Dr. J. Hartog

Joop Hartog (1946) is emeritus professor of economics at the University of Amsterdam, where he was appointed in 1981. Since his retirement, he has had a guest appointment. He studied in Rotterdam and Canada and has many national and international publications on education and the labour market to his name. He also wrote columns for Dutch newspapers for 15 years. He was a member of various government advisory committees, including the Council of Economic Advisers. He has been visiting professor in many places, including Stanford, the World Bank, Peking University and Harvard. In 2001 he was appointed member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.