Well-Being in Belgium: Beyond Happiness and Income

Bart Capéau (1963) holds a master’s degree in Philosophy and a PhD in Economics. He is a researcher at the Department of Economics at KU Leuven (Belgium).

Laurens Cherchye (1974) is a Full Professor at KU Leuven (Belgium). He has published in Econometrica, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies and the Journal of Political Economy. Together with Bram De Rock and Frederic Vermeulen he received the Belgian Francqui-Prize in 2019.

Koen Decancq (1980) is an Associate Research Professor at the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy at the University of Antwerp. His research interests are the measurement of (multidimensional) inequality, poverty and well-being, with a focus on the incorporation of individual preferences and the role of social policies.

André Decoster (1958) is a Full Professor at the Department of Economics at KU Leuven (Belgium), where he lectures on introductory economics, public finances and the measurement of welfare, inequality and poverty. His research mainly focuses on the evaluation of tax systems, social security and public policy using micro-econometric simulation models.

Bram De Rock (1977) is a Full Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles and KU Leuven (Belgium). He has published over 50 articles (mostly) on family economics in international journals, including Econometrica, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies and the Journal of Political Economy.

François Maniquet (1965) is a Full Professor at UCLouvain, in Louvain-la-Neuve. His research interests include welfare economics and public economics, with a focus on well-being measurement and the theory of optimal taxation. He received the Social Choice and Welfare Prize in 2004 and the Francqui Prize in 2010.

Annemie Nys (1986) holds a master’s degree in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp and a master’s degree in Statistics for Social Sciences from KU Leuven (Belgium). She conducts research at the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy.

Guillaume Périlleux (1992) holds master’s degrees in Economics and in Advanced Research from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He is pursuing his PhD at the ULB in the area of family economics, focusing on how families make decisions about time use, consumption and incurring debts.

Eve Ramaekers (1977) has a PhD in Economics. She held positions at the University of Namur, UCLouvain and the Ecole Polytechnique near Paris. Focusing on welfare economics and game theory, her research findings have been published in Social Choice and Welfare and Games and Economic Behavior.

Zoé Rongé (1991) holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Liège and a master’s degree in Advanced Economic Research from KU Leuven (Belgium). She is a researcher at the Department of Economics at KU Leuven.

Erik Schokkaert (1954) is an economist and psychologist. He is affiliated with the Department of Economics at KU Leuven (Belgium) and chairs the steering committee of Metaforum, the interdisciplinary think tank at KU Leuven. He has published (among others) in the American Economic Journal: Applied, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Health Economics.

Frederic Vermeulen (1974) is a Professor of Economics at the University of Leuven (Belgium). He is a Research Fellow at the IFS (London) and the IZA (Bonn), and his interests focus on the economics of the household. In 2019, he was awarded the Francqui-Prize, with Laurens Cherchye and Bram De Rock.