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Bernhard MICHEL
Professor of Environmental Economics @UMons Member @DULBEA Associate Fellow @CEBRIG |
RESUME
Bernhard Michel is part of the Input-Output Analysis and Environmental Accounts team at the Bureau Fédéral du Plan. Within this team, he contributes to the construction of input-output tables and conducts research on international trade, global value chains, and multinational companies. He has published studies on offshoring and the carbon footprint of Belgium and its regions. In addition, he represents Belgium in the OECD's expert group on measures of economic globalization, which he chairs.
In parallel with his work at the BFP, he teaches a course in ‘Environmental Economics’ at the Warocqué Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Mons. Between 2020 and 2023, he worked as an external national expert for the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the ‘TiVA-SUT for Africa’ project, which aimed to develop statistics for African countries on their integration into global value chains.
During his career at the Federal Planning Bureau, he was also a member of the ‘Structural Studies’ and ‘Economic Forecasts’ teams. Before joining the FPB, he worked as an assistant at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management at ULB and as a researcher at DULBEA (Department of Applied Economics at ULB).
In parallel with his work at the BFP, he teaches a course in ‘Environmental Economics’ at the Warocqué Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Mons. Between 2020 and 2023, he worked as an external national expert for the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the ‘TiVA-SUT for Africa’ project, which aimed to develop statistics for African countries on their integration into global value chains.
During his career at the Federal Planning Bureau, he was also a member of the ‘Structural Studies’ and ‘Economic Forecasts’ teams. Before joining the FPB, he worked as an assistant at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management at ULB and as a researcher at DULBEA (Department of Applied Economics at ULB).
RESEARCH FIELDS
Applied Economics | Economic History | Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics | Microeconomics Tourism
most representative publications
- Michel B. and C. Hambÿe, Export-sustained employment: accounting for exporter-heterogeneity in input–output tables, Economic Systems Research, 34, 2, pp.215-233, 2022.
- Merlevede B. and B. Michel, Downstream offshoring and firm‐level employment, Canadian Journal of Economics, 53, 1, pp.249-283, 2020.
- Hambÿe C. and B. Michel, L’intégration de l’économie belge dans les chaînes de valeur mondiales : le rôle des exportateurs et de leurs fournisseurs domestiques, Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, LIX, 2-3, pp.11-30, 2020.
- Michel B., C. Hambÿe, B. Hertveldt and G. Trachez, Extended supply and use tables for Belgium: where do we stand?, Eurostat Review on National Accounts and Macroeconomic Indicators (Eurona), 2/2019, pp.51-72, 2019.
- Hambÿe C., B. Hertveldt and B. Michel, Does consistency with detailed national data matter for calculating carbon footprints with global multi-regional input–output tables? A comparative analysis for Belgium based on a structural decomposition, Journal of Economic Structures, 7, 11, 2018.
- Hoekstra R., B. Michel and S. Suh, The emission cost of international sourcing: using structural decomposition analysis to calculate the contribution of international sourcing to CO2- emission growth, Economic Systems Research, 28, 2, pp.151-167, 2016.
- Michel B., Délocalisations au sens large: conséquences pour l’emploi et la productivité sectorielle en Belgique, Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, LV 2, pp.49-60, 2016.
- Michel B. and F. Rycx, Productivity gains and spillovers from offshoring, Review of International Economics, 22, 1, pp.73-85, 2014.
- Hertveldt B. and B. Michel, Offshoring and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in Belgium, De Economist, 161, 4, pp.399-420, 2013.
- Michel B., Does offshoring contribute to reducing domestic air emissions? Evidence from Belgian manufacturing, Ecological Economics, 95, pp.73-82, 2013.
- Michel B. and F. Rycx, Does offshoring of materials and business services affect employment? Evidence from a small open economy, Applied Economics, 44, 2, pp.229-251, 2012.
