Ilan D. Tojerow

Professor of Public Economics, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université libre de Bruxelles) · Director, DULBEA.

Applied economics with a policy focus

I am an economist studying labour markets, social insurance, public policy, gender and health. My research focuses on how institutions and public policies shape employment, earnings, inequality and well-being.

Selected work

Recent publications

Labour Economics · 2026 · 102 · 102920

Work Disability after Motherhood: How Paternity Leave Can Help

With S. Fontenay

Examines whether access to paternity leave can reduce mothers' long-run use of disability insurance after childbirth.

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British Journal of Industrial Relations · 2026 · 64(3) · 431–449

Collective Wage Co-ordination and the Costs of Job Displacement

With S. Fernández-Guerrico

Studies how wage-setting institutions shape re-employment and long-run earnings losses after job displacement.

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The Economic Journal · 2025 · 135(669) · 1575–1608

Media, Spillovers, and Social Norms: The Electoral Impact of Anti-Far Right Protests in the 2002 French Election

With N. Lagios and P.-G. Méon

Investigates how protest activity, media coverage and social spillovers can influence electoral behaviour.

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Selected ongoing

Current research

Unemployed Jobseekers and the Decision to Re-skill

With B. Dejardin, A. Delfino, E. Leduc and R. Sadun.

Digital Communication Overload in Hybrid Workplaces: Can it Be Contained?

With J. Carlier, B. Cockx, S. Fontenay and A. Wittich.

When Wealth Taxes Don't Bite: Behavioral Responses to the Belgian Financial Wealth Tax

With T. Bastin, N. Koutounidis, M. van den Heuvel and C. Yannelis.

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Mailing address Université libre de Bruxelles · SBS-EM CP114/2 · Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50 B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Office location ULB Solbosch Campus Building R42 · R42.4.204
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