FREDDY HEYLEN

Biographic Data

ID5066186
NAMEFREDDY HEYLEN
GIVEN NAMESFREDDY
FAMILY NAMEHEYLEN
SIGNATUREHEYLEN F
AFFILIATIONSGhent University Hospital
ORCID0000-0001-9937-2258
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Demographic change, secular stagnation, and inequality

    Open AccessArthur Jacobs, FREDDY HEYLENARTICLEJournal of Demographic Economics2025

    We study whether the increased adoption of available automation technologies allows economies to avoid the negative effect of aging on per capita output. We develop a quantitative theory in which firms choose to which extent they automate in response to a declining workforce and rising old-age dependency. An important element in our model is the integration of two capital types: automation capital that acts as a substitute to human labor, and tra…

  • Macroeconomic and distributional effects of demographic change in an open economy—the case of Belgium

    Open AccessWillem Devriendt, FREDDY HEYLENARTICLEJournal of Demographic Economics2020

    We construct and parameterize an overlapping generations model for an open economy with individuals who differ in innate ability. Key endogenous variables are hours worked, investment in human and physical capital, and per capita growth. The model replicates important data in Belgium since 1960 remarkably well. Simulating it, we observe that behavioral adjustments by households and firms contribute to reverse the negative arithmetical effect of f…

  • Pension reform, employment by age, and long-run growth

    Open AccessTim Buyse, FREDDY HEYLEN et al.ARTICLEJournal of Population Economics2013

  • Houses and/or Jobs

    Daan Isebaert, FREDDY HEYLEN et al.ARTICLERegional Studies2013Cited by: 2References: 9

    Isebaert D., Heylen F. and Smolders C. Houses and/or jobs: ownership and the labour market in Belgian districts, Regional Studies. A. J. Oswald argues that high rates of homeownership may imply inferior labour market outcomes. Using a panel of forty-two Belgian districts since the 1970s and accounting for other key determinants of employment, this paper confirms the Oswald hypothesis. A 1 percentage point rise in the rate of ownership in a distri…

  • Success and Failure of Fiscal Consolidation in the OECD

    Open AccessFREDDY HEYLEN, Gerdie EveraertARTICLEPublic Choice2000Cited by: 7References: 11

  • National Labour Market Institutions and the European Economic and Monetary Integration Process

    Open AccessFREDDY HEYLEN, André Van PoeckARTICLEJCMS Journal of Common Market…1995Cited by: 2References: 16

    This article investigates the role of national labour market institutions for the chances of successful transition to Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe, as well as for its viability. The conclusions are rather pessimistic. Although overlooked by the Maastricht Treaty, the need for real convergence (convergence of unemployment rates) is emphasized as a major condition for success. However, current labour market institutions in the EU mak…