May 30Data For SocietyThe Rollercoaster of Purchasing Power: Unintended Consequences of Wage Indexation in Belgiumautomatic wage indexation—designed to stabilize purchasing power—has instead created significant fluctuations along the income distribution
May 30AI for decision-makingUnlocking the Potential of Synthetic Data: A Deep Dive into Causal PreservationIntroduction In the ever-evolving landscape of data science and machine learning, a constant factor is that data reigns supreme. The...
May 30NowcastingNowcasting Belgian GDP with Aggregated Transaction DataBy aggregating these transactions and mapping them to GDP components we developed indicators that provide a real-time view on the economy
May 17Data For SocietyWhat Energy Crisis? Insights from the Energy Bills of 930,000 Belgian HouseholdsThe misalignment between actual costs and the CPI resulted in an overestimation of inflation by 3.3%-points on average in 2022.
May 16Household FinanceFinancial Wealth and Early Income Mobility: How €5000 could change your life.In a comprehensive study, in collaboration with Ghent University, examining the early career income trajectories of young professionals...