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Ruud Muffels

Ruud Muffels, PhD

em.prof.dr.

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8559-7616
1985 …2024

Research activity per year

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Research interests

Labour market dynamics, subjective well-being, employment careers, inequality, income and poverty dynamics, comparative Welfare State analysis, Flexicurity, social security, social policy, ageing and pensions, health care, panel methodology

Teaching

Labour market

Education, Work and Life Chances

Labour Market,  Income and Dynamics

PhD supervision

PhD's completed:
Gelissen, J. (2001) Worlds of Welfare, Worlds of Consent? Public Opinion on the Welfare State, (with W. Arts).
Fouarge, D. (2002), Minimum Protection, Subsidiarity and its Application in European Social Policy (with J. Berghman).
Schils, T. (2005), The Dynamics of the Labor market Behavior of Senior Workers, A Comparative Study.Vandecasteele, L. (2007), Dynamic Inequalities. The Impact of Stratification Determinants for Poverty and Income Dynamics in European Welfare Regimes (defended at 10 September 2007).
Pavlopoulos, D. (2007) Wage Mobility, Income Inequality and the Life Course. Modelling the effects of life events on wage mobility and income inequality based on international panel-data, Tilburg University (With Vermunt); (defended at 12 September 2007).
Dekker, R. (2007), Flexible labor, institutions and economic mobility (defended at 30 November 2007).
Manzoni, A. (2010), NWO: Labour and job mobility according to retrospective life-course and prospective panel designs: a substantive and methodological comparison in five countries

Current:
De Louw, Sylvie (2013-2016), Social integration of welfare recipients: the impact of capabilities and the effects of public interventions.   
Peijen, R (2014-2016), Employment  Pools and Labour Market Chances: Evaluation of a Field Experiment

External positions

Toezichtactiviteiten (Open Universiteit)

1 Jan 2024 → 1 Jan 2028

Supervisory Committee (OGT)

31 Dec 2016 → …

(S&L zorg)

16 Mar 2009 → 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

  • Social Capital
  • Labour Economics
  • Mobility Of Labour
  • Labour And Health
  • Social Stratification
  • Labour Market
  • Social Inequality
  • Sociology
  • Labour Market Policy
  • Poverty
  • Labour Market Issues
  • Social Sciences
  • Older Workers
  • Social Security
  • Working Hours
  • Inequality
  • Labour Issues
  • Welfare States
  • Social Exclusion
  • Labour Market Segmentation

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  4. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  5. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  6. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  7. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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  • 1 Membership of PhD committee