Curriculum Vitae

Labour economics, with a focus on the effects of technology on the labour market, wage setting (including minimum wages), and health and disability.

Wiljan van den Berge

Assistant Professor (tenured)

Utrecht University School of Economics

a.w.vandenberge (at) uu.nl

Appointments

2023–Assistant Professor (tenured), Utrecht University School of Economics, Utrecht

2020–2023Postdoc researcher, Utrecht University School of Economics, Utrecht

2013–Researcher, Labour & Education, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, Den Haag

Education

2014–2019PhD Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam — Supervisor: J.C. van Ours

2012–2013MSc Economics (cum laude), Tilburg University

2009–2012MA Research Master Philosophy & Economics (cum laude), Erasmus University Rotterdam

Research visits

2019Boston University (host: James Bessen)

2018Boston University (host: James Bessen)

Awards

2026CPB Research Prize

2025USE Departmental Research Prize

2015Best Labour Economics Paper, Nederlandse Arbeidsmarktdag

Publications

James Bessen, Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, Wiljan van den Berge (2025). What Happens to Workers at Firms that Automate?. Review of Economics and Statistics 107(1), 125–141. [link]
Emiel van Bezooijen, Wiljan van den Berge, Anna Salomons (2024). The Young Bunch: Youth Minimum Wages and Labor Market Outcomes. ILR Review 77(3), 428–460. [link]
Wiljan van den Berge, Egbert Jongen, Karen van der Wiel (2023). The Effects of a Tax Deduction for Lifelong Learning Expenditures. International Tax and Public Finance 30(3), 729–756. [link]
James Bessen, Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, Wiljan van den Berge (2020). Firm-Level Automation: Evidence from the Netherlands. AEA Papers and Proceedings 110, 389–393. [link]
James Bessen, Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, Wiljan van den Berge (2020). Automation: A Guide for Policymakers. Brookings Institution. [link]
Anja Deelen, Marloes de Graaf-Zijl, Wiljan van den Berge (2018). Labour Market Effects of Job Displacement for Prime-Age and Older Workers. IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7(3). [link]
Wiljan van den Berge (2018). Bad Start, Bad Match? The Early Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession for Vocational and Academic Graduates. Labour Economics 53, 75–96. [link]

Working papers

Wiljan van den Berge, Bram Wouterse (2026). Technological Change, Job Loss and Disability Insurance.
Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, Bas Scheer, Wiljan van den Berge (2025). Domestic Outsourcing and Worker Outcomes: Evidence from Staffing Firms. R&R, Review of Economics and Statistics. [link]
Simon Rabaté, Maxime Tô, Julie Tréguier, Willem van der Wal, Wiljan van den Berge (2025). The Effect of Adverse Life-Events on Income Trajectories. CPB Discussion Paper.

Work in progress

Wiljan van den Berge, Ruben van Loon (2026). Introducing an Hourly Minimum Wage.
Wiljan van den Berge (2026). The Costs of Waiting: Health Effects of Waiting for Disability Insurance.
Wiljan van den Berge, Ruben van Loon, Timo Verlaat (2026). The Effect of Minimum Wage Increases on Youth Crime and Economic Independence.
Wiljan van den Berge (2026). Wage Subsidies for Minimum Wage Workers.

Grants & Funding

2023CBS Microdata Access Grant (€7,500)

2018Ministry of Social Affairs — two research projects (Principal Investigator) (€130,000)

Teaching & supervision

2026–PhD supervision: Ruben van Loon (CPB / Utrecht University)

2025–Bachelor thesis supervision (Utrecht University)

2022–2025Lectures & coordination, Econometrics (undergraduate, Utrecht University)

2020–2022Tutorials, Econometrics (undergraduate, Utrecht University)

2021–2026PhD supervision: Victor Picado (Utrecht University)

2020–2024PhD supervision: Emiel van Bezooijen (Utrecht University)

2017–2022Guest lecture, "Technology and the labour market," graduate Labour Economics (Tilburg University)

2015–2019MSc thesis & intern supervision (CPB)

Presentations

Rotterdam (2025), Tinbergen Institute (2022), EEA (2022), EALE (2022), ASSA (2022), ESPE (2021), EALE (2021), CPB (2021), ASSA (2020), IZA Workshop on the Future of Work (2019), EALE (2019), IZA Summer School (2019), Erasmus University Rotterdam (2019), University of Groningen (2019), Boston University (2018), Bentley College (2018), Utrecht University (2018), ESPE (2017), EALE (2017), Maastricht University (2017), IZA (2016), Tilburg University (2016), IZA (2014).

Refereeing

Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Labor Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of Human Resources, European Economic Review, Applied Economics, Statistics Netherlands Microdata Access Grant, Labour Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Research Policy, Routledge, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Empirical Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Applied Economics Letters, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Economic Surveys.

Policy & media

Policy talks. EconPol Europe Annual Conference (2019), Nederlandse Economen Dag (2021, 2018, 2013), KWI Congres (2018), Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (2018), Nederlandse Arbeidsmarktdag (2017, 2013), Municipality of Apeldoorn (2016), Ministry of Internal Affairs (2015).

Media. VPRO Tegenlicht Meetup (2021), BNR Nieuwsradio (2020), Algemeen Dagblad (2019), SER Magazine (2019), BNR Nieuwsradio (2018), Algemeen Dagblad (2017), Financieel Dagblad (2017), Omroep West (2017), Financieel Dagblad (2015), Radio 1 (2015).