François Rycx

Research Fellow

Free University of Brussels

Francois.Rycx@ulb.be

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François Rycx is Professor of Economics at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and affiliated to the Centre Emile Bernheim (CEBRIG), the Department of Applied Economics of ULB (DULBEA), the Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), and Soci&ter at the University of Mons (UMONS). He is currently visiting professor at the Louvain School of Economics (UCL) and part-time professor at the University of Mons (FWEG, UMONS).

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, the King Baudouin Foundation and the OECD.

He co-edited several books (Palgrave) and special issues of scientific journals, and published in Applied Economics, Applied Economics Quarterly, British Journal of Industrial Relations, De Economist, Economic and Social Review, Economics of Education Review, Economics of Transition, Education Economics, Empirica, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, International Journal of Manpower, IZA Journal of Development and Migration, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Journal of Economic Inequality, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Sports Economics, Kyklos, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Oxford Economic Papers, Regional Studies, Review of Economics of the Household, Review of International Economics, Review of World Economics, The Manchester School, The World Economy, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Socio-Economic Review and other journals. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Manpower.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2005.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14696

Wage Differences According to Workers' Origin: The Role of Working More Upstream in GVCs

Valentine Fays, Benoît Mahy, François Rycx

published in: LABOUR: Review of Labour and Industrial Relations, 2023, 37 (2), 319-342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14555

How Collective Bargaining Shapes Poverty: New Evidence for Developed Countries

Kevin Pineda-Hernández, François Rycx, Mélanie Volral

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2022, 60 (4), 895-928

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14432

Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks? New Evidence on the Impact of Tenure on Productivity

Nicola Gagliardi, Elena Grinza, François Rycx

published as 'Workers' Tenure and Firm Productivity: New Evidence from Matched Employer-employee Data' in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2023, 62 (1), 3-33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14193

A Bigger House at the Cost of an Empty Fridge? The Effect of Households' Indebtedness on Their Consumption: Micro-Evidence Using Belgian HFCS Data

Philip Du Caju, Guillaume Périlleux, François Rycx, Ilan Tojerow

published as 'A Bigger House at the Cost of an Empty Stomach? The Effect of Households' Indebtedness on Their Consumption: Micro-Evidence Using Belgian HFCS Data' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2023, 21, 291 - 333

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13004

The Heterogeneous Employment Outcomes of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in Belgium

Céline Piton, François Rycx

published as 'A Broken Social Elevator? Employment Outcomes of First- and Second-generation Immigrants in Belgium' in: De Economist, 2021, 169 (3), 319-365

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12795

Productivity, Wages and Profits: Does Firms' Position in the Value Chain Matter?

Benoît Mahy, François Rycx, Guillaume Vermeylen, Mélanie Volral

published as 'Productivity and Wage Effects of Firm-level Upstreamness: Evidence from Belgian Linked Panel Data' in: World Economy, 2022, 45 (7), 2222 - 2250

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12706

Wage Discrimination Based on the Country of Birth: Do Tenure and Product Market Competition Matter?

Valentine Fays, Benoît Mahy, François Rycx, Mélanie Volral

published in: Applied Economics, 2021, 53 (13), 1551-1571

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12705

The Heterogeneous Effects of Workers' Countries of Birth on Over-Education

Valentine Jacobs, Benoît Mahy, François Rycx, Mélanie Volral

published as 'Over-education Among Immigrants: The Role of Demographics, Time, and Firm Characteristics' in: Applied Economics, 2021, 53 (1), 61-78

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12449

Upstreamness, Wages and Gender: Equal Benefits for All?

Nicola Gagliardi, Benoît Mahy, François Rycx

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2021, 59 (1), 52-83