Thimo De Schouwer

I am an Economic Analyst in the Analysis and Statistics unit of the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion (DG EMPL) at the European Commission. I am also an Affiliated Researcher in the Economics Department at the University of Antwerp.

I hold a PhD in Economics from KU Leuven, funded by a Research Fellowship from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). I also spent some time visiting the Institute for Applied Microeconomics (IAME) at the University of Bonn. Further information can be found on my CV.

At the Commission, I study the labour market impacts of AI and build models to inform contemporary employment policy. In my academic work, I study how workers and firms value different non-monetary job attributes, and how market conditions shape whose interests are reflected in equilibrium outcomes. To answer these questions, I use structural models of search and matching, causal inference methods, and experimental survey evidence.

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