Philippe Van Kerm
Professor of Social Inequality and Social Policy
University of Luxembourg
Campus Belval
Maison des Sciences Humaines
11 Porte des Sciences
L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxembourg
philippe.vankerm /at/ uni.lu
Research interests
Empirics of income distribution and social welfare
Applied labour, welfare, public economics
Inequality and social welfare: Measurement, modelling, inference
Income dynamics, social mobility, wage differentials, wealth inequality, health inequalities
Survey statistics, statistical computing, data visualisation
Selected publications
Morelli, S., Nolan, B., Palomino, J.C. & Van Kerm, P. (2025), 'The influence of inheritances on wealth inequality in rich countries', Journal of Public Economics, 247.
Lekfuangfu, W.N., Olivera, J. & Van Kerm, P. (2025), 'Bequest Division: The Roles of Parental Motives and Children’s Gender Composition', IZA Discussion Paper 17833, IZA Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany.
Montorsi, C., Fusco, A., Van Kerm, P. & Bordas, S.A. (2024), 'Predicting depression in old age: Combining life course data with machine learning', Economics and Human Biology, 52, 101331.
Alieva, A., Hildebrand, V.A. & Van Kerm, P. (2024), 'The progression of achievement gap between immigrant and native-born students from primary to secondary education', Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 92, 100961.
Olivera, J. & Van Kerm, P. (2022), 'Public Support for Tax Policies in COVID-19 Times: Evidence from Luxembourg', International Tax and Public Finance, 29, 1395-1418.
Kyzyma, I., Fusco, A. & Van Kerm, P. (2022), 'Distributional Change: Assessing the Contribution of Household Income Sources', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 84(1), 158-184.
Morelli, S., Nolan, B., Palomino, J.C. & Van Kerm, P. (2021), 'Inheritance, gifts and the accumulation of wealth for low-income households', Journal of European Social Policy, 31(5), 533-548.
Ozcan, B., Goisis, A. & Van Kerm, P. (2019), 'Do Children Carry the Weight of Divorce?', Demography, 56(3), 785-811.
Choe, C. & Van Kerm, P. (2018), 'Foreign Workers and the Wage Distribution: What Does the Influence Function Reveal?', Econometrics, 6(3), 1-26.
Sologon, D.M. & Van Kerm, P. (2018), 'Modelling earnings dynamics and inequality: foreign workers and inequality trends in Luxembourg, 1988--2009', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A: Statistics in Society), 181(2), 409-440.
Jenkins, S.P. & Van Kerm, P. (2016), 'Assessing Individual Income Growth', Economica, 83(332), 679-703.
Cowell, F.A. & Van Kerm, P. (2015), 'Wealth Inequality: A Survey', Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(4), 671-710.
Recently added material
Morelli, S., Nolan, B., Palomino, J.C. & Van Kerm, P. (2025), 'The influence of inheritances on wealth inequality in rich countries', Journal of Public Economics, 247.
Lekfuangfu, W.N., Olivera, J. & Van Kerm, P. (2025), 'Bequest Division: The Roles of Parental Motives and Children’s Gender Composition', IZA Discussion Paper 17833, IZA Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany.
Cristelo, D., Fallucchi, F., Jiang-Wang, A., Tenikue, M., Van Kerm, P. & Verheyden, B. (2024), 'Driving Behavioral Change for an Economic and Social Transition towards more Resilience and Sustainability in Luxembourg (SOC2050)', Report, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg.
Montorsi, C., Fusco, A., Van Kerm, P. & Bordas, S.A. (2024), 'Predicting depression in old age: Combining life course data with machine learning', Economics and Human Biology, 52, 101331.
Alieva, A., Hildebrand, V.A. & Van Kerm, P. (2024), 'The progression of achievement gap between immigrant and native-born students from primary to secondary education', Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 92, 100961.
Sohst, R.R., Fusco, A. & Van Kerm, P. (2024), 'Foreign-born households’ contribution to inequality and polarization in European income distributions', LISER Working Paper 2024-06, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Doorley, K., Gromadzki, J., Lewandowski, P., Tuda, D. & Van Kerm, P. (2023), 'Automation and income inequality in Europe', IZA Discussion Paper 16499, IZA Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany.
Mertens, A. & Van Kerm, P. (2023), 'Commuting time and absenteeism: Evidence from a natural experiment', LISER Working Paper 2023-08, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Fusco, A. & Van Kerm, P. (2023), 'Measuring Poverty Persistence', in J. Silber, Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham Glos , UK.