Dr Aart Gerritsen, a Senior Research Fellow at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, was appointed as assistant professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. On 1 June 2017 he will join the Department of Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics.

Aart Gerritsen studied economics at Utrecht University and the University of Groningen. After completing his master’s in Economics and Econometrics in 2008 he worked as an economic researcher at McKinsey & Company until 2009. From 2009 to 2013 he wrote his Ph.D. thesis at the Tinbergen Institute of Erasmus University Rotterdam. His paper entitled “Equity and efficiency in rationed labor markets” was honored with the Young Economist 2011 award of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), the world organization of public finance economists.

From 2013 to 2017 Gerritsen joined the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance as a Senior Research Fellow. He will continue to be associated with the Institute as a research affiliate. Aart Gerritsen's  research focuses on public economics, welfare economics and the optimal government policy and redistribution.

Aart Gerritsen's homepage at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

May 2017