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François RYCX
Professor of Economics @SBS-EM Director of Doctoral School in Management Sciences and Applied Economics Director @CEBRIG ULB Office: R42.4.202 Phone: +32 2 650 41 10 |
RESUME
François Rycx is Professor of Economics at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He is affiliated to the Centre Emile Bernheim (CEBRIG), the Department of Applied Economics of ULB (DULBEA), the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn (Germany), the Global Labor Organisation (GLO) in Essen (Germany), the Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), and Soci&ter at the University of Mons (UMONS). Since several years, he is Visiting Professor at the Louvain School of Economics (UCL) and at the University of Mons (UMONS). He has a PhD in Economics from ULB.
His research is in the area of empirical labour and personnel economics, in particular the analysis of matched employer-employee data to uncover the determinants of productivity, wages and cost-competitiveness. He does also research on labour market institutions (e.g. trade unions, minimum wages), educational mismatch, migration, discrimination, workforce diversity and firm performance, ageing and employability, global value chains and offshoring, sickness absenteeism, and credit constraints.
He has advised various organisations including the European Central Bank, Eurofound, the European Trade Union Institute, the National Bank of Belgium, the European Commission and the OECD.
As of August 2022,
He obtained many research grants, notably from Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), FNRS, Fondation Roi Baudouin, OECD, European Central Bank, European Commission, National Bureau of Economic Research (USA), European Trade Union Institute, National Bank of Belgium, and Walloon Region.
He has supervised the thesis of 13 doctoral students (who successfully defended) and is currently supervising 5 other PhDs.
His research is in the area of empirical labour and personnel economics, in particular the analysis of matched employer-employee data to uncover the determinants of productivity, wages and cost-competitiveness. He does also research on labour market institutions (e.g. trade unions, minimum wages), educational mismatch, migration, discrimination, workforce diversity and firm performance, ageing and employability, global value chains and offshoring, sickness absenteeism, and credit constraints.
He has advised various organisations including the European Central Bank, Eurofound, the European Trade Union Institute, the National Bank of Belgium, the European Commission and the OECD.
As of August 2022,
- He co-edited 17 books (Palgrave) and special issues of scientific journals, and published 64 articles in international scientific journals, 41 articles in Belgian scientific journals and 12 articles in books.
- SBS-EM ranking: 301 points, including 14 top publications.
- Google Scholar: 3,219 citations, h-index 32, i-10 index 56.
- Ideas/RePEc ranking: among top 5% (rank 40 out of 982 authors) best-ranked economists in Belgium when considering all publication years, among top 3% best-ranked economists in the European Union and in Europe, among top 4% authors according to h-index.
He obtained many research grants, notably from Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), FNRS, Fondation Roi Baudouin, OECD, European Central Bank, European Commission, National Bureau of Economic Research (USA), European Trade Union Institute, National Bank of Belgium, and Walloon Region.
He has supervised the thesis of 13 doctoral students (who successfully defended) and is currently supervising 5 other PhDs.
Research fields
Industrial Relations & Labour Studies | Personnel Economics & HRM | Labour Economics | Economics of Education | Gender Economics | Economics of Migration | Regional and International Economics | Applied Econometrics
KEYWORDS
Compensation and Benefits | Firm Performance | Employability | Job Satisfaction | Labour Market Institutions (e.g. Trade Unions, Collective Bargaining, Minimum Wages, Employment Protection Legislation) | Educational/Qualification Mismatch | Migration | Gender | Ageing | Discrimination | Workforce Diversity | Inequality & Poverty | Value Chains & Offshoring | Credit Constraints | Over-Indebtedness | Linked Employer-Employee Panel Data
most representative publications
- Pineda-Hernandez K., F. Rycx and M. Volral, Immigrant overeducation across two generations: the role of gender and part-time work, Oxford Economic Papers, 77, 2, pp. 445-465, 2025.
- Devos L., L. Lippens, D. Lens, F. Rycx, M. Volral and S. Baert, Labour market disadvantages of citizens with a migration background in Belgium: A systematic review, De Economist, 173, 1, pp. 121-175, 2025.
- Pineda-Hernandez K., F. Rycx and M. Volral, Moving up the social ladder? Wages of first-and second-generation immigrants from developing countries, The Journal of Economic Inequality, pp. 1-31, 2025.
- Cultrera L., F. Rycx, G. Santosuosso and G. Vermeylen, The over-education wage penalty among PhD holders: a European perspective, Education Economics, 33, 1, pp. 53-75, 2025.
- Jacobs V., K. Pineda-Hernández, F. Rycx and M. Volral, Does over-education raise productivity and wages equally? The moderating role of workers’ origin and immigrants’ background, Education Economics, 31, 6, pp. 698-724, 2023.
- Fays V., B. Mahy and F. Rycx, Wage differences according to workers' origin: The role of working more upstream in GVCs, Labour, 37, 2, pp. 319-342, 2023.
- Du Caju P., G. Périlleux, F. Rycx, and I. Tojerow, A bigger house at the cost of an empty stomach? The effect of households’ indebtedness on their consumption: micro-evidence using Belgian HFCS data, Review of Economics of the Household, 21, 1, pp. 291-333, 2023.
- Pineda-Hernandez K., F. Rycx and M. Volral, How Collective Bargaining Shapes Poverty: New Evidence from Developed Countries, British Journal of Industrial Relations, SBS-EM Ranking: 7 points, 2022.
- Gagliardi N., E. Grinza and F. Rycx, Workers' Tenure and Firm Productivity: New Evidence from Matched Employer-employee Data, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, SBS-EM Ranking: 8 points, 2022.
- Gagliardi N., B. Mahy and F. Rycx, Upstreamness, Wages and Gender: Equal Benefits for All Workers?, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Special Issue: Global Value Chains and their Employment Relations Consequences, Vol. 59, No.1, pp. 52-83, SBS-EM Ranking: 7 points, 2021.
- Grinza E. and F. Rycx, The Impact of Sickness Absenteeism on Productivity: New Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 150-194, SBS-EM Ranking: 8 points, 2020.
- Garnero A., F. Rycx and I. Terraz, Productivity and Wage Effects of Firm-level Collective Agreements: Evidence from Belgian Linked Panel Data, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 936-972, SBS-EM Ranking: 7 points, 2020.
- Giuliano R., S. Kampelmann, B. Mahy and F. Rycx, Short Notice, Big Difference ? The Effect of Temporary Employment on Firm Competitiveness Across Sectors, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 55, 2, pp. 421-449, SBS-EM Ranking: 7 points, 2017.
- Garnero A., S. Kampelmann and F. Rycx, Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? Revisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 53, 4, pp. 760-788, SBS-EM Ranking: 7 points, 2015.
- Garnero A., S. Kampelmann and F. Rycx, Part-time Work, Wages and Productivity: Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 67, 3, pp. 926-954, SBS-EM Ranking: 7 points, 2014.
- Garnero A., S. Kampelmann and F. Rycx, The Heterogeneous Effects of Workplace Diversity on Productivity, Wages and Profits, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 53, 3, pp. 430-477, SBS-EM Ranking: 8 points, 2014.
- Rycx F. and M. Rusinek, Rent Sharing under Different Bargaining Regimes: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 51, 1, pp. 28-58, SBS-EM Ranking: 7 points, 2013.
