, Switzerland, August 21-25, 2016.

North American Productivity Workshop (NAPW), Quebec City, Canada, June 15-18, 2016.

Organiser and host of ‘Efficiency in Education and the Use of Big Data’ – Leuven, Belgium,

November 19-20, 2015.

Fourteenth European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis – University of Helsinki,

Finland, June 16-18, 2015


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Organiser and host of LEER Workshop on Education Economics – Leuven, Belgium, April 2-3, 2015.

North American Productivity Workshop (NAPW), Ottawa, Canada, June 4-7, 2014.

Public Administration and Economic Performance – ZEW Mannheim, Germany, April 28-29, 2014.

20e Congrès des économistes belges de langue française – Charleroi, Belgium, November 21, 2013.

European Association of Labor Economists (EALE) – Turin, Italy, September 19-21, 2013.

European Economic Association – Gothenburg, Sweden, August 26-30, 2013.

The integration of young people excluded by early school leaving and unemployment: challenges and

solutions – European Parliament, Belgium, March 7-8, 2013.

Evidence Informed Policy and Practice in Education in Europe (EIPPEE) – Frankfurt, Germany,

March 5-6, 2013.

European Association of Labor Economists (EALE) – Bonn, Germany, September 20-22, 2012.

Workshop on applied policy evaluation, with a focus on dynamic issues and duration modeling –

Institute for Fiscal Studies, University College London, UK, June 14-15, 2012.

The performance of the welfare state – Frontiers in applied frontier analysis – University of Liège,

Belgium, June 7-8, 2012.

Flemish Organization for Economists (Vereniging voor Economie) – University of Antwerp, Belgium,

September 22, 2011

Ninth International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis – University of Macedonia,

Thessaloniki, Greece, August 25-27, 2011

First Lisbon Research Workshop on Economics and Econometrics of Education – Technical

University of Lisbon, Portugal, January 7-8, 2011

9th International Conference on Applied Infrastructure Research – Technical University of Berlin,

Germany, October 8-9, 2010

EARIE 37th annual conference - University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2-4, 2010

Education Policies and Design - KU Leuven, Belgium, June 24-25, 2010

28th International CIRIEC Congress - Berlin, Germany, May 16-19, 2010

Third Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis - Catholic University of Porto, Portugal,

September 25, 2009

Operational Research Society 51 – Warwick University, UK, September 8-10, 2009

EARIE 36th annual conference - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 3-5, 2009

Eleventh European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis – University of Pisa, Italy,

June 23-26, 2009


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Workshop ‘Exploring research frontiers in contemporary statistics and econometrics’ – Université

Catholique de Louvain, May 14-15, 2009

Royal Economic Society: Fourth PhD Presentation Meeting – University College London, January

17-18, 2009

Aston Seminar on Efficiency and Productivity analysis – Aston University, Birmingham, December

1, 2008

Conference on the ‘Impact of Regulation on Investment and Innovation Incentives’ – Centre for

European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, October 1-2, 2008

Tenth Workshop of the European Working Group on Distributed Decision Making on ‘Modeling

Infrastructure Regulation’ – Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, September 8-9, 2008

Advanced Quantitative Methods: Applied Multivariate Data Analysis, Bootstrapping and

Productivity/Efficiency Measurement – Summer School at Pisa University, Italy, July 7-11, 2008

North American Productivity Workshop – New York University, USA, June 24-27, 2008

European Group of Public Administration – Madrid, Spain, September 19-22, 2007

Operational Research Society 49 – University of Edinburgh, UK, September 04-06, 2007

Tenth European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis – IESEG School of Management,

Lille, France, June 27-30, 2007

Operational Research Society 48 – University of Bath, UK, September 11-13, 2006

Stockholm Network, Amigo Society – Brussels, Belgium, May 30, 2006

(Invited) Academic Seminars University of South Florida – Economics Seminar (Tampa/Online, January 2021)

KU Leuven – CTO Centrum voor Taal en Onderwijs – Seminar (Leuven, December 2018)

Tallinn University of Technology – Seminar (Tallinn, Estonia, October 2018)

Centre for Educational Effectiveness and Evaluation – Seminar (Leuven, November 2017)

Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Seminar (Budapest, January 2017)

KU Leuven – Public Economics Seminar (Leuven, November 2016)

Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) – DIW Applied Micro Seminar (Berlin, July 2016)

Maastricht University – Faculty of Humanities and Sciences – Presentation (Maastricht, May 2016)

Université de Lille – Sciences et Technologies – Presentation (Lille, April 2016)

Ifo Institute – Internal seminar of the CESifo Group (Munich, August 2015)


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University of Salerno – Presentation (Salerno, May 2015)

Politecnico di Milano – Presentation (Milano, February 2015)

University of Nantes – Economics of Education group (Nantes, February 2015)

University of Amsterdam – Conference on early school leaving (Amsterdam, May 2014)

University of Groningen - TIER Workshop (Groningen, July 2013)

University of Liège – Workshop in honour of Knox Lovell (Liège, March 2013)

KU Leuven - Summer school on research in didactics (Leuven, September 2012)

Szeged University – EU Commenius project meeting on Gender in Education (Szeged – Hungary,

May 2012)

University of Amsterdam – TIER Workshop (Amsterdam, February 2012)

Maastricht University – Dies Natalis Maastricht University (Maastricht, January 2012)

Finish Government Institute for Economic Research – Research Seminar (Helsinki, October 2011)

University of Antwerp – Research Seminar Faculty of Economics (Antwerp, April 2011)

Economic Sessions ISRC - Nicis Seminar (Utrecht, November 2010)

Seminar on The Development and Utilization of Human Resources - Research Centre for Education

and the Labour Market (Maastricht University, November 2010)

School of Education KU Leuven - Summer school on research in didactics (Leuven, September

2010)

Instituto Pedagogico Arubano (IPA) - Mebit opleiding (San Nicolas, Aruba; May 2010)

University of Groningen - TIER Workshop (Groningen, March 2010)

Aston University – Aston Centre for Critical Infrastructure Services (ACCIS) (Birmingham,

February 2010)

University of Amsterdam – TIER Workshop (Amsterdam, November 2009)

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) – Paper Presentation (The Hague,

September 2009)

Aston University – Economics and Strategy Working Group Seminar (Birmingham, November 2008)

Centraal Planbureau Nederland (Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis) – Seminar (The

Hague, October 2008)

Catholic University Leuven – Public Economics Seminar (Leuven, October 2008)

Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) – Workshop ‘Efficiency of the Public Sector’

(Mannheim, October 2008)


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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) – Market Processes and Governance Group

(Berlin, June 2008)

Ghent University – Vereniging voor Economie; association for economist (Ghent, May 2008)

Université Catholique de Louvain – Doctoral Workshop (Louvain-la-Neuve, May 2008)

University of Birmingham – Institute of Local Government Studies (Birmingham, March 2008)

Aston University – Aston Business School (Birmingham, March 2008)

Warwick University – Operational Research and Management Sciences Group (Coventry, February

2008)

Aston University – Operations and Information Group Seminar (Birmingham, January 2008)

Technical University of Lisbon – Infrastructure Regulation Seminar (Lisbon, December 2007)

Catholic University Leuven – Public Economics Seminar (Leuven, November 2007)

Université Catholique de Louvain – Doctoral Workshop (Louvain-la-Neuve, May 2007)

Université Catholique de Louvain – Doctoral Workshop (Louvain-la-Neuve, January 2007)

Catholic University Leuven – Public Economics Seminar (Leuven, December 2006)

Invited Policy Oriented Presentations Metaforum KULeuven Middaggeprek – Moeten we de zomervakantie inkorten? (Leuven, 09/06/2022)

Acco Inspiratie event 2022 – Het hoger onderwijs, de brug richting de toekomst. (Leuven, 24/05/2022)

Federaal Planbureau – Discussion with Minister of Civil Affairs on ‘Impact evaluation of

governmental policies: towards evidence-informed policy’ (09/05/2022)

Lentesymposium – Covid en pandemiebeleid (Brussels, 24/03/2022)

Organiser of ‘Webinar – Wie kiest voor Duaal leren?’. (Online, 08/03/2022).

UP4Diversity – Upstander training for LGBT+ youth (online, 08/03/2022).

French Presidency of the EU Council – Ministrial Conference ‘Investing in Education’ – Panel

discussion with Andreas Schleicher (OECD) on Efficiency and Equity in education funding (Paris,

15/02/2022).

Foresight Center – Think thank Parliament of Estonia – Funding models in higher education

(01/02/2022).

Vlaamse OnderwijsRaad (VLOR) – Financing models secondary education (27/02/2022).


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OECD/INFE – European Commission – Launch of the Financial competence framework for adults in

the European Union – Member panel (25/02/2022).

European Commission Expert Group on Quality Education and Training – Presentation Interim Report

(19/01/2022).

Sociaal-Economische Raad van Vlaanderen SERV - Inkorten van de zomervakantie als hefboom in

een Vlaamse Build-Back & Build-Better strategie (16/11/2021)

OECD – Social mobility in Belgium (Online, 05/10/2021)

Belvue Museum – Mystery of Finance (Brussels, 21/09/2021)

Kenniscentrum Kinderrechten (Children's Rights Knowledge Centre) – Impact of COVID-19 on

children (Online / Ghent, 01/06/2021)

Joint Research Center European Commission – Computational Social Science for Policy (Online,

26/05/2021)

Keynote at: ‘ICT Praktijkdag’ – Uitdagingen voor ons Vlaamse onderwijs inzake ICT en

professionalisering (Online, 06/05/2021).

CTO University of Antwerp – Achtergrond en belang van financiële en economische competenties

(Antwerp / Online, 23/04/2021)

Flemish Parliament – Commissie Onderwijs. – Hoe kunnen we de leerachterstand ombuigen? (Online

/ Brussels, 12/03/2021)

Dutch Education Inspectorate – Impact of COVID crisis (Online, 25/01/2021)

OECD – OECD Global Webinar: Financial resilience and financial literacy (Online, 14/01/2021)

OECD - OECD High-Level Conference and Workshops on “Financial Literacy, Financial Resilience

and Digitalisation in the Commonwealth of Independent States” (Online, 15-16/12/2020)

Beleidsgroep Internationalisering Associatie KU Leuven - The economic effects of international

students (16/12/2020)

Flemish Parliament - ad hoc Commissie voor de Evaluatie en Verdere Uitvoering van het Vlaamse

Coronabeleid (online / Brussels, 16 November, 2020)

OECD – EDU Forum - Seminar (Online / Paris, October 2020)

Flemish Ministry of Education – Seminar (online / Brussels, October 2020)

Flemish Ministry of Education – Machine learning in social sciences (Brussels, February 2020)

Kennisacademie Vlaamse Onderwijsinspectie on impact COVID-19 crisis (15/12/2020)

OECD - Annual Meeting on Financial education for children and young people in South East Europe.

Theme: Digital delivery of financial education in and out of schools (Online, 19/11/2020)

VLUHR Bestuurscomité Internationalisering (BCi) - The economic effects of international students

(02/07/2020)


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Vario Raadsvergadering – The economic effects of international students (19/03/2020)

Itinera Podcast on Education (https://radiopublic.com/itinera-talks-WY5Q9d/s1!cd662) (02/2020)

Platform L – Geboeid door het handboek?! (Brussels, 06/11/2019)

VLOR Startdag (Brussels, 18/09/2019)

TCA Social Inclusion & Diversity - (Wageningen, 23-25 June 2019)

European Commission - 2019 Summer School of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

(Brussels, 05/06/2019)

Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences – Sharing of best practices (Leuven, 07/05/2019)

Studiedag nieuwe eindtermen ‘Economische en Financiële competenties’ (Leuven, 06/05/2019)

SYNTRA Inspiratiedag ondernemersvorming (Brussels, 30/04/2019)

Joint Research Center European Commission – Seminar (Ispra, February 2019)

Kennisacademie Vlaamse Onderwijsinspectie on ‘De (her)vormende school’ (Brussels, 18/12/2018)

Parliament of the German Speaking Community of Belgium (Eupen, January 30, 2019)

Kennisacademie Vlaamse Onderwijsinspectie on ‘Financial Literacy at school’ (Brussels, 30/10/2018)

SONO studiedag ‘Het belang van schoolbeleid’ (Ghent, October 4, 2018).

School organization and structure (Leuven, October 3, 2018)

Febelfin – Belgian Financial Sector Federation (Brussels, June 11, 2018)

CVO Antwerp – Presentation on Managing Money (Antwerp, May 24, 2018)

World Savings and Retail Banking Institute – Panel member on ‘Measuring impact of Financial

Education. Quo vadis?’ (Brussels, May 22, 2018)

Dag van economie – University of Antwerp (Antwerp, April 17, 2018)

Start to Study – Information on studying in higher education (Borgloon, February 2018)

Organiser and host of ‘Conference on the governance in teacher training programs (Leuven, February

2018)

Dag van leraren economie – Presentation on Financial literacy education (Kortrijk, January 2018)

Cabinet and Minister of Education of the French Speaking Community of Belgium. Presentation of the

book ‘L’Ecole de la Réussite’ (Brussels, December 2017)

Zebrastraat seminar series ‘De geslaagde school’ (Ghent, October 2017)

Doorstroom middelbaar beroepsonderwijs (mbo) naar hoger beroepsonderwijs (hbo) (Utrecht, June

2017)


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Financial Literacy – Event by Itinera and Wikifin.be (Brussels, May 2017)

Keynote at: Studiedag ‘Iedereen mee!? Studiedag over schooluitval van kleuterklas tot arbeidsmarkt’

(Leuven, November 2016)

Etion featuring Itinera ‘Onderwijs en arbeidsmarkt’ (Antwerp, October 2016)

Keynote at: Studiedag Vroegtijdig Schoolverlaten en Spijbelactieplan (Ghent, October 2015)

Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie – Het belang van centrale examens (Brussels, June 2015)

Wethouder Onderwijs Amsterdam (Alderman for education of Amsterdam) – The effects of

segregation in primary education (Amsterdam, March 2015)

Flemish Parliament – Commission on Education and Employment (Hoorzitting rond conceptnota

‘Duaal Leren’; Brussels, February 2015)

Dutch Education Inspectorate – Dropout in higher education (Utrecht, February 2015).

Education Inspectorate of Korea – Early school leaving in Europe (Maastricht, November 2014).

European Commission – Presentation on what works to reduce early school leaving (Brussels, October

2014).

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) – Paper Presentation on diversity and

differentiation in higher education (The Hague, September 2014)

VFO-dag ‘Het Onderwijs van 12 tot 18: niet van secundair belang!’ (Leuven, September 2014)

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) – Paper Presentation on the trade-off

between dropout, graduation rates and quality ratings in universities (The Hague, June 2014)

Flemish Education Inspectorate – Conference on Early School Leaving (Brussels, October 2013)

Steunpunt Studie- en Schoolloopbanen – Is early school leaving old fashioned? (Leuven, June 2013)

School of Education – Recent evolutions in multicampus education (Leuven, April 2013)

E-learning course Innowater “European Water Partnership” – Efficiency in the water sector (web-

based, June 2012)

Nicis Institute – Project Presentation on early school leaving (The Hague, June 2012)

European Commission - Euroforum KU Leuven on early school leaving (Leuven, March 2012) and on

tertiary education (Leuven, May 2012)

Pro-Meeting: Vsv – Tijd voor een evaluatie – Paper Presentation (Amersfoort, May 2012)

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) – Paper Presentation on the effect of school

closures (The Hague, March 2012)

WODC – Research and Documentation Centre, Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice (The Hague,

March, 2012)


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Municipality of Almere and Lelystad – Paper presentation on the effect of selective migrations in new

towns (Almere, July 2011)

Early school leaving debate – Presentation at and organization of conference on ‘Recent research

observations on early school leaving’ (Amsterdam, June 2011)

Flemish Ministry of Education – Presentation ‘Early school leaving in the Netherlands – Policy and

research’ (Brussels, May 2011)

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) – Kennismarkt (The Hague, December

2010)

Idea Consult – Presentation ‘Is Data Envelopment Analysis useful for regulators?’ (Brussels, October

2010)

Management Team at Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science – Paper Presentation on

compulsory education age (The Hague, October 2010)

Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (Flemish Environmental Agency) – Presentation ‘Issues in

benchmarking’ (Erembodegem, September 2010)

Nicis Institute – Paper Presentation on early school leaving (The Hague, June and November 2009)

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) – Paper Presentation on the evaluation of

policy measures on early school leaving (The Hague, June; December 2009)

Oxera Consulting – Paper Presentation on including background characteristics in DEA (Oxford,

March 2008)

Institute for the Regulation of Water and Waste (IRAR) – Paper Presentation on the Belgian drinking

water sector (Lisbon, December 2007)

Sociaal-Economische Raad van Vlaanderen (SERV) – Workshop Presentation: De Vlaamse

watersector: analyse en uitdagingen (Brussels, March 2007)

Aquawal – Paper Presentation on incentives for water utilities (Genappe, February 2007)

Samenwerking Vlaams Water (SVW) – Paper Presentation on the efficiency of drinking water

utilities (Mechelen, January 2007)

Belgian International Water Association (B-IWA) – Poster Presentation in Happy Hour (Liege,

November 2006)

Fellowships

Dutch Science Organization NWO – VENI-scholarship: Deemed of “Eligible” though not financed

due to lack of funds (2010; 2011)

A-Status Subsidy Maastricht University (research grant, 2010) – 25,000 euro

Two-year Postdoc scholarship (Maastricht University, 2009)

Four-year Ph.D scholarship (KU Leuven, 2005)


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FWO – Travel grant for stay abroad (January-March; November-December 2008) – 6,000 euro

Academic Visits Invited research visit at CESifo Munich (Germany) – Thomas Triebs (08/2015)

Invited research visit at University of Salerno – Sergio DiStefano (05/2015)

Invited research visit at Finish Government Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki – Mika

Kortelainen (11/2011)

Research visit at Columbia University – Teachers College, New York – Hank Levin (04/2010)

Research visit at Aston University – Economics and Strategy Group, Birmingham – David Saal

(02/2010)

Research visit at Aston University – Economics and Strategy Group, Birmingham – David Saal

(10/2008 – 12/2008)

Research visit at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Berlin – Benny Geys

(06/2008)

Research visit at Aston University – Operations and Information Management Group, Birmingham –

Emmanuel Thanassoulis (01/2008 – 03/2008)

Invited research visit at the Technical University of Lisbon – Centre for Urban and Regional Systems -

Rui Marques (11/2007 – 12/2007)

Received visiting scholars

Yihui Cao (Loughborough University – United Kingdom, 06/2022)

Tao Zheng (East China Normal University Shanghai – China, 12/2021-12/2022)

Santiago Gomez (University of Tilburg- Netherlands, 07-09/2020)

Samira El Gibari Ben Said (Universidad de Malaga – Spain, 03 – 05/2020)

Laura Lopez Torres (University of Alcala – Spain, 04/2019-06/2019)

Mara Soncin (Politecnico di Milano – Italy, 09/2018-03/2019)

Falco Bargali Stoffi (IMT Lucca – Italy, 10/2018 – 04/2019)

Daniel Horn (Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Hungary, 06/2017)

Siro Bayon Calvo (Universidad de Valladolid – Spain, 04/2017-07/2017)

Giovanna D’Inverno (University of Lucca – Italy, 01/2017-09/2017).


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Alejandra Chávez García (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo - Mexico, 09/2016 -

01/2017)

Subal Kumbhakar (Binghamton University New York – US; 10/2016)

Rania Katsara (University of Patras – Greece; 09/16 – 06/17)

Isabel Narbón Perpiñá (University Jaume I – Spain; 06-09/2016)

Thomas Triebs (CESifo Munich – Germany; 06/2016)

Grazia Graziosi (University of Trieste – Italy; 01-03/2016)

Chiara Masci (Politecnico di Milano – Italy; 04-06/2015)

Erica Raimondi (University of Trento – Italy; 08-10/2014)

Jean-Joseph Minviel (University of Rennes – France; 06/2014)

Tomas Baležentis (Vilnius University – Latvia; 02/2014)

Lenka Hudrlikova (University of Economics – Prague, Czech Republic; 09-12/2011)

Rui C. Marques (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal; 10/2008)


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Education

Language Certification C1 English (2016)

University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs – BKO; 2012)

Maastricht University

Ph.D in Economics (2005-2009)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – Faculty of Economics and Business – Public Economics

Master class ‘Stochastic Frontier Analysis’ by W.H. Greene – IFS/CEMMAP University College

London (2004)

Master of Advanced Studies in Economics (Doctum Colloquium; 2005 – 2006)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Magna Cum Laude

Master in Economics (2003 – 2005)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Magna Cum Laude

Master in Secondary Teacher Training for higher secondary education (2003 – 2005)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Cum Laude

Bachelor in Economics (2001 – 2003)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Magna Cum Laude Teaching

Initial Teacher Training for lower secondary education

Teaching Methodology in Economics in educative minor (Maastricht University;

Vakdidactiek economie), 2012-2014

Initial Teacher Training for higher secondary education

Teaching Methodology in Economics for higher secondary education (KU Leuven;

Vakdidactiek economie), 2009-

Practical applications of teaching methodologies in economics (KU Leuven; Vakdidactische

Toepassingen in de Economie), 2009-

Education Research for secondary school teachers (KU Leuven; Onderwijsonderzoek), 2009-

Coordination of apprenticeship teacher training (KU Leuven; Stage verantwoordelijke

Educatieve Master in de Economie), 2009-

Advanced Teacher Training

Master of Evidence Based Innovation in Teaching (Instituto Pedagogico Arubano; Workshops

on evidence based education research at Teacher Training Program in Aruba), 2010-2012

Master of Evidence Based Innovation in Teaching (Maastricht University; workshops on

evidence based education research; MEBIT), 2009-2019

University Teaching Qualification for Faculty of Humanities and Sciences (Maastricht

University; Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs BKO), 2012-2015.


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University Teaching Qualification for Faculty of Economics and Business (KU Leuven),

2011-

Educational Policy Makers Training

Master Evidence Based Policy and Evaluation (Maastricht University; Program Director and

teaching in a master on evidence based research (MEPE) for civil servants and education

inspectorate), 2011 – 2013

Introduction days in Evidence Based Policy and Evaluation (Maastricht University; Program

Director and teaching in a master on evidence based research (MEPE) for civil servants and

education inspectorate), 2011 – 2013

Doctoral level

PhD training course: 8 lessons on ‘Start to teach in economics and business’ for all new PhD

students in Faculty of Economics and Business (KU Leuven): 2015-

Doctoral training course on structural models for policy evaluation in the realm of education

and discrete choice approaches (Maastricht University), 2016; 2019-2020

PhD training course on ‘Efficiency in education’ (Politecnico di Milano), 2016

PhD summer school on ‘Financing compulsory and higher education’ (Leuven), 2017

GPAC2: Dual Career Training Programme to obtain a PhD in Governance and Policy

Analysis at UNU-MERIT Maastricht University, 2019-

Master

Master Theses Supervision (KU Leuven and Maastricht University; +80 theses), 2005 -

Education Economics (KU Leuven); 2016-

Doctoral Dissertation Title On Analyzing Drinking Water Monopolies by Robust Non-Parametric

Efficiency Estimations

Committee Laurens Cherchye (advisor; KU Leuven, Tilburg University), Wim Moesen

(co-advisor; KU Leuven), Elbert Dijkgraaf (Erasmus University Rotterdam),

Erwin Ooghe (KU Leuven), Sergio Perelman (University of Liege) and

Emmanuel Thanassoulis (Aston University)

Chairman Patrick Van Cayseele (KU Leuven, University of Amsterdam)

Public Defense March 31, 2009

Awards for thesis (a) Biennial "Edgard Milhaud" Prize of CIRIEC (International Centre of

Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy) –

10,000 euro

(b) Annual “Hans-Jürgen-Ewers-Prize” for applied research in Infrastructure

Economics 2010. Berlin University of Technology – 2,500 euro


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(Co-)Promotor PhD students

Willem De Cort (KU Leuven; promotor; ongoing).

Tijmen Tuinsma (KU Leuven; promotor; ongoing).

Letizia Gambi (KU Leuven; promotor; ongoing).

Marc-André Chénier (KU Leuven; promotor; ongoing).

Francisco do Nascimento Pitthan (KU Leuven; promotor; ongoing).

Silvia Palmaccio (KU Leuven; promotor; ongoing).

Anna Mergoni (KU Leuven; promotor; ongoing).

Karol Rodriguez (School of Governance – Maastricht University; ongoing).

Fauzan Ansyari (School of Governance – Maastricht University; ongoing).

Gilberto Rodrigues (School of Governance – Maastricht University; ongoing).

Joanna Maldonado (KU Leuven; promotor; 01/06/2022).

Title: Should Parents get Homework? On Stimulating Home-based Parental Involvement in

Students’ Learning.

New Position: European Commission – DG ECFIN

Kaat Iterbeke (KU Leuven & University of Antwerp; Promotor; 19/11/2021).

Title: On the Impact of Addressing Student Diversity by using Computer-Assisted

Differentiation Practices

New Position: Oxera Consultancy

Boukje Compen (KU Leuven & University of Antwerp; Promotor; 25/06/2021).

Title: Making sure the penny drops - An evaluation of implementation strategies intended to

enhance the effectiveness of financial literacy education

New Position: Maastricht University - Postdoc

Gloria Lucia Nisperuza Bernal (School of Governance – Maastricht University; 23/06/2021).

Title: On Improving Education Opportunities: Preferences and Performance of High School

Students in Response to Scholarships, Information, and Coeducation

New Position: Pontificia Univerisdad Javeriana - Associate Professor

Ilse Tobback (KU Leuven; co-promotor; 28 October 2020).

Title: Essays on the effectiveness of work-based learning and vocational education

New Position: Secondary School teacher

Vitezslav Titl (KU Leuven; promotor; 25 September 2020).

Title: The Role of Political Connections and Institutions in Public Procurement. Evidence

from Czech Administrative Data.

New Position: Utrecht University, the Netherlands – Assistant professor (tenure track).

Kenneth De Beckker (KU Leuven; promotor; 14 September 2020).

Title: On the role, determinants and consequences of financial literacy.

New Position: KU Leuven / University of Hasselt - Postdoctoral Researcher in Economics


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Falco Bargagli Stoffi (KU Leuven and IMT Lucca; promotor; July 8, 2020).

Title: Essays on Applied Machine Learning.

New Position: Harvard University, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher

Fernanda Soares (School of Governance – Maastricht University; promotor; November 18, 2019).

Title: The influence of within school and across schools’ collaborative practices on student

learning and teaching outcomes in West Africa.

New Position: Research and Evaluation Department in the Global Education, Employment

and Engagement Business Unit at FHI 360

Deni Mazrekaj (KU Leuven; promotor; November 15, 2019).

Title: An Economic Perspective on School Dropout

New Position: Oxford University, UK – Postdoctoral Fellow

Fritz Schiltz (KU Leuven; promotor; April 3, 2019).

Title: Improving education policy and student outcomes – An evidence based approach.

New Position: McKinsey Knowledge Center - Research Analyst

Giovanna D’Inverno (KU Leuven and IMT Lucca; promotor; March 9, 2018).

Title: Sub-national Service Provision and Public Spending Analysis.

New Position: KU Leuven – FWO Postdoctoral researcher

Awards: PhD thesis won the ‘Andrea Vaona prize’ of the University of Trento (2,500 euro).

Eline Sneyers (TIER – Maastricht University; promotor; December 13, 2017).

Title: What works to improve student success? The effect of academic dismissal policies,

student grants and institutional mergers on student outcomes

New Position: PXL University of Applied Sciences, Belgium – Lecturer.

Cheng Ong (School of Governance – Maastricht University; co-promotor; November 14, 2014).

Title: Ethnic segregation in housing, schools and neighbourhoods in the Netherlands.

New position: International Labour Organisation - Consultant

Sofie Cabus (TIER – Maastricht University; co-promotor; September 18, 2013)

Title: An economic perspective on school dropout prevention

New position: Maastricht University, the Netherlands – Assistant professor

Promotor postdoctoral students

Giovanna D’Inverno (since 2018-2022; financed by FWO Postdoctoral fellowship)

New position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor at University of Pisa

Deni Mazrekaj (since 2020 ; financed by FWO Postdoctoral fellowship)

New position: Assistant Professor at Utrecht University.

Koen Declercq (09/2018 – 09/2020)

New position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor at Université Saint-Louis / Université

Catholique de Louvain. Dissertation Committee member

1. Hong Ngoc Nguyen (University of Queensland, Australia ; Ongoing)


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2. Yihou Cao (Loughborough University, UK ; Ongoing)

3. Loan De Becker (University of Antwerp ; ongoing)

4. Marco de la Cruz (Public Governance Institute – KU Leuven; ongoing)

5. Laurien Coenen (Public Governance Institute – KU Leuven; ongoing)

6. Tatenda Zinyemba (UNU-Merit - Maastricht University ; Chair of examination committee;

December 6, 2021).

7. Thomas Niaounakis (Institute for Public Sector Efficiency Studies - TU Delft; March 23, 2021)

8. Aisa Amagir (Faculty of Economics - University of Amsterdam; October 30, 2020)

9. Marlau van Rens (Chair of examination committee - Maastricht University; September 4, 2020)

10. Brecht Neyt (Economics - Ghent University; August 19, 2020)

11. Thomas Wouters (Faculty of Economics – KU Leuven; ongoing / November, 2019)

12. Tobias Theys (Faculty of Economics – KU Leuven; October 17, 2019)

13. Camillo Carrilo Purin (UNU-Merit; June 20, 2019)

14. Simona Ferraro (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia; October 25, 2018)

15. Alexei Arbona (Entrepreneurship and Management - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain;

September 27, 2018)

16. Wytse Joosten (KU Leuven, September 20, 2018)

17. Renata Oliveira (University of Porto, Portugal; June 8, 2018)

18. Roel Ariës (Chair of examination committee - TIER – Maastricht University; May 17, 2018)

19. Maria Papadimitriou (Lancaster University, UK; December 8, 2017).

20. Julien Goodman (Chair of examination committee - Faculty of Medicine – Maastricht University;

May 3, 2017)

21. Rosa Simancas (Department of Applied Economics VI - University of Extremadura, Spain;

September 20, 2016)

22. Koen Declercq (Faculty of Economics – KU Leuven; June 23, 2016)

23. Veerle Hennebel (Faculty of Economics – KU Leuven; May 31, 2016)

24. Johan Coenen (TIER – Maastricht University; April 20, 2016)

25. Silvia Consuelo Gomez-Soler (School of Governance; November 17, 2015)

26. Elka Atanasova (Faculty of Medicine – Maastricht University; September 4, 2014)

27. Ilja Cornelisz (TIER - Maastricht University; January 15, 2014)


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28. Robert Bauchmuller (School of Governance - Maastricht University; May 23, 2013)

29. Ron Diris (Faculty of Economics - Maastricht University; December 5, 2012)

30. Nyasha Tirivayi (School of Governance - Maastricht University, July 7, 2011)


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Consultancy and Services

Invited expert for the ‘Practitioners Committee on Learning Goals Flemish Secondary Education’

(praktijkcommissie eindtermen) (15/12/2021)

EU/OECD-INFE financial competence framework for adults. Technical discussion (26/10/2021)

European Expert Network on Economics of Education - Ad Hoc Request for the European

Commission. Financing education in the context of COVID-19 (2021)

Vlaamse Onderwijsraad VLOR – Working Group on ‘Financing Adult Education in Flanders’ (2021)

‘Vlaamse Universiteiten en Hogescholen Raad’ (VLUHR) and ‘Vlaamse Adviesraad voor Innoveren

en Ondernemen’ (VARIO). The economic impact of international students in higher education (2020)

Expert member of economics education curriculum (leerplancommissie) second and third cycle of

secondary education - Katholiek Onderwijs Vlaanderen (2020-2021)

European Commission – Design of financial literacy platforms (with McKinsey & Company) (2020)

Selection committee for research manager at HIVA (2019)

Expert member in Assessment Committee KU Leuven (beoordelingscommissie) (2019)

National Bank of Belgium. Jury member of ‘Generation Euro Students’ Award’ (2019)

Expert member of educational attainments in economics in Flemish secondary education (eindtermen

commissie ‘economische en financiële competentie’) – Flemish Ministry of Education (2018-2019)

Selection committee for Flemish Education Inspectorate – Inspector in economics (2018)

Efficiency and productivity of universities in the Nordic countries - Swedish National Audit Office,

Helsinki (2017)

Standaard Boekhandel – Estimation of demand in the market of school books (2016)

Expert for new ‘Economic Education’ – Flemish Ministry of Education (2016)

Dutch Central Exit Examination in general economics (CITO, HAVO and VWO exam) – External

screening (2011- )

Resonance board of key competence ‘Economic Education’ – Flemish Ministry of Education (2014)

External screening of secondary school book in economics (2011)

Advisory Panel in Water regulation in Flanders (2010)

Regulatory advice on data collection in Flemish water sector (2010)


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Referee Work

Research projects

Irish Research Council (2021); NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research):

‘Beoordelingscommissie Promotiebeurs voor leraren’ (2014, 2015); NWO NRO PROO

Interlinked Research Projects (2020); Nuffield Foundation (2018); GPAC2 funding for PhD

(2017- ; Maastricht University).

Operations Research

European Journal of Operational Research; Operations Research; Annals of Operations

Research; Journal of Productivity Analysis; Public Management Review; Journal of the

Operational Research Society; Omega – The International Journal of Management Science;

International Transactions in Operational Research; International Journal of Production

Economics; Review of Industrial Organization; Operations Research and Decisions.

Education Economics

Research Policy; R&D Management; Education Economics; Educational Research

International; Educational Review; Computers & Education; Journal of Education Policy;

Learning and Instruction; Instructional Science; Educational Research and Reviews; School

Effectiveness and School Improvement; Higher Education; American Educational Research

De lonen jagen de kosten de hoogte in’

General Economics

Nature Human Behavior; Journal of Public Economics; Economics Bulletin; Journal of

Economic Surveys; Applied Economics; Public Choice; Statistica Neerlandica; Journal of

Development Economics; Socio-Economic Planning Sciences; Journal of Regulatory

Economics; Economics of Governance; Utilities Policy; Fiscal Studies; Contemporary

Economic Policy; The Economic Journal; Journal of the Royal Statistical Society;

Scandinavian Journal of Economics; Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.

Environmental and health economics

Journal of Environmental Management; Energy Economics; The European Journal of Health

Economics.

Articles in (Inter)national Press

Nieuwsblad (30/08/2022). Nog altijd leerachterstand in 4 op de 10 scholen. P.1 and p.8.

De Morgen (30/08/2022). De ene leerling krijgt bijles, de andere hinkt achterop. P. 14.

Q-music Radio News (30/08/2022). Leervertraging. Radio

De Standaard, Nieuwsblad, GvA, BvL (27/09/2022). Zelfs de leraar willen niet meer naar school. P.2.

De Tijd (26/08/2022). Meer leerlingen naar technisch onderwijs. P. 1.

Nieuwsblad (25/08/2022). Moeten voltijds werkende leerkrachten meer betaald worden. Online.

L’Echo (23/08/2022). L’aide parentale aux devoirs, un levier pour l’égalité des chances. P. 9.

Radio 1 (21/06/2022). Hoe kunnen we ouderbetrokkenheid versterken?


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De Standaard / Het Nieuwsblad (21/06/2022). Geef ouders huiswerk (en verantwoordelijkheid). P. 8.

Het Laatste Nieuws (17/06/2022). Wat was er mis met die nieuwe eindtermen? P. 8.

De Standaard (14/06/2022). Strengere regels voor de studievoortgang in hoger onderwijs. P.8.

La Presse (Canada) (11/06/2022). Les écoles devraient rester ouvertes « à moins d’une hécatombe.

De Standaard (08/06/2022). Onderwijsdebat: iedereen heeft boter op zijn hoofd. P.2

De Morgen Podcast Duidelijk (02/06/2022). Het lerarentekort.

De Morgen (31/5/2022). Lerarentekort: scholen vinden nog steeds moeilijk personeel. P. 10.

De Morgen (30/05/2022). Er is geen toverformule om het lerarentekort op te lossen. P. 12.

De Tijd (25/05/2022). Al veel geld in onderwijs, maar verhoudingen zitten scheef. P. 8.

Trends (21/04/2022). Het financieringssysteem van het Vlaamse onderwijs is te complex. P. 28-32.

De Standaard (31/03/2022). Gepubliceerd inspectieverslag heeft positieve impact voor scholen. P. 19.

VRT Radio news (31/03/2022). Positieve invloed van schoolinspectie. Radio.

Financieel Dagblad (27/03/2022). Klassen met twintig kinderen werken het best. P. 8.

Klasse (maart 2022). Leervertraging: zet je lestijd goed in. P. 11-15.

Kennismakers FWO (07/03/2022). Over het muurtje – onderzoek financiering politieke partijen.

VRT Radio News (27/02/2022). Minder heroriënteringen na kerst. Radio.

Knack (23/02/2022). Hoe kies je de juiste school voor je kind. P. 40-43.

Knack Opinie (23/02/2022). De Babylonische onderwijstheorie: wat is de beste strategie om te

onderwijzen? Online.

Nieuwsblad, Belang van Limburg (15/02/2022). Betaal overuren van leraren dubbel. P. 2.

De Zondag (13/02/2022). Achterstand wegwerken is een proces van jaren. P. 18.

Trends (10/02/2022). Vlaamse beleggers moeten nog veel leren. P. 44-46.

De Morgen (04/02/2022). Lerarentekort dreigt nog toe te nemen. P. 1

Radio VRT; Qmusic Radio (04/02/2022). De evolutie van het lerarentekort.

De Standaard (02/02/2022). Het gefaal van duaal: waarom het nieuwe leren en werken niet aanslaat. P.

8.

Sonar – KU Leuven Stories (31/01/2022). Gaming – a sea of change in learning. P. 66-69.

Radio VRT – news (28/01/2022). Daling zittenblijven. Radio news.


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ROB-TV – Studiogast (24/01/2022). Scholen openhouden is essentieel om leerachterstand te

voorkomen. Television.

Radio 1 – De Ochtend (23/01/2022). Bezorgdheid rond quarantaineregels kinderen.

Het nieuwsblad; Gazet van Antwerpen (19/01/2022). Eerst sluiten een paar klassen, dan volgt snel de

hele school. P. 10.

De Tijd (15/01/2022). Afstandsonderwijs blijft amateuristisch. P. 15.

De Standaard (15/01/2022). Wat, alweer studie? P. 16.

De Tijd (07/12/2021). Acht of tien jaar anciënniteit meenemen in onderwijs maakt slechts beperkt

verschil. p. 5.

De Standaard (06/12/2021). Als jonge leerkracht moet je vooral de gaten vullen, p. 10.

De Morgen (27/11/2021). Belastingen blijken mysterie voor Vlaming. P. 8.

Het Laatste Nieuws (26/11/2021). Experts geven wijze raad aan Ben Weyts: tien prioriteiten om de

scholen door de coronastorm te loodsen. P. 3.

Het Laatste Nieuws (23/11/2021). Vlaanderen trekt twee miljoen euro uit om studenten naar

buitenlandse topuniversiteiten te sturen. P. 12.

Le Vif (16/11/2021). Pourquoi l'enseignement francophone devrait s'inspirer d'un rapport flamand

(carte blanche). Opinie.

Knack (12/11/2021) - Rapport Commissie-Brinckman: welke didactische tips voor ouders? Opinie

Online.

Radio 1 – Nieuwe Feiten (09/11/2021). Limonade doet jongens slechter presteren, maar meisjes beter.

Science Alert; Knews (05/11/2021). The Surprising Difference Sugary Drinks Have on Preschoolers'

Test Scores. Online.

De Tijd (29/10/2021). Mondmasker is vervelend, maar school sluiten is nog veel erger. P. 4.

Het Laatste Nieuws (27/10/2021). Van het rad. P. 2.

Nieuwsblad (22/10/2021). Onderwijs heeft te weinig aandacht voor wie wel mee kan. P. 8.

De Morgen, De Standaard, Laatste Nieuws, Belang van Limburg (20/10/2021). Vooral leerachterstand

bij taalvakken door corona. P. 3.

Radio 1 – De Wereld Vandaag, VTM Television News, VRT Television News (19/10/2021),

Leervertraging.

Apache (19/10/2021). Structurele hervormingen dringen zich op in het Onderwijs. Online.

Veto (11/10/2021). Tegenvallende resultaten op verplichte ijkingstoetsen. P. 10-11.

Apache (08/10/2021). Besparingsronde in het onderwijs wordt aartsmoeilijke opdracht. Online.

Knack (06/10/2021). De lonen jagen de kosten de hoogte in. P 44-45.


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Terzake – VRT television (29/09/2021). Besparingen in het onderwijs. Television.

Belang van Limburg (29/09/2021). Onderwijs ongerust over besparing van 112 miljoen euro. P. 8.

VRT Radio Nieuws (28/09/2021). Besparingen in het onderwijs. Radio interview.

De Tijd (09/09/2021). Lerarentekort klimt naar ongekende hoogte. P. 8.

Knack (01/09/2021). Hoe Vlaamse scholen big business werden.

Knack (26/08/2021). We moeten de voorbije crisis aangrijpen om een brede en gedragen hervorming

van ons onderwijs aan te gaan. Opinie. Online.

CNN (14/07/2021). Don't fall into the nuclear family 'parent trap': What kids need most is love.

Opinion by Allison Hope, CNN

Knack (30/06/2021). Zoals vroeger wordt het nooit meer. P. 40-45.

Bruzz Radio (28/06/2021). Wat met de vakantie en leerachterstand? Radio interview.

Standaard (19/06/2021). Weyts kan zich niet blijven verstoppen achter corona. P. 10-11.

ROB-tv (10/06/2021). Uitgelicht – television.

De Tijd (03/06/2021). We vrezen dat eind juni meer C-attesten gegeven worden. p.8.

Lithuanian Public Television (LRT TELEVIZIJA) Panorama (06/05/2021).

Knack (05/05/2021). Spring niet te kwistig om met B- en C-attesten. P. 40-41.

De Standaard, Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen (19/04/2021). Vanbuiten blokken lukt, het ook

begrijpen niet. P. 2.

De Tijd (17/04/2021). Het rapport van het coronaschooljaar. p. 13.

De Tijd (03/04/2021). Is ander onderwijs ook beter? P11-13.

Dag Allemaal (31/03/2021). Een lange paasvakantie maakt de leerachterstand nog groter. p. 15.

Het Laatste Nieuws (26/03/2021). Leg fundamenten, geef bijles en betrek alle ouders. P. 6.

Belang van Limburg (16/03/2021). Dubbele leerachterstand, één oplossing? P. 2.

De Tijd (11/03/2021). Kritiek op plan Weyts voor digitalisering onderwijs zwelt aan. P. 6.

ING Outline (03/2021). Jongeren en hun financiële toekomst – een collectieve verantwoordelijkheid.

P.36-37.

Klasse (10/03/2021). Werk leerachterstand weg met extra handen in de klas. Schooldirect.

Klasse (20/02/2021). 9 acties tegen vroegtijdig schoolverlaten.

VRT Nieuws (10/02/2021). Nieuwe eindtermen in secundair onderwijs. Online.


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De Morgen (27/01/2021). Elke dag zonder les vermindert taalkennis. P. 1

VRT Radio 1, VRT NWS, De Tijd (27/01/2021). Onderzoek KULeuven toont aan: "Elke extra

sluitingsdag scholen veroorzaakt leervertraging". Online.

Knack (27/01/2021). Dit mag écht geen verloren schooljaar worden. P. 22

Trends (19/01/2021). Schoolsluitingen zeer schadelijk voor leerlingen en economie. Online.

De Morgen (12/12/2020). Kuddegedrag helpt in strijd tegen corona. P. 11.

De Tijd (10/12/2020). Als we niets doen, gaan we collectief verarmen. P. 7.

Het Laatste Nieuws (09/12/2020). Ambitie ligt veel te laag. P. 4

Baloise Insurance Magazine (December 2020). Leerstoel voor financieel welzijn. P. 28-29.

De Morgen / Het Laatste Nieuws (25/11/2020), ‘Recordaantal werkzoekenden volgt lerarenopleiding

voor knelpuntvak’, p. 1; p. 6.

Het Belang van Limburg (13/11/2020), ‘Vrees dat het onderwijs opgelopen achterstand niet meer kan

inhalen’. P. 8.

Het Nieuwsblad (12/11/2020), Vrees voor nog meer leerachterstand. P. 4

The Independent (29/10/2020), Children born to same-sex parents do better at school, study suggests.

Trends (22/10/2020), Een gezonde dosis contactonderwijs blijft de prioriteit. P. 12-13.

The Telegraph (UK), VRT, Nieuwsblad, De Telegraaf (NL) (9/10/2020), Kinderen met homoseksuele

ouders presteren volgens onderzoek beter op school. // Children of same-sex parents do better at

school, study claims. Online.

De Morgen (8/10/2020), Kinderen van homo-ouders halen betere punten. P. 3.

Knack (7/10/2020), Nieuwsgierige scholieren floreerden door de coronacrisis. P.50-54.

Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen, Standaard, VRT Nieuws, Journaal 1, Belang van Limburg, De

Morgen, Metro, Laatste Nieuws (23/9/2020), Leerlingen hebben half jaar achterstand door corona.

P.1; p. 3.

De Tijd (19/9/2020), Het draagvlak herstellen? Het is wachten op een pandoering. P. 5.

De Morgen (11/9/2020), Buitenlandse studenten blijven weg. P. 1; p.7.

Nieuwsblad (24/08/2020), Een boekentas vol leerachterstand. Pp. 8-9.

Trends (16/07/2020), Hoger onderwijs kan een economisch exportproduct zijn. P. 48-49.

De Morgen (15/07/2020), Hoe leer je kinderen omgaan met geld?, p. 8-9.

Knack (09/07/2020), Afstandsonderwijs verankeren? Beter zou zijn om eerst kleinschalig te testen en

te evalueren. Opinie. Online.

Knack (03/07/2020), Eindtermen horen niet in de coulissen van de politiek. Opinie. Online.


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De Standaard (01/07/2020), Nooit meer afstuderen zonder kennis van financiën of genocide. P. 14

De Morgen (25/06/2020), Wat we in het onderwijs leren, dat leggen we beter niet vast in

achterkamertjes. Opinie.

Klasse (18/06/2020), De school is meer dan een kennisfabriek: 5 rollen.

La Libre Belgique (29/05/2020), L’enseignement obligatoire implique l’ouverture obligatoire des

écoles. Opinie.

De Standaard (29/05/2020), Neem autonomie scholen tijdelijk af. p. 35. Opinie.

Ter Zake – VRT (28/05/2020), Wat zijn lange termijn kosten van schoolsluiting. Television.

Het Laatste Nieuws (28/05/2020), 'Dit kost ons leerachterstand, maar ook welvaart’, p. 5.

Le Soir (26/05/2020), Notre comportement dans la crise Covid-19 est plus prévisible que nous le

pensons. Online Opinie - Carte Blance.

Het Laatste Nieuws (23/05/2020), Onderwijseconoom – op veel plekken lukt dit niet, p. 2.

De Morgen (16/05/2020), Open de school voor alle jongeren. P. 54.

Knack.be (16/05/2020), Ons gedrag in de covid-19-crisis is voorspelbaarder dan we denken. Opinie.

La Dernière Heure (13/05/2020), Une plateforme gratuite va permettre aux Belges de simuler leur

pension: "La crise du coronavirus nous fait réfléchir à nos revenus".

Het Laatste Nieuws (13/05/2020), Duizenden scholieren bijna zes maand niet naar school: “Pubers

niet rijp genoeg om dit goed te overbruggen”. P. 5

KU Leuven onderzoeksverhalen (13/05/2020), Op weg naar een inclusieve universiteit. Online.

La Libre Belgique (8/05/2020), Il est urgent que les enfants retournent à l'école. Opinie.

Trends (30/04/2020), Kort de zomervakantie in. p. 26-29.

Het laatste Nieuws (30/04/2020), Zelfs een les maakt het verschil. p. 4.

Knack (29/04/2020), Dit probleem had al voor de crisis op de agenda moeten staan. p. 24.

Laatste Nieuws (23/04/2020), Onderwijseconoom pessimistisch over coronageneratie. p. 4.

Le Soir (21/04/2020), Ecole flamande et école francophone: faire au mieux et ne rien faire. Opinie.

De Standaard, Nieuwsblad (20/04/2020), We mogen ook sterkste leerlingen niet vergeten. p. 7.

De Tijd (13/04/2020), Scholen weer openen is geen ja-neeverhaal. Opinie.

Humo (13/04/2020), Onderwijs – Hoe moet het nu verder?

De Standaard (08/04/2020), Sterftecijfer in maart hoger dan anders, maar lager dan in 2018, p. 8.


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De Standaard (04/04/2020), Dit wordt de coronageneratie. Meer jongeren zullen eindigen zonder

diploma. P. 26.

VRT NWS (03/04/2020), Open de school na paasvakantie om piek in vroegtijdige schoolverlaters te

voorkomen. Opinie.

Standaard (27/03/2020), De prijs van gesloten schoolpoorten, p1; Opinie p37.

Knack (17/03/2020), De impact van 5 weken zonder les op school? 'Dit zou wel eens een grote stap

vooruit kunnen zijn, p. 14.

Econnect (december 2020), Van onderwijsfinanciering tot onderwijs over financiën. p. 28-31.

Het Laatste Nieuws, De Morgen (8/10/2019), Wat als werken niet meer kan?, p9.

Knack (2/10/2019), Eindelijk zullen we weten hoe goed onze scholen zijn- Interview. p.1, 18.

Knack Opinie (29/08/2019), Pak de pijnpunten van het M-decreet aan, maar behoud de geest ervan.

De Standaard (31/05/2019), Mama hoe betaal je ons huis af?, p. 9.

Trends (02/05/2019), Het onderwijs moet op bijles, p.38-40.

De Standaard, Belang van Limburg, VTM-nieuws, VRT-nieuws (11/04/2019), Suiker maakt kleuters

rustelozer, p. 8.

Trends (21/03/2019), Geen kwestie van hogere lonen. p.50-52.

Kanaal Z (20/03/2019), Staking goed voelbaar in Nederlandstalig onderwijs. Television.

De Morgen, ‘Geef een goede leerkracht extra loon’. p.36-37.

The Washington Post / The Boston Globe / The New York Post / National Post (Canada)

(06/02/2019), Children raised by same-sex couples do better in school, new study finds.

Kanaal Z (26/01/2019), Z-talk. Television.

De Morgen (11/01/2019), ‘Duaal leren is meer dan alleen maar al doende leren’, Online opinie.

Knack (19/12/2018), ‘Leraren erkennen als zwaar beroep? Slecht idee’, p. 54-57.

Nieuwsblad, De Standaard, Belang van Limburg (05/11/2018), ‘Geef leerkrachten die goed presteren

een hoger loon’, p. 5.

De Standaard (03/09/2018), ‘Hoog onderwijsniveau botst niet met gelijke kansen’, p. 1; p. 8.

Le Soir, Tendences (06/09/2018), ‘On a encore du mal à faire confiance au terrain’, p. 9

De Standaard (30/08/2018), ‘Wat hebben we aan een les ‘Mens en maatschappij’?’, Opinie p. 34.

Trends (20/06/2018), ‘Ik ben voorstander van centrale examens’, p.24.

Knack (02/05/2018), U weet te weinig over uw geld, p. 22-27.

Kanaal Z (03/05/2018), Geldkennis Belgische jongeren gaat erop achteruit. Journaal.


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De Tijd (14/03/2018), Leer mensen verstandig omgaan met krediet, Opinie. P. 9.

De Standaard / Nieuwsblad / Belang van Limburg / VRT nieuws (12/03/2018), Een op de twintig

Belgen is financieel analfabeet, p. 19.

Knack (12/03/2018), ‘Financiële geletterdheid is geen garantie voor 'wenselijk' financieel gedrag',

Vrije Tribune.

Budget (11/2017), Pisa-onderzoek bevestigt: het moet beter, OCMW Brugge, p28-29.

Knack (04/10/2017), ‘Als in een sportwedstrijd’, Boekrecensie De Geslaagde School, p. 61.

BKN Magazine De Tijd – L’Echo (28/09/2017), ‘Pour les riches… et les autres!’ p. 27.

De Standaard / Nieuwsblad (1/09/2017), ‘Rijke ouders, hoge punten’, p. 1.

Knack (01/09/2017), ‘Wat zijn de zwakke plekken van ons onderwijs?’, Opinie.

Sud Press (30/08/2017), ‘Bonnet d’âne wallon et flamand’, p. 2-3.

De Standaard (30/08/2017), ‘Anders zijn moet ook op school kunnen’, Opinie p. 34.

Knack (19/07/2017), ‘Geld is een zorg voor iedereen’, Opinie via Doordenkers.

Knack (21/06/2017), Blingbling en pingping, p. 26.

De Standaard, Nieuwsblad (02/06/2017), Geen diploma? Dat kost u later 37 procent loon. P 20-21.

Knack (29/05/2017), Hoe we financiële geletterdheid van Vlaamse jongeren kunnen én moeten

verbeteren. Vrije Tribune.

De Standaard, Gazet van Antwerpen, Nieuwsblad (26/05/2017), Hoe armer de ouders, hoe minder

kinderen over geld weten’, p. 12.

Observant (16/03/2017), ‘Myth: Educational experiments disadvantage children who are not allowed

to participate’, p. 4.

Kerk en Leven (08/03/2017), ‘Thuisstudie vraagt veel discipline’, p. 8.

Veto (08/03/2017), ‘Willen jullie meer of minder democratie’, p. 6.

Knack (15/02/2017), ‘Waarom is de examencommissie zo populair?’, p. 40-41.

Knack (15/02/2017), ‘Georganiseerde normvervaging in intercommunales’, p. 15.

Klasse voor Leraren (15/12/2016), ‘Vroegtijdig schoolverlaten: 9 acties’.

Standaard (22/12/2015), Burgemeesters lokken inwoners voor hoger loon, p. 1.

Le Soir, La Libre, Sudd Press, L’echo, Nord eclair, RTL Trends, Nieuwsblad, Tijd, Gazet van

Antwerpen (12/11/2015), Vroegtijdig schoolverlaten in Vlaanderen en de Federatie Wallonië-Brussel.

Trends (03/09/2015), Het onderwijssysteem in Vlaanderen heeft behoefte aan de geplande

hervorming, p. 38.


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De Standaard (21/08/2015), Uitdagende lessen uit/in Nederland, opinie, p.35.

Klasse voor Leraren (21/04/2015), ‘Vermijd vroegtijdig schoolverlaten’, Klasse 56218.

De Morgen (18/12/2014), ‘Zonder uitkering dreigt valkuil van het OCMW’, p. 15.

Knack (19/11/2014), Beperk het zittenblijven, p. 10.

De Tijd (12/11/2014), Verplicht jongeren op schoolbanken te blijven tot ze een diploma hebben, p. 8.

Het Parool, NRC, Volkskrant, Trouw, BNR, Radio Amsterdam FM (10/11/2014), Fors grotere kans op

vroegtijdig schoolverlaten na ‘zwarte’ basisschool – n.a.v. promotie Cheng Ong.

De Standaard (12/09/2014), Hoe ongelijk zijn gemeenten, p. 11.

Le soir (27/8/14), Les cachiers au feu, les notes au milieu. p. 7

De Standaard (21/08/2014), Examenstress is ook goed voor scholen, opinie, p. 36.

Knack (18/06/2014), Gamen op school wordt heel gewoon, p. 44.

Observant (16/01/2014), Publicatiedruk en de juiste vrienden van een wetenschapper. Observant 18,

16 januari 2014, p. 6.

ECONnect (2013), Gepassioneerde leraren in de lerarenopleiding economie. Econnect 2, October

2013. P21

Het Belang van Limburg (15/06/2013), Werking staat lijdt onder gebrek burgerzin. P. 19.

De Morgen (12/06/2013), België besteedt belastingsgeld slecht. p. 6.

Het Nieuwsblad (12/06/2013), Belg krijgt te weinig terug voor zijn vele belastingscenten. p. 12.

Knack (12/06/2013), De Belgische overheid biedt weinig waar voor haar geld. p. 32-33.

El Pais (Spanish newspaper) (02/02/2013), La paradoja del regreso a las aulas.

Nicis Institute Newsletter (11/05/2010), Voortijdige schoolverlaters bevinden zich in een

vicieuze cirkel. p. 1.

Trends (27/12/2007), Het getal 8 als baken - De Wereld in 2008. p. 27.

Trends (02/08/2007), Het dikkerdje moet op dieet.

De Tijd (01/08/2007), Gewenst: expliciete norm die overheidsuitgaven beperkt. p. 9.

De Standaard (27/07/2007), België zit boven zijn ideale gewicht. p. 6.

Het Belang van Limburg (27/07/2007), Hoe kleiner het gezin hoe meer we van de overheid

verwachten. p. 5.

Gazet van Antwerpen (27/07/2007), Belgische overheid leeft boven haar stand. p. 11.

De Standaard ( 21/05/2007), Kleine gezinnen maken overheid zwaar. p. 8.


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De Tijd (27/01/2007), Innovatie tilt Vlaanderen in top vijf voor competitiviteit. p. 11.

De Standaard (26/01/2007), Vlaanderen in top 5 voor competitiviteit. p. 1.

Het Nieuwsblad (26/01/2007), Vlaanderen scoort goed. p. 11.

Knack (10/01/07), Opinie: Vlaanderens best bewaarde geheim. p. 38.

De Morgen (01/12/2006), Belg betaalt zijn drinkwater te duur. p. 9.

De Tijd (30/11/2006), Belg betaalt zijn drinkwater te duur. p. 11.

De Standaard (30/11/2006), Belgisch drinkwater te duur, p. 19.

De Tijd (14/11/2006), Zoektocht naar 2.800 bestuurders intercommunales komt op gang. p. 12.

De Tijd (13/06/2006), Intercommunales kennen regels deugdelijk bestuur nog niet. p. 6.

Trends (25/05/06), Belgische drinkwatersector weinig efficiënt. p. 21.

Trends (09/03/06), Intercommunales: 1,2 miljard euro winst.

De Standaard (09/02/2006), Verwarring rond bestuurders intercommunales. p. 38.

De Standaard (08/02/2006), Gemeenten hebben grote spaarpot. p. 2; p. 18.

Het Nieuwsblad (08/02/2006), Gemeenten hebben grote spaarpot. p. 3.

Het Volk (08/02/2006), Gemeenten hebben grote spaarpot. p. 3.

Trends (03/11/05), Intercommunales de buitenbeentjes van de economie.

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