Nick Deschacht
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nick Deschacht |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nick |
| FAMILY NAME | Deschacht |
| SIGNATURE | DESCHACHT N |
| AFFILIATIONS | UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8395-8262 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Subsidized Household Services and Informal Employment
Labour markets for personal and household services (PHS) are rife with informal employment. Some policies aim to combat informality in PHS with subsidized service vouchers, but their effects are poorly documented. This contribution evaluates the Belgian service vouchers (1) documenting their formalization effectiveness, and (2) accounting for the persistence of informal employment. To this end, we exploit several types of data and methods.A first…
The causal effect of the number of children on gender‐specific labour supply elasticities to the firm
We estimate the effect of the number of children on the female and the male wage elasticities of labour supply to the firm using instrumental variables estimation in data from the US Current Population Survey (2000–19). Parents' number of children is instrumented with the sex mix of their first two children. We find that the male wage elasticity of labour supply to the firm significantly increases with the number of children, while the female ela…
Externalisation, internalisation ou réinternalisation ? Le cas de l’administration régionale bruxelloise
À partir des années 1980, les entreprises et les administrations publiques ont eu tendance à externaliser des tâches, notamment les services informatiques, de sécurité, de restauration et de nettoyage, afin de se concentrer sur leurs activités principales. Cependant, ces dernières années, de nombreuses organisations ont inversé cette tendance en internalisant ou réinternalisant (« backsourcing ») certaines des tâches en question. Le présent artic…
Insourcing, outsourcing or backsourcing? The case of the Brussels Regional administration
Since the 1980s, there has been a trend for businesses and public administrations to focus on their core activities, outsourcing tasks such as IT, security, catering and cleaning services. However, in recent years, many organisations have been reversing the trend by insourcing, or “backsourcing”, some of these activities. The aim of this article is to study the extent to which activities have been outsourced in the Brussels regional administratio…
Insourcen, outsourcen of backsourcen? Het geval van de Brusselse gewestelijke administratie
Sinds de jaren 1980 zijn bedrijven en openbare besturen geneigd zich op hun kernactiviteiten te focussen en taken als IT, beveiliging, catering en schoonmaak uit te besteden. De jongste jaren zien we echter een omkering van deze tendens in vele organisaties, die sommige van deze activiteiten opnieuw intern gaan uitvoeren. Een proces dat we “backsourcing” noemen. Het doel van dit artikel is om te onderzoeken in welke mate activiteiten werden uitbe…
Spatial mismatch, education and language skills in the Brussels metropolis
Spatial mismatch, where job seekers do not live where jobs can be found, can be an important barrier on the labour market, especially for vulnerable groups. In this study we look at the role that spatial mismatch plays in the Brussels metropolis. Using an improved benchmark, the distance-weighted spatial mismatch index, that also considers location-driven mismatch, we compare the spatial mismatch between the high- and low-skilled labour market an…
Ruimtelijke mismatch, scholing en talenkennis in de Brusselse metropool
Ruimtelijke mismatch, waarbij werkzoekenden niet wonen waar jobs te vinden zijn, kan een belangrijke barrière zijn op de arbeidsmarkt, vooral voor kwetsbare groepen. In deze studie bekijken we de rol die ruimtelijke mismatch speelt in de Brusselse metropool. Met behulp van een verbeterde maatstaf, de distance-weighted spatial mismatch index, die locatie-gedreven mismatch mee in rekening brengt, vergelijken we de ruimtelijke mismatch tussen de hoo…
Mauvais appariement spatial, niveau de scolarité et connaissances linguistiques dans la métropole bruxelloise
Le mauvais appariement spatial – les demandeurs d’emploi ne résident pas là où se trouvent les emplois – peut constituer une entrave importante sur le marché du travail, surtout pour les groupes vulnérables. Dans cette étude, nous examinons le rôle de cette inadéquation spatiale dans la métropole bruxelloise. À l’aide d’un indice de pondération amélioré, le distance-weighted spatial mismatch index, qui intègre l’inadéquation induite par la locali…
Micro-Mobility in Flux
In this article we use new, unique data on population composition and socio-economic structure for the c. 670 municipalities of the Belgian provinces of East Flanders, West Flanders and Antwerp in 1796, 1815 and 1846, in order to gain insight into the changing patterns of local migration intensity from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Although so-called micro-mobility is often disregarded in migration studies, this article argue…
The evolution of inter-regional spatial mismatch in the USA
The literature on spatial mismatch often focuses on a mismatch within cities or local labour markets. This paper looks at the spatial mismatch between local labour markets. Using US data, we study the evolution of inter-regional mismatch between 1980 and 2010 and how this evolution varies across skill levels. Since we expect the spatial structure of supply and demand in the labour market to play a central role at this geographical level, we devel…
Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors
The authors investigate the importance of employer preferences in explaining sticky floors, the pattern in which women are less likely, as compared to men, to start to climb the job ladder. The authors perform a randomized field experiment in the Belgian labor market and test whether hiring discrimination based on gender is heterogeneous by whether jobs imply a promotion (compared to the applicants' current position). The findings show that women…
Rural crisis and rural exodus? Local migration dynamics during the crisis of the 1840s in Flanders (Belgium)
This article analyses the migration dynamics in the wake of the 1845–1847 subsistence crisis in Flanders by means of a quantitative analysis of key demographic and economic data at municipal level. The data are unique in that they allow to directly measure in-migration and out-migration at the level of individual villages and towns. The results show that contrary to the powerful image of a push-driven rural exodus, it was not the villages hardest…
The Economics of Happiness
The Role of the Partner in Promotions to Top Positions in Belgium
Although the field of study regarding coupled careers is extending, it has not yet focussed on the glass ceiling effect. In this article, partner effects on promotions to top positions are investigated. Discrete time event history analysis is performed on data from the Panel Study of Belgian Households (PSBH, 1994–2001). Two types of partner effects are analysed: the effect of having a partner and the effect of certain characteristics of the part…
Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors
The authors investigate the importance of employer preferences in explaining sticky floors, the pattern in which women are less likely, as compared to men, to start to climb the job ladder. The authors perform a randomized field experiment in the Belgian labor market and test whether hiring discrimination based on gender is heterogeneous by whether jobs imply a promotion (compared to the applicants' current position). The findings show that women…
The evolution of inter-regional spatial mismatch in the USA
The literature on spatial mismatch often focuses on a mismatch within cities or local labour markets. This paper looks at the spatial mismatch between local labour markets. Using US data, we study the evolution of inter-regional mismatch between 1980 and 2010 and how this evolution varies across skill levels. Since we expect the spatial structure of supply and demand in the labour market to play a central role at this geographical level, we devel…
Subsidized Household Services and Informal Employment
Labour markets for personal and household services (PHS) are rife with informal employment. Some policies aim to combat informality in PHS with subsidized service vouchers, but their effects are poorly documented. This contribution evaluates the Belgian service vouchers (1) documenting their formalization effectiveness, and (2) accounting for the persistence of informal employment. To this end, we exploit several types of data and methods.A first…
Micro-Mobility in Flux
In this article we use new, unique data on population composition and socio-economic structure for the c. 670 municipalities of the Belgian provinces of East Flanders, West Flanders and Antwerp in 1796, 1815 and 1846, in order to gain insight into the changing patterns of local migration intensity from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Although so-called micro-mobility is often disregarded in migration studies, this article argue…
Rural crisis and rural exodus? Local migration dynamics during the crisis of the 1840s in Flanders (Belgium)
This article analyses the migration dynamics in the wake of the 1845–1847 subsistence crisis in Flanders by means of a quantitative analysis of key demographic and economic data at municipal level. The data are unique in that they allow to directly measure in-migration and out-migration at the level of individual villages and towns. The results show that contrary to the powerful image of a push-driven rural exodus, it was not the villages hardest…
The Role of the Partner in Promotions to Top Positions in Belgium
Although the field of study regarding coupled careers is extending, it has not yet focussed on the glass ceiling effect. In this article, partner effects on promotions to top positions are investigated. Discrete time event history analysis is performed on data from the Panel Study of Belgian Households (PSBH, 1994–2001). Two types of partner effects are analysed: the effect of having a partner and the effect of certain characteristics of the part…
The Role of the Partner in Promotions to Top Positions in Belgium
Although the field of study regarding coupled careers is extending, it has not yet focussed on the glass ceiling effect. In this article, partner effects on promotions to top positions are investigated. Discrete time event history analysis is performed on data from the Panel Study of Belgian Households (PSBH, 1994–2001). Two types of partner effects are analysed: the effect of having a partner and the effect of certain characteristics of the part…
The Economics of Happiness
Rural crisis and rural exodus? Local migration dynamics during the crisis of the 1840s in Flanders (Belgium)
This article analyses the migration dynamics in the wake of the 1845–1847 subsistence crisis in Flanders by means of a quantitative analysis of key demographic and economic data at municipal level. The data are unique in that they allow to directly measure in-migration and out-migration at the level of individual villages and towns. The results show that contrary to the powerful image of a push-driven rural exodus, it was not the villages hardest…
Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors
The authors investigate the importance of employer preferences in explaining sticky floors, the pattern in which women are less likely, as compared to men, to start to climb the job ladder. The authors perform a randomized field experiment in the Belgian labor market and test whether hiring discrimination based on gender is heterogeneous by whether jobs imply a promotion (compared to the applicants' current position). The findings show that women…
Spatial mismatch, education and language skills in the Brussels metropolis
Spatial mismatch, where job seekers do not live where jobs can be found, can be an important barrier on the labour market, especially for vulnerable groups. In this study we look at the role that spatial mismatch plays in the Brussels metropolis. Using an improved benchmark, the distance-weighted spatial mismatch index, that also considers location-driven mismatch, we compare the spatial mismatch between the high- and low-skilled labour market an…
Ruimtelijke mismatch, scholing en talenkennis in de Brusselse metropool
Ruimtelijke mismatch, waarbij werkzoekenden niet wonen waar jobs te vinden zijn, kan een belangrijke barrière zijn op de arbeidsmarkt, vooral voor kwetsbare groepen. In deze studie bekijken we de rol die ruimtelijke mismatch speelt in de Brusselse metropool. Met behulp van een verbeterde maatstaf, de distance-weighted spatial mismatch index, die locatie-gedreven mismatch mee in rekening brengt, vergelijken we de ruimtelijke mismatch tussen de hoo…
Mauvais appariement spatial, niveau de scolarité et connaissances linguistiques dans la métropole bruxelloise
Le mauvais appariement spatial – les demandeurs d’emploi ne résident pas là où se trouvent les emplois – peut constituer une entrave importante sur le marché du travail, surtout pour les groupes vulnérables. Dans cette étude, nous examinons le rôle de cette inadéquation spatiale dans la métropole bruxelloise. À l’aide d’un indice de pondération amélioré, le distance-weighted spatial mismatch index, qui intègre l’inadéquation induite par la locali…
Micro-Mobility in Flux
In this article we use new, unique data on population composition and socio-economic structure for the c. 670 municipalities of the Belgian provinces of East Flanders, West Flanders and Antwerp in 1796, 1815 and 1846, in order to gain insight into the changing patterns of local migration intensity from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Although so-called micro-mobility is often disregarded in migration studies, this article argue…
The evolution of inter-regional spatial mismatch in the USA
The literature on spatial mismatch often focuses on a mismatch within cities or local labour markets. This paper looks at the spatial mismatch between local labour markets. Using US data, we study the evolution of inter-regional mismatch between 1980 and 2010 and how this evolution varies across skill levels. Since we expect the spatial structure of supply and demand in the labour market to play a central role at this geographical level, we devel…
Externalisation, internalisation ou réinternalisation ? Le cas de l’administration régionale bruxelloise
À partir des années 1980, les entreprises et les administrations publiques ont eu tendance à externaliser des tâches, notamment les services informatiques, de sécurité, de restauration et de nettoyage, afin de se concentrer sur leurs activités principales. Cependant, ces dernières années, de nombreuses organisations ont inversé cette tendance en internalisant ou réinternalisant (« backsourcing ») certaines des tâches en question. Le présent artic…
Insourcing, outsourcing or backsourcing? The case of the Brussels Regional administration
Since the 1980s, there has been a trend for businesses and public administrations to focus on their core activities, outsourcing tasks such as IT, security, catering and cleaning services. However, in recent years, many organisations have been reversing the trend by insourcing, or “backsourcing”, some of these activities. The aim of this article is to study the extent to which activities have been outsourced in the Brussels regional administratio…
Insourcen, outsourcen of backsourcen? Het geval van de Brusselse gewestelijke administratie
Sinds de jaren 1980 zijn bedrijven en openbare besturen geneigd zich op hun kernactiviteiten te focussen en taken als IT, beveiliging, catering en schoonmaak uit te besteden. De jongste jaren zien we echter een omkering van deze tendens in vele organisaties, die sommige van deze activiteiten opnieuw intern gaan uitvoeren. Een proces dat we “backsourcing” noemen. Het doel van dit artikel is om te onderzoeken in welke mate activiteiten werden uitbe…
The causal effect of the number of children on gender‐specific labour supply elasticities to the firm
We estimate the effect of the number of children on the female and the male wage elasticities of labour supply to the firm using instrumental variables estimation in data from the US Current Population Survey (2000–19). Parents' number of children is instrumented with the sex mix of their first two children. We find that the male wage elasticity of labour supply to the firm significantly increases with the number of children, while the female ela…
Subsidized Household Services and Informal Employment
Labour markets for personal and household services (PHS) are rife with informal employment. Some policies aim to combat informality in PHS with subsidized service vouchers, but their effects are poorly documented. This contribution evaluates the Belgian service vouchers (1) documenting their formalization effectiveness, and (2) accounting for the persistence of informal employment. To this end, we exploit several types of data and methods.A first…
Economics (10 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Labour economics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (4 works) · Taxation and Compliance Studies (4 works)