Jules Jacobus Maria Theeuwes (10 October 1944 – 6 November 2012) was a Belgian economist, and Professor of Labour Economics at the

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Biography

Born in

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, Theeuwes received his BA in Trade and Consular Studies at the

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in 1967, his MA in Economics at the

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in 1970, and his PhD at the

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in 1975.Barbara Baarsma, Joop Hartog (2012)
Jules J.M. Theeuwes (1944-2012)
at seo.nl, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2013 After graduation Theeuwes back in Belgium he was researcher at the

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in Louvain in 1975-76. In 1976 he moved to the Netherlands, where from 1976 to 1985 he was associate professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and in between Visiting Professor at University of British Columbia in the year 1978-79. After one year 1985-86 at the

in 1986 he was appointed Professor of Economics at the Leiden Law School of the

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. In 1996 back in Amsterdam he was appointed Professor of Labour Economics at the University of Amsterdam. From 2006 to 2009 he was director of

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as successor of

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. In 2010 he retired at the University of Amsterdam and in 2012 he died in

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. Theeuwes was Visiting Professor at the

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in 1988, and at

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in 1996. He was Fellow at the

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(NIAS) in 1990-91, and member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy from 2002 to 2006.

Publications

Theeuwes has authored and co-authored numerous publications.List of publications Jules Theeuwes
/ref> Books, a selection: * 1993. ''Labour Market Contracts and Institutions: A Cross-national Comparison: Papers Presented at the International Workshop for Labour Market Contracts and Institutions at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS), Wassenaar, the Netherlands''. Vol. 218. With Joost Hartog eds. Emerald Group Pub Limited. Articles, a selection: * Lindeboom, Maarten, and Jules Theeuwes

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 53.3 (1991): 243-264. * Lindeboom, Maarten, and Jules Theeuwes. "Search, benefits and entitlement." Economica (1993): 327-346. * Wottiez, Isolde, and Jules Theeuwes. "9 Well-being and labor market status." The distribution of welfare and household production: International perspectives (1998): 211. * Kerkhofs, Marcel, Maarten Lindeboom, and Jules Theeuwes. " tp://zappa.ubvu.vu.nl/19980042.pdf Retirement, financial incentives and health" Labour Economics 6.2 (1999): 203-227.

References

External links

Jules Theeuwes
at res.org.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Theeuwes, Jules 1944 births 2012 deaths Belgian economists Belgian operations researchers Econometricians University of Antwerp alumni KU Leuven alumni University of British Columbia alumni Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam People from Herentals