Education

• PhD Student, Economics, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• Probationer Research Student, Economics, Lady Margaret Hall - University of Oxford (2019-20)
• MSc, Economics (magna cum laude), KU Leuven, 2018-19
  • Major: Research in Economics
• MSc, Economic Policy (summa cum laude), KU Leuven, 2017-18
• BA (abridged), Philosophy (magna cum laude), KU Leuven, 2016-19
• BA, Drama (cum laude), University College Ghent, 2013-16
• Secondary education: Latin-Mathematics, Heilig-Hart Instituut Heverlee

Employment

• 2020-present: Visiting Academic, Bank of England
• Summer 2020: PhD Intern, Advanced Analytics, Bank of England
• 2019-20: Doctoral Student, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
• 2019-20: Tutor, Department of Economics and Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.
• Summer 2019: Research Intern, Deutsche Bundesbank
  • Duties included: Economic research, data analysis
  • Supervisor: Dr. Vivien Lewis
• Spring 2019: Research Assistant, KU Leuven
  • Duties included: Economic research, data analysis
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Iris Kesternich

Publications

The Impact of ECB Quantitative Easing on Income Inequality in the Netherlands: a First Assessment

Van Dijcke, D. (2018). "The Impact of ECB Quantitative Easing on Income Inequality in the Netherlands: a First Assessment." Bank- en Financiewezen. 3/2018.

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Government vs. Community Action Across the United States

Brzezinski, A., Deiana, G., Kecht, V. & Van Dijcke, D. (2020). 'The COVID-19 Pandemic: Government vs. Community Action Across the United States'. Covid Economics: Vetted and Real-Time Papers 7. 115-156.

Science Skepticism Reduces Compliance with COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Policies

Brzezinski, Adam and Kecht, Valentin and Van Dijcke, David and Wright, Austin L., (2020). Belief in Science Influences Physical Distancing in Response to COVID-19 Lockdown Policies. University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-56.

Media

De Grote Boze Markt

When bigger isn’t better: UK firms’ equity price performance during the Covid-19 pandemic

Biden’s plea for masks will fail. Blame political polarization.

Honors and Awards

• Honorary Fellow, Belgian American Educational Foundation.
• The Pinxten Award for the best student paper in the Master of Economics or the Master of Advanced Studies in Economics of the Department of Economics (2018-19, KU Leuven, BE).
• One of 20 best theatre pieces of 2017-18 (Het Theaterfestival, BE).

Skills

• Computer Skills
  • Advanced: MATLAB, R, Python, Stata, LaTeX, Excel
  • Intermediate: Linux, Git
  • Basic: R Shiny, Spark, Google Colab, Google Cloud Platform, Google BigQuery
  • Other: Graduate-level machine learning, numerical methods, web scraping, big data
• Languages
  • Dutch (Native)
  • English (Proficiency, C2/4+)
  • French (Advanced, C1/3)
  • German (Lower Intermediate, B1/1+)

Service and leadership

• ‘Buddy program’ for international students arriving at KU Leuven (2018-2019).
• Volunteer for youth performing arts company fABULEUS, Leuven.
• Guitar teacher for adults and children (including differently-abled persons) at JMA Crescendo, Leuven.

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