Ana Figueiredo is an assistant professor at the department of Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Before joining the VU she was an assistant professor at the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2018).
Ana Gomes Figueiredo’s research focuses on empirical labor economics and public policy, with particular attention to how institutional settings and policy interventions shape labor market outcomes.
Her publications examine topics such as unemployment, job search behavior, and the effectiveness of labor market policies, often using detailed administrative data and quasi-experimental methods. A key contribution of her work is identifying how individuals respond to policy incentives—for example, how benefit systems, monitoring, or activation measures influence the speed and quality of job finding.
Ana teaches currently courses on a bachelor's level at SBE.
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