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Department of Macro, International and Labour Economics (MILE)

The Department Macro, International and Labour Economics has an international reputation for excellent teaching and research. Our department members are specialists in the fields of Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Labour Economics, Education, International Economics, Innovation and Growth, and Economic Policy.

Fast facts

  • 30 full time faculty and 25 PhD students
  • excellence in research and education
  • education in three undergraduate programmes
  • education in seven graduate programmes

In the spotlight

Tweet by Piketty on WID paper.

Household wealth and its distribution in the Netherlands, 1854-2019, WID, World Inequality Lab Working paper 2022/19 by Toussaint, de Vicq, Michail Moatsos and T van der Valk.

A tweet by Piketty on this paper: https://twitter.com/PikettyLeMonde/status/1605121483633819648

 

Joan Muysken Lecture by Wolfgang Streeck on Tuesday 15 November 2022

The next Joan Muysken lecture will take place on Tuesday 15 November 2022

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Streeck (emer.), Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung

Title of Lecture: “Contradictions of Capitalism: Past and Present”

Date: Tuesday 15 November 2022

Time: 20.00-21.30

Location: Franz Palm Lecture Hall, Tongersestraat 53 Maastricht

Homepage Wolfgang Streeck: https://www.mpifg.de/457994/Streeck.html

For registration: click this link: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/joan-muysken-lecture-contradictions-capitalism-past-and-present-0

This lecture is organized by the School of Business and Economics (SBE) and Studium Generale. The Joan Muysken lecture has been named after Joan Muysken, SBE’s first professor in macroeconomics (1984-2014) and who was the founding father of the department of Economics of SBE.

 

 

 

 

Trudie Schils appointed as a member of the Dutch Education Council (21-10-2022)

On Friday 21 October 2022 the Dutch cabinet appointed Trudie Schils as a member of the Dutch Education Council. The council is an independent advisory body for the Dutch government on matters of   education in the Netherlands.

Members of the Dutch Education Council are appointed for four years in a personal capacity and are selected because of their scientific knowledge, practical experience in education and/or societal contribution, combined with their vision on education.

About us

Fields: Macroeconomics, Labour Economics, International Economics, Education Economics 
Section head: Clemens Kool
Secretaries: Silvana de Sanctis, Marion Muitjens
Management: Sylvia Beenen

Contact

Secretarial office MILE:
Room A0.03
Phone: +31 43 38-83821
Fax: +31 43 38-82000

Mailing address:
Department of Economics 
P.O.Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands