Eric Bartelsman
Professor, VU University Amsterdam
Eric Bartelsman (1960) is Professor of Economics at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) in Amsterdam and General Director of the Tinbergen Institute. He holds a BS from MIT and a PhD from Columbia University. Prior to his appointment at VU in 2000, he served as economist at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC, as advisor to CPB Netherlands, and as Head of Economic Research at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands. In 2007 and 2008 he was a member of the Netherlands Council of Economic Advisors (REA), in 2012-13 he was non-resident Fellow of DG ECFin and from 2013-17 he was a Research Visitor at the ECB. His teaching ranges from first-year lectures to PhD seminars. His research interests are in the area of productivity growth, both from a micro and macro vantage point, and have led to publications in top journals. Bartelsman is a Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and IZA Bonn.
Featured work
Productivity in transformative times
This Microprod policy conference discussed how productivity is affected by globalisation and digitisation.
Productivity and the role of Global Value Chains
The 3rd MICROPROD Policy Dialogue will tackle how Global Value Chains (GVC) and productivity affect the fourth industrial revolution.
Phasing out COVID-19 emergency support programmes: effects on productivity and financial stability
How can European countries phase out the COVID-19 support measures without having a negative impact on productivity and financial stability?
Measuring competitiveness in Europe
Understanding firm performance is crucial when analysing competitiveness. How can we better identify competitiveness with the help of firm-level data?