Coenraad Nicolaas (Coen) Teulings (born 13 December 1958) is a Dutch

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

and distinguished professor at

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

. He was formerly professor of Economics at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

and the

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and former Director of the

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Biography

Born in

Rijswijk Rijswijk (), formerly known as Ryswick ( ) in English, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Its population was in , and it has an area of , of which is water. The municipality also includes th ...

, Coen Teulings was the grandson of

Frans Teulings Franciscus Gerardus Cornelis Josephus Marie "Frans" Teulings (15 November 1891 – 23 June 1966) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later co-founder of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into th ...

, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1951-52. He was a student at the

, where he received his MA of Economics cum laude in 1985, and his PhD in 1990 with a thesis entitled "Conjunctuur en kwalificatie" (Cycle and skill).Curriculum Vitae Coen TEULINGS, January 2013
at ''iza.org''. Accessed September 12, 2013. In 1985 Teulings started as researcher for

SEO Economic Research SEO Amsterdam Economics'' (SEO) is a scientific institute for economic research commissioned by ministries or businesses. SEO was founded in 1949 from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abb ...

. From 1991 to 1995 he held a Research fellowship of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...

. From 1995 to 1998 he headed the department of income policy of the Dutch

Ministry of Social Affairs A Ministry of Social Affairs or Department of Social Affairs is the common name for a government department found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments. While there is some variation in the responsibilities of ...

. In 1997-98 he was appointed Professor of Labour Economics at the

, and from 1998 to 2004 in the same function Professor of Labour Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. From 1998 to 2004 he also directed the

Tinbergen Institute The Tinbergen Institute is a joint institute for research and education in economics, econometrics and finance of the VU University Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam, and the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The institute was founded in 1987 an ...

as successor of Herman K. van Dijk. In 2004 back in Amsterdam he was appointed Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam, and Director of

from 2004 to 2006. From 2006 to May 2013 he was Director of the Netherlands

. From 1 October 2013 he was appointed as the Montague Burton Professor of Industrial Relations and Labour Economics at Cambridge University. From 2018 onward, he is distinguished professor at Utrecht University. Teulings has been elected Fellow of the

, Fellow of the

Institute for the Study of Labor The IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (german: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), until 2016 referred to as the Institute of the Study of Labor (IZA), is a private, independent economic research institute and academic network focused o ...

, Fellow of CESifo in Munich, and Fellow of the

Centre for Economic Policy Research The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) is an independent, non‐partisan, pan‐European non‐profit organisation. Its mission is to enhance the quality of policy decisions through providing policy‐relevant research, based soundly in e ...

in London.

Publications

Teulings published numerous articles in the field of economicsCoen Teulings
Google Scholar profile. Books: * 1998. ''Corporatism or competition?: labour contracts, institutions and wage structures in international comparison.'' With Joop Hartog. Cambridge University Press. Articles, a selection: * Teulings, Coen N.
The wage distribution in a model of the assignment of skills to jobs
" Journal of Political Economy (1995): 280-315. * Dolado, J., Kramarz, F., Machin, S., Manning, A., Margolis, D., Teulings, C., ... & Keen, M. (1996)
The economic impact of minimum wages in Europe
Economic policy, 319-372. * Teulings, Coen N., and Pieter A. Gautier.
The right man for the job
" The Review of Economic Studies 71.2 (2004): 553-580. * Teulings, Coen N., and Casper G. De Vries.
Generational accounting, solidarity and pension losses
" De Economist 154.1 (2006): 63-83.

References

External links

Prof. dr. C.N. Teulings (Coen)
Amsterdam School of Economics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Teulings, Coen 1958 births Living people Dutch civil servants Dutch economists Directors of the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis University of Amsterdam alumni Erasmus University Rotterdam faculty University of Amsterdam faculty People from Rijswijk Professors of the University of Cambridge