New publication in the Journal of European Public Policy out now: The Matthew effect in childcare use: a matter of policies or preferences?. The article analyses the Matthew effect in formal childcare use across European countries. The results show that class differences in employment nor cultural preferences for home care can explain the Matthew effect. It is however related to structural constraints in the availability and affordability of formal childcare services.

New op-ed in De Standaard: Basisinkomen voor kinderen? Asociaal (25 Jan 2018, p. 42).

New interview in HUMO magazine on child poverty and public policy: click here

New Op-Ed in De Standaard (5 okt 2017): Het falen van een hele politieke klasse

Televion interview in Terzake magazine on poverty policy and poverty rates in Flanders.

Interview in Knack magazine on child benefit reforms in Flanders.

New publication in International Journal of Comparative Sociology: Explaining patterns of inequality in childcare service use across 31 developed economies: a welfare state perspective (with Joris Ghysels).

New op-ed in De Morgen: “Bijles ouderschap lost het probleem niet op” (with Michel Vandenbroeck), 4 Nov 2016.

New op-ed in De Standaard: Zo rijk is de middenklasse nu ook weer niet, 24 Oct 2016.

New publication in Social Indicators Research: Horizontal and Vertical Equity Objectives of Child Benefit Systems: an empirical assesment for European countries (with Gerlinde Verbist).