
Welcome to IRES!
IRES is a research centre in economics of the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). The research centre was founded in 1928. With the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), the Institut de Statistique, Biostatistique et Sciences Actuarielles (ISBA) and Louvain Finance (LFIN) and the platform Support en Méthodologie et Calcul Statistique (SMCS), IRES now belongs to the Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modeling in economics and statistics (LIDAM).
Upcoming Events at IRES
What's new at IRES ?

2025-05-15
Can lowering payroll taxes really create more jobs?
In this video, Tiziano Toniolo presents the key findings of his PhD in Economics at UCLouvain, conducted within the LIDAM institute.He investigates a central question in labor economics: Do payroll ta
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2025-04-23
Évaluer l’impact social : une nécessité pour les entreprises sociales ?
Comment prouver qu’une entreprise change réellement des vies ?Face aux attentes croissantes des pouvoirs publics, des financeurs et de la société, les entreprises sociales doivent désormais démontrer
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2025-04-03
Did early modern academies spark Europe’s growth? with Chiara Zanardello
How did scientific academies shape the growth of European cities even before the Industrial Revolution?
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2025-04-02
Call for papers - JODE Special Issue on Gender, Culture and Economics
The Journal of Demographic Economics, invites applications for a special issue on gender, culture and Economics to be published in March 2027.
Submission deadline 1st December 2025
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2025-04-02
The IRES 2023-2024 Annual Report is out !
The IRES 2023-2024 annual report which summarizes the activities of the Institute is out. Here are some key figures: MembersIn 2023 - 2024, ires hosted :20 faculty members4 Postdocral resear
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