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Olaf van Vliet on migrant workers and general welfare 07 February 2023What would happen if there were fewer migrant workers in the Netherlands? Olaf van Vliet, Professor of Economics, discussed this question on Dutch new...
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Olaf van Vliet and Eduard Suari Andreu in NRC about research on migrants and social security 13 September 2022EU migrants receive less frequent and lower benefits and allowances than Dutch citizens. This is according to research by Leiden economists Olaf van V...
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Rising staff shortages despite fear of recession – Olaf van Vliet in NRC 18 August 2022
Economists are warning for a contraction of the economy during the second half of this year. The United States are already facing a ‘technical recessi...
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Olaf van Vliet discusses staff shortages on Omroep West: Untapped labour potential and higher wages 17 August 2022
All of society is having to deal with the effects of staff shortages. Hospitals are unable to fill their duty rosters, primary schools are having to c...
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Arco Timmermans in BNR Lobbypanel about lobby strategics 22 April 2022Arco Timmermans, Bijzonder Hoogleraar Public Affairs, sprak deze week in het BNR Lobbypanel over verschillende lobbys, de lobby voor de kortere zomerv...
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Johan Christensen for the Global Blog about experts in global governance 04 January 2022Recently, Johan Christensen, Assistant Professor at the FGGA, contributed to the commentary series on technocracy and democracy in global governance t...
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Getting Rid of Fossil Fuels 15 December 2021A few weeks ago, Dutch pension giant ABP decided to divest from fossil fuels. But is this actually going to help the climate? Natascha van der Zwan, A...
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Bram Klievink in Trouw over dataprivacy 07 December 2021Last weekend, an article on data privacy appeared in Trouw. In this essay, Bram Klievink, Professor of Digitization and Public Policy at the FGGA, add...
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Shivant Jhagroe in Ruetir about 'donut thinking' in Amsterdam 06 December 2021Last friday, an article appeared on Ruetir about 'donut thinking' in Amsterdam. Shivant Jhagroe, assistant professor at the Institute of Public Admini...
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Sebastian Diessner for Le Figaro about quantitative easing 15 October 2021Sebastian Diessner, associate professor at the FGGA, recently appeared in an article called 'Inflation: a spring remontée des taux se dessine' (Inflat...
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Antoaneta Dimitrova, Bernard Steunenberg and Dimiter Toshkov about the political situation in Bulgaria 21 September 2021In the current political situation of Bulgaria, it seems that a long-term caretaker government is the only viable option at the moment. Dimiter Toshko...
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Kohei Suzuki contributed to the research project 'Reforming Public Administration in Libya' 28 April 2021Kohei Suzuki, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration contributed to the research project ‘Reforming Public Administration in Li...
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Kohei Suzuki on Infobae about the problem of loneliness in Japan 26 March 2021
Kohei Suzuki, Assistant Professor at Institute of Public Administration, was interviewed by Infobae about loneliness in Japan and the role of governme...
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Dimiter Toshkov and Honorata Mazepus in The Economist about the 'winner-loser gap' 25 March 2021The Economist published an article about a working paper about the effects of democratic elections on satisfaction with democracy. The paper was writt...
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Andrei Poama and Tom Theuns about why voting in prison should be mandatory 17 February 2021Poama and Theuns co-wrote an opinion piece on why voting in prison should be mandatory worldwide. It appeared on National Interest's website on Februa...