Dries Lens
Biographic Data
| ID | 797631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dries Lens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dries |
| FAMILY NAME | Lens |
| SIGNATURE | LENS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8136-3799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Forever temporary? Migration patterns of posted workers and their implications for free movement
Is temporary employment a stepping stone for unemployed immigrants
Does timing matter? Language course participation and language outcomes amongst new immigrants
Host country language acquisition is widely considered an important factor to prevent the social and economic exclusion of immigrants. High-income countries invest considerably in language courses for new immigrants, yet hitherto our understanding of when participation in such courses seems to stimulate language acquisition remains limited. As a result, this article addresses whether the timing of language course enrolment is related to course ou…
Does Self-Employment Contribute to Immigrants’ Economic Integration? Examining Patterns of Self-Employment Exit in Belgium
This article assesses whether self-employment can help immigrants overcome some of the ongoing challenges they face in highly segmented labor markets, by investigating the reasons behind native-immigrant differences in exit from self-employment. While a considerable literature examines the factors influencing immigrants’ decision to become self-employed, surprisingly few studies address the factors that shape exit from self-employment. This artic…
Nice work if you can get it: Labour market pathways of Belgian service voucher workers
Seen as an alternative to precarious, informal work or no job at all, several European countries have started to use tax money to boost the demand for domestic services. This article asks whether this makes sense. We consider the case of the heavily subsidized and highly popular service voucher scheme in Belgium. Close to a quarter of households there employ domestic service workers under the scheme, making it in relative terms the largest scheme…
A hole in the wall of fortress Europe: The trans‐European posting of third‐country labour migrants
This article documents and discusses the importance of the intra‐EU posting of third‐country national (TCN) labour migrants. TCN labour migrants have traditionally been fixed to one Member State where they reside and work based on a work and residence permit. Case‐law of the European Court of Justice allowed TCNs to be posted across the EU based on the free movement of services. We reveal that an increasing number of TCNs from a large variety of …
Double Jeopardy: How Refugees Fare in One European Labor Market
This paper examines the labor market trajectories of refugees who arrived in Belgium between 1999 and 2009. Belgium offers a relatively easy formal labor market access to refugees and other types of migrants but they face many other barriers in this strongly regulated and institutionalized labor market. Based on a longitudinal dataset that links respondents’ information from the Belgian Labor Force Survey with comprehensive social security data o…
The ECJ's Construction of an EU Mobility Regime‐Judicialization and the Posting of Third‐country Nationals
The role of the Court of Justice in furthering the integration of the European Union is an unresolved topic of debate. This article contributes to the judicialization debate by assessing the impact of the Vander Elst Case‐law, which allowed third‐country nationals (TCNs) to be posted freely across the EU without work permits in the countries of posting. Based on Belgian posting data, we demonstrate that the ECJ introduced a mobility regime that i…
A hole in the wall of fortress Europe: The trans‐European posting of third‐country labour migrants
This article documents and discusses the importance of the intra‐EU posting of third‐country national (TCN) labour migrants. TCN labour migrants have traditionally been fixed to one Member State where they reside and work based on a work and residence permit. Case‐law of the European Court of Justice allowed TCNs to be posted across the EU based on the free movement of services. We reveal that an increasing number of TCNs from a large variety of …
Double Jeopardy: How Refugees Fare in One European Labor Market
This paper examines the labor market trajectories of refugees who arrived in Belgium between 1999 and 2009. Belgium offers a relatively easy formal labor market access to refugees and other types of migrants but they face many other barriers in this strongly regulated and institutionalized labor market. Based on a longitudinal dataset that links respondents’ information from the Belgian Labor Force Survey with comprehensive social security data o…
The ECJ's Construction of an EU Mobility Regime‐Judicialization and the Posting of Third‐country Nationals
The role of the Court of Justice in furthering the integration of the European Union is an unresolved topic of debate. This article contributes to the judicialization debate by assessing the impact of the Vander Elst Case‐law, which allowed third‐country nationals (TCNs) to be posted freely across the EU without work permits in the countries of posting. Based on Belgian posting data, we demonstrate that the ECJ introduced a mobility regime that i…
Nice work if you can get it: Labour market pathways of Belgian service voucher workers
Seen as an alternative to precarious, informal work or no job at all, several European countries have started to use tax money to boost the demand for domestic services. This article asks whether this makes sense. We consider the case of the heavily subsidized and highly popular service voucher scheme in Belgium. Close to a quarter of households there employ domestic service workers under the scheme, making it in relative terms the largest scheme…
Double Jeopardy: How Refugees Fare in One European Labor Market
This paper examines the labor market trajectories of refugees who arrived in Belgium between 1999 and 2009. Belgium offers a relatively easy formal labor market access to refugees and other types of migrants but they face many other barriers in this strongly regulated and institutionalized labor market. Based on a longitudinal dataset that links respondents’ information from the Belgian Labor Force Survey with comprehensive social security data o…
The ECJ's Construction of an EU Mobility Regime‐Judicialization and the Posting of Third‐country Nationals
The role of the Court of Justice in furthering the integration of the European Union is an unresolved topic of debate. This article contributes to the judicialization debate by assessing the impact of the Vander Elst Case‐law, which allowed third‐country nationals (TCNs) to be posted freely across the EU without work permits in the countries of posting. Based on Belgian posting data, we demonstrate that the ECJ introduced a mobility regime that i…
A hole in the wall of fortress Europe: The trans‐European posting of third‐country labour migrants
This article documents and discusses the importance of the intra‐EU posting of third‐country national (TCN) labour migrants. TCN labour migrants have traditionally been fixed to one Member State where they reside and work based on a work and residence permit. Case‐law of the European Court of Justice allowed TCNs to be posted across the EU based on the free movement of services. We reveal that an increasing number of TCNs from a large variety of …
Nice work if you can get it: Labour market pathways of Belgian service voucher workers
Seen as an alternative to precarious, informal work or no job at all, several European countries have started to use tax money to boost the demand for domestic services. This article asks whether this makes sense. We consider the case of the heavily subsidized and highly popular service voucher scheme in Belgium. Close to a quarter of households there employ domestic service workers under the scheme, making it in relative terms the largest scheme…
Does Self-Employment Contribute to Immigrants’ Economic Integration? Examining Patterns of Self-Employment Exit in Belgium
This article assesses whether self-employment can help immigrants overcome some of the ongoing challenges they face in highly segmented labor markets, by investigating the reasons behind native-immigrant differences in exit from self-employment. While a considerable literature examines the factors influencing immigrants’ decision to become self-employed, surprisingly few studies address the factors that shape exit from self-employment. This artic…
Does timing matter? Language course participation and language outcomes amongst new immigrants
Host country language acquisition is widely considered an important factor to prevent the social and economic exclusion of immigrants. High-income countries invest considerably in language courses for new immigrants, yet hitherto our understanding of when participation in such courses seems to stimulate language acquisition remains limited. As a result, this article addresses whether the timing of language course enrolment is related to course ou…
Is temporary employment a stepping stone for unemployed immigrants
Forever temporary? Migration patterns of posted workers and their implications for free movement
Economics (7 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Labour economics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works)