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Jordy Meekes is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Leiden University and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Before joining Leiden University in January 2022, Jordy was a Research Fellow (Assistant Professor) in the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research at the University of Melbourne. Jordy is a research fellow of the IZA, Bonn (Germany) and a research affiliate of the LCC (Australia). Jordy obtained his PhD in Economics and his Research Master's in Multidisciplinary Economics at Utrecht University (the Netherlands). During his PhD, Jordy was a Short-Stay Visiting Fellow at MIT Sloan School of Management (US) and he did a research project in collaboration with the temporary work and human resource consulting services company Randstad Holding.
His research interests are mainly in the field of applied microeconomics at the intersection of labour economics with spatial economics. He has analysed panel administrative data and longitudinal survey data in policy-relevant research. Jordy applies micro econometric models to answer research questions related to workers' labour market outcomes and housing outcomes. Jordy's research focuses on job loss, local labour markets, gender inequalities, COVID-19 impacts, social housing, commuting, flow-based clustering, agglomeration economies and the urban wage premium.
See the Curriculum Vitae of Jordy for more information about his publications, discussion papers and presentations.
Updates:
May 2025: Organizing the IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop: Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data. This workshop will take place in The Hague from May 22-23. If you would like to attend (parts of) the workshop, please reach out to me!
Mar 2025: Presenting at a symposium on investing in housing, as part of the launch of the Housing Lab.
Dec 2024: Presenting at the ODISSEI Conference for Social Science in the Netherlands 2024. A great interdisciplinary conference for a community of computational social scientists
Oct 2024: 2024 NWO Open Competition SSH XS grant round 2 awarded for the project "Cross-country socioeconomic research using linked employer-employee administrative datasets" (50,000 EUR)
Sep 2024: Presenting at EALE 2024
Sep 2024: Presenting at the Childcare in Networks workshop
Jun 2024: Presenting at COMPIE 2024: COunterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation 2024
May 2024: Very exciting PhD opportunity! Join Simona and me in our PhD research project on Social Norms and Gender Inequalities in the Labour Market, application deadline May 31, 2024. See more info here.
May 2024: A Journal of Advanced Nursing commentary, by invitation, written together with Guyonne Kalb from The University of Melbourne for International Nurses Day 2024 on May 12: Is there enough care to go around?
May 2024: 2024 Gratama-Stichting grant and LUF grant awarded for the project "The role of peer effects in gender inequalities in the labour market" (25,000 EUR)
Apr 2024: Starting Grant awarded for the project entitled "Social norms and gender inqualities in the labour market" (256,000 EUR)
Apr 2024: Shortlisted for the Urban Studies best Article 2024 for the article "Income polarisation, expenditure and the Australian urban middle class"
Mar 2024: Looking for an opportunity to present your (new) economics paper? Submit to the KVS New Paper Sessions 2024, which will take place in the Hague on June 17! Submission deadline: 31 March 2024
Feb 2024: Invited presentation and panelist at the Université Libre de Bruxelles Dulbea international conference ‘Healthcare actors: efficiency and perspectives’ (Brussels)
Jan 2024: A new working paper, together with Guyonne Kalb from University of Melbourne, analyses nurses' labour dynamics in light of continuing nurse shortages and the COVID-19 pandemic for the Netherlands using monthly data until December 2022. Click here for the working paper
Nov 2023: A new working paper, together with great colleagues from University of Melbourne, analyses the causal effects of commuting time and working-from-home (WFH) arrangements on mental health. Click here for the working paper
Nov 2023: Presenting at the ODISSEI Conference for Social Science in the Netherlands 2023. A great interdisciplinary conference for a community of computational social scientists
Apr 2023: Excited about the publication of a new paper in Urban Studies, entitled "Income polarisation, expenditure and the Australian urban middle class". An interdisciplinary collaboration with Ilan Wiesel, Julia de Bruyn and Sangeetha Chandrashekeran! Click here for the open access version
Mar 2023: An ESB-article (in Dutch) published on International Women's Day 2023: Persistent negative effects of job loss while pregnant (in Dutch: Gevolgen van baanverlies tijdens de zwangerschap houden lang aan). Click here for the open access version
Jan 2023: Honoured to have received the faculty’s 2023 Meijers Best Article Prize for the paper "Gender differences in job flexibility: Commutes and working hours after job loss", biennially awarded for the best paper in the Reform of Social Legislation research programme by an assistant professor/postdoc.
Nov/Jan 2022: Invited to submit a full Veni grant proposal, as part of the prestigious NWO Talent Programme. Very pleased to make it to the next round, after submitting a pre-proposal entitled The role of geography in gender inequalities in the labour market!
Nov/Dec 2022: Grateful to be part of two amazing outreach activities: 1) a Dutch podcast on work mentality and differences between generations entitled What pays off? (in Dutch: Wat loont? ), and 2) a lecture on structural changes in the demand for and supply of labour in the healthcare sector entitled How do we take care of the healthcare sector? (in Dutch: Hoe zorgen we als maatschappij voor de zorg?), as part of the show Engelenburcht by Golden Palace.
Oct/Nov 2022: Presenting at the Netherlands Economists Day 2022 and the 3rd LISER/IAB Conference: Labour markets during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Aug 2022: Microdata Access Grant awarded by ODISSEI for the proposal ‘The impact of peers on fathers’ labour supply’ (7,500 EUR, joint with Max van Lent)!
Jul 2022: The paper "Essential work and emergency childcare: identifying gender differences in COVID-19 effects on labour demand and supply" is published in Oxford Economic Papers. Click here for the open access version
May 2022: The paper "Gender differences in job flexibility: Commutes and working hours after job loss" is published in Journal of Urban Economics. Click here for the open access version
Apr 2022: The paper "Endogenous local labour markets, regional aggregation and agglomeration economies" is published in Regional Studies. Click here for the open access version
Mar 2022: The paper "Agglomeration economies and the urban wage premium in Australia" is published in Australian Journal of Labour Economics. Click here for the open access version
Sep 2021: New working paper online entitled "Agglomeration Economies and the Urban Wage Premium in Australia". Click here for LCC working paper 2021-18
Jul 2021: The paper "Future Directions: Study Protocol for an Effectiveness-Implementation Hybrid Evaluation of a State-based Social Housing Strategy and Three Social Housing Programs " is published in Social Science Protocols. Click here for the open access version
July 28, 2021: Invited panelist at the National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) Symposium on Research and Practice from Australia's Growth Areas (Australia). Read more about it here
May 2021:
COVID-19 and the Dutch labour market: The paper "Regional Coronavirus Hotspots During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Netherlands" is published in De Economist. Click here for the open access version
March 2021:
Melbourne Institute Virtual Colloquium on "Does job flexibility impact gender gaps in employment and wages?" Please watch it here!
Research Insight "Does job flexibility impact gender gaps in employment and wages?". Gender differences in employment and wages remain widespread in Australia and the Netherlands, despite efforts to close this gap. By comparing how women and men respond to job losses, this insight investigates whether women’s tendencies to work fewer working hours with shorter commutes is one of the reasons behind the divide not narrowing. Click here for Melbourne Institute Research Insight 02/21
Conversation article "Why do women get paid less than men? Hours and commuting provide clues" on gender gaps and job loss in the Australian and Dutch labour market
Conversation article "Flexible work arrangements help women, but only if they are also offered to men" on gender gaps, flexible workplace policies and the COVID-19 pandemic
Jan 2021:
Wage growth in Australia: The paper "Wage Growth Distribution and Changes over Time: 2001-2018" is published in The Australian Economic Review. Click here
Dec 2020:
A retrospective video is released to close off the Economic and Social Participation Hallmark Research Initiative (ESPRIt). I interviewed the two co-chairs of ESPRIt and eight ESPRIt seed funding recipients, reflecting on what went well for them and what they have learned from their experiences with interdisciplinary research. Please find the 'Closing of ESPRIt' video here
Chapter 2 of the Melbourne Institute end of year report "Changing Labour Force Status: COVID-19 Impacts by Gender and Age". Click here for the full report
Research Insight "The Ups and Downs of the COVID-19 Crisis: A Gender Divide?". Different pathways out of the labour market downturn for men and women in Australia. Do parenthood and relationship status play a role in the gender divide? Click here for Melbourne Institute Research Insight 32/20
Nov 2020: IZA DP online entitled "Essential work and emergency childcare: Identifying gender differences in COVID-19 effects on labour demand and supply ". Click here for IZA Discussion Paper No. 13843
COVID-19 research: COVID-19 impacts are studied using administrative data on all Dutch employees up to 30 June 2020. We analyse gender differences in COVID-19 effects on employment, paid working hours and hourly wages, focussing on the national lockdown and the emergency childcare for essential workers in the Netherlands.
Oct 2020: IZA DP online entitled "Fired and pregnant: Gender differences in job flexibility outcomes after job loss". Click here for IZA Discussion Paper No. 13779
Job loss research: Using 2006-2017 Dutch administrative monthly microdata, we study whether women and men cope with job loss differently. We analyse the impact of job loss on employment, hourly wages, working hours and commuting. A main focus is on displaced workers who are expecting a baby at the time of job loss.
Sep 2020: New paper online entitled "The Dutch Labour Market Early on in the COVID-19 Outbreak: Regional Coronavirus Hotspots and the National Lockdown". Click here for IZA Discussion Paper No. 13673
COVID-19 research: Using weekly administrative panel microdata for 50 per cent of Dutch employees until the end of March 2020, we study whether individual labour market outcomes, as measured by employment, working hours and hourly wages, were more strongly affected in provinces where COVID-19 confirmed cases, hospitalizations and mortality were relatively high.
Jun 2020:
Research Insight "Did Jobseeker and Jobkeeper achieve their aims?". This Research Insight examines employment and income in Australia before and after the crisis, and looks at the effectiveness of the JobSeeker and JobKeeper payments. Click here for Melbourne Institute Research Insight 12/20
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