Prof Dr F. Cörvers

Professor Frank Cörvers (1966) combines his chair in Demographic Transition, human capital and employment at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) with the Human Capital in the Region research programme at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA). Furthermore he is member of the ROA management team and director of the Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) at Maastricht University.

Among other positions, he is a member of the supervisory board of Gilde Opleidingen, a member of the Social Demography Expert Group at Statistics Netherlands, and affiliated with the institute for cross-border cooperation and mobility ITEM, the Maastricht Observatory on Resilient, Responsible & Sustainable Enterprise and Economy (MORSE), the migration network MACIMIDE, and the socio-economic knowledge institute Neimed at the Open University. 

Frank Cörvers studied general economics at the universities of Maastricht and Hannover and obtained his doctorate at Maastricht University on the impact of education and training on the international competitiveness of manufacturing sectors. Subsequently he was employed as a lecturer at the School of Business and Economics of Maastricht University, and as a researcher, project leader and manager at Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and ROA.

His most recent publications address issues such as the quality and relevance of vocational education, migration and brain drain, regional labour markets, and the quantity and quality aspects of the teacher labour market. He has published dozens of research reports for commissioners at ministries, provinces, the European Union, the OECD and the World Bank. He is frequently consulted as an expert on education and labour market issues by for example ministries, national councils and various news media. 

Overview of publications by Frank Cörvers at:

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