Gerard J. van den Berg elected as a Fellow of the Econometric Society

Our IFAU colleague Gerard J. van den Berg has been elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society, an elite professional body composed of economic researchers from around the globe.

Van den Berg’s major contributions to the advancement of econometrics and labor economics proved to be decisive for his election. These concern in particular his studies on unemployment durations, job mobility, and the economic determinants of human longevity.

– It is a great honor for me to have been elected Fellow, said Van den Berg. The current Fellows who made ​​this decision constitute a group of highly accomplished scholars from around the world.

Founded in 1930, the Econometric Society is the globally most significant society in economic science. Its aim is to promote the integration of theoretical and empirical quantitative approaches to economic problems. The Society also publishes the leading journal Econometrica. Every year, a handful of scientists is elected as new Fellows. These are then a Fellow for life. Among the approximately 450 active Fellows, only four more are currently based in Sweden (Assar Lindbeck, Torsten Persson, Per Krusell and Jörgen Weibull).