“We’re thrilled to announce that the International Microsimulation Association (IMA) World Congress will take place in Brussels July 1–3, 2026, hosted by CAPE at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles. This global event is the place to be for anyone passionate about microsimulation—bringing together experts, …
“Join us at the “ Bruxelles, Diversité & Inclusion ” conference, taking place on October 9–10 at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles. We’re excited to announce that Hélène Latzer and Tom Truyts will be leading a session on fiscal policy in Brussels. This panel will …
“We’re happy to share that our seminar series for this semester is now available in the Events section of our website! It’s a great opportunity to join inspiring talks, meet others, and exchange ideas. We hope to see you there!”
“Highlights from our very first international conference! Engaging discussions, inspiring encounters, and most of all… an amazing vibe! Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this event such a memorable moment. With over 100 participants, your presence made this event a real success. …
CAPE is delighted to invite you to the inaugural Beamm conference on public finance and public policy evaluation, taking place on Monday, May 26th, 2025.
This conference comes at a pivotal moment for public policies, which are facing unprecedented environmental, technological, demographic, and …
We’re happy to share that we have received EFRO-FEDER funding for our beamm.brussels project. Beamm.brussels is an online platform that allows policy makers and other stakeholders to assess fiscal and social policies in the Brussels Capital Region in great detail and from multiple perspective. We are …
Join us for an informative seminar on June 21st at 11:00 AM at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles. Our guest speaker, Paul Dutronc, will present his research titled: “Do Subsidies to Green Technical Change Reduce Carbon …
In July 2017, A. Decoster and W. Sas - KU Leuven - published a study on interregional financial flows in Belgium resulting from the federal budget. Their groundbreaking …
Exciting opportunity: Full-time developer-researcher position available!.
We are delighted to announce an upcoming seminar featuring Michaël Zemmour from the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies at Sciences Po. The seminar will delve into the topic of " …
Muriel Dejemeppe, Matthieu Delpierre, and Mathilde Pourtois analyse the main effects of a recruitment aid called “Impulsion moins de 25 ans” introduced in Wallonia in July 2017. Their article is available in the October 2023 edition of UCLouvain’s popular science journal “Regards …
Raising of taxes is an essential act of sovereignty. The creation, increase, reduction or abolition of taxes and the allocation of the resources needed to collect them… These decisions reflect …
September 16th 2023 marks the start of our ARC (Action de Recherche Concertée) project TaxFam. TaxFam stands for Tax Design and Family Dynamics. During the coming 5 years, we will study the interaction between the fiscal system and the structure of Belgian households. The project mobilizes expertise in public …
In Les cahiers de l’IBSA No 10 (February 2023), Astrid Adam analyzes spending reviews. In her paper, the PhD student in Economics from University Saint-Louis addresses several questions: In what context have spending reviews emerged in Europe and elsewhere? Which steps articulate a …
On February 17th, Arnaud Dorsimont wil present his working paper at Université Saint Louis - salle des examens.
On February 10th, Dr Mario Cools from ULiège will give an overview of different articles that pertain to different aspects of population synthesis, which is the process of creating a synthetic population for use in micro-simulation models at Where ? Université Saint Louis - …
Economic recession seems to be on everyone’s lips. Several European states could indeed enter it in 2023. But what is a recession really? How does it impact the general population ? Where does it emerge from, and how can we get out of it? Hélène Latzer, a professor of economics at the University of Saint-Louis …
On January 20th, Dr Willem Sas - KU Leuven, University of Edinburgh, and CESifo Munich - wil present a seminar entitled “Interregional fiscal flows: the Belgian case” at Université Saint Louis - room P02.
Koen Declercq was interviewed on the issue of the duration of unemployment benefits. Access limited to subscribers.
On June 10th, Malka Guillot (U.Liège) will present a seminar entitled “Is charitable giving political? Evidence from wealth and income tax returns”
Is charitable giving politically motivated? Do the same people give to both charities and political parties, and do they substitute between one and other? In …
On June 16th, Jean-François Maystadt (Université Catholique De Louvain) and Pétros Sekeris will present a workshop on Conflicts and development.
On Friday May 27nd, Marco Mantovani will be presenting a seminar entitled “Moral preferences over taboo trade-offs in the time of coronavirus”
Covid-19 brought to the forefront of the political agenda the trade-off between health and economic activities. Leveraging theoretical and empirical tools from …
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