Jozef Konings

Jozef (Joep) Konings
Born	(1967-05-24) 24 May 1967 Antwerp, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Alma mater	University of Antwerp, London School of Economics
Spouse	Hylke Vandenbussche
Children	2
Scientific career
Fields	International macroeconomics, Globalization, Emerging Markets
Institutions	KU Leuven, University of Liverpool, Nazarbayev University
Thesis	(1994)
Website	http://www.jozefkonings.com

Jozef (Joep) Konings (Dutch pronunciation: [jɒrzɛf (jup) kɒrnɪŋs]; born 24 May 1967) is a Belgian economist and Professor in Economics at KU Leuven. He is head of the economics group at University of Liverpool Management School, director of the Flemish Institute for Economics and Science (VIVES) at KU Leuven and research fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London. He is a former advisor in economics for the Barroso cabinet in the European Commission, in the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA).

Education and career

Joep Konings holds a Master's degree in Applied Economic Sciences from the University of Antwerp in 1989, and a Master in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (1990). He also obtained his doctorate at the latter university in 1994, as a student of Nobel Prize winner Christopher Pissarides.

In 1997 he became a senior lecturer at KU Leuven and director of the Leuven Institute of Central and Eastern European Studies, LICOS. In 2004 he became Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business of KU Leuven. In that capacity, he was one of the founders of research institute VIVES in 2008.

In 2008, Joep Konings stepped out of the academic world to strengthen the European Commission's Office of European Policy Advisors (BEPA), as an economics adviser in the cabinet of European President J.M. Barosso. He returned to KU Leuven in 2010, stating that he is primarily a researcher and that this is his preferred position from which to weigh in on policy.

In 2010 he became director of VIVES, KU Leuven, a research center that researches the socio-economic development of regions, with a focus on Flanders. Konings also has extensive international experience as a visiting fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, IZA; Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn; Ljubljana University; Nazarbayev University in Astana Kazakhstan; Dartmouth College, USA; Trinity College in Dublin and the IMF.

Ideology

Joep Konings received a prestigious Flemish Methusalem grant for his research into the "granularity of the economy". He wants to use empirical research to investigate how and why certain companies can weigh more on an economy than others. The aim is to better predict economic shocks such as the 2009 crisis, which was not possible form the viewpoint of traditional macro-economy. As a Flemish top researcher, he regularly distributes articles via VIVES with results of the research and concrete measures that policy makers can take to make / keep the Flemish economy healthy. As promoter of the Flemish Policy Research Centre 'Economics and Entrepreneurship' (Steunpunt Economie en Ondernemen), he and his team also carry out targeted research on the effects of Flemish policy measures.

Selected publications

With others

• Jozef Konings, Cathy Lecocq & Bruno Merlevede, Tax credits and job creation by multinational enterprises, VOXeu Policy Analysis,17 October 2018

• Emmanuel Dhyne, Jozef Konings, Jeroen Van den bosch and Stijn Vanormelingen, The Return on Information Technology: Who benefits most?, VOXeu Policy Analysis, 7 January 2019
• Amiti, M., Itshkhoki, O., & Konings, J. (2018). “International Shocks, Variable Markups and Domestic Prices“, The Review of Economic Studies, February, 2019
• Gert Bijnens & Jozef Konings, Declining business dynamism and information technology, VOXeu Policy Analysis, 19 July 2018
• Maarten Goos, Jozef Konings, Marieke Vandeweyer, Local High-Tech Job Multipliers in Europe, CEPR Discussion Paper (12868), April 2018.
• In Kyung Kim & Jozef Konings, Wage Inequality and Establishment Heterogeneity, VIVES Discussion Paper 64

• Konings, J. & Vanormelingen, S. (2015). “The impact of training on productivity and wages: Firm Level evidence”, Review of Economics and Statistics, May, 97 (2), pp. 485-497.
• Amiti, O. Itskhoki O. and Konings, J. (2014). “Importers, Exporters and Exchange Rate Disconnect”, American Economic Review, July, Vol. 104 (7), pp 1942-78
• Konings J. and Vandenbussche H. (2008). “Heterogeneous Responses of Firms to Antidumping Protection”, Journal of International Economics, 76, 371-383.
• Budd, M. Slaughter and Konings J. (2005). “International Rent Sharing in Multinational Firms”, Review of Economics and Statistics, February, Vol. 87 (1), pp. 73-84.
• Amiti M. and Konings J. (2007). “Trade Liberalization, Intermediate Inputs and Productivity: Evidence from Indonesia”, American Economic Review, Vol. 97, nr.5, December 2007, pp.1611-1639.

References

• KU Leuven Who's Who
• Personal website
• Trends: "Joep Konings keert terug naar KU Leuven en Vives (13-03-2010)"
• Flemish Policy Research Center Economy and Entrepreneurship