Curriculum Vitae
Current Positions
Assistant Professor2025–present
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Affiliated Researcher2025–present
Ghent University
Previous Positions & Education
Ph.D. in Economics2020–2025
Ghent University
Teaching and Research Assistant2020–2021
Ghent University
M.Sc. in Economics, Summa Cum Laude2019–2020
Ghent University
B.Sc. in Economics, Summa Cum Laude2016–2019
Ghent University
Research Mobility
Visiting Researcher2026
University of Chicago, Stone Center
Host: Steven Durlauf
Internship Program for Young Researchers2025
National Bank of Belgium
Host: Raf Wouters
Awards & Fellowships
ISI Pipeline Fellowship2026
Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research
VUB ZAP Start-up Grant2026
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
FWO Fellowship2021
PhD fellowship granted by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
BOF Fellowship2021
PhD fellowship granted by the Ghent University Special Research Fund (BOF)
Best Master Student2020
Award granted to the highest scoring student in the M.Sc. in Economics (UGent)
Research Output
Publications
- Heylen, F., Mareels, M., Van Langenhove, C. (2024). Long-Run Perspectives on r−g in OECD countries: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of International Money and Finance 145, 103093.
Under Review
- Van Langenhove, C., Lorenz, J., Schulz, J. (2026). Wealth Taxation, Capital Gains Taxation and the Inequality–Mobility Trade-Off. R&R at Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
- Van Langenhove, C. (2026). Who Reaches the Top? Intergenerational Wealth Transfers, Wealth Inequality and Wealth Mobility in the United States. Submitted.
Working Papers
- Van Langenhove, C. (2026). Saving Rate Heterogeneity across the Wealth Distribution in the United States. Available at SSRN.
- Van Langenhove, C. (2026). Wealth Mobility in the United States: Empirical Evidence from the PSID. UGent, Department of Economics WP25/1104.
Conferences, Workshops & Seminars
Includes past and planned presentations. Presentations refer to a full paper presentation unless specified otherwise.
2026 ISI Pipeline Workshop (Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research) · The Dynamics of Inequality: Long-Term Perspectives (University of Florence) · 39th IARIW General Conference (International Association for Research in Income and Wealth) · Research Roundtable (Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Chicago) · World Inequality Conference (Paris School of Economics) · In_Equality Conference (University of Konstanz)
2025 ISI Wealth Conference 2025 (Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research) · Internal NBB Seminar (National Bank of Belgium) · 11th ECINEQ Conference (ECINEQ and World Bank) · Inequalities and Opportunities Conference (University of Bari) · 20th Doctorissimes Conference (Paris School of Economics) · ESPANet Netherlands–Flanders Early Career Researchers' Day 2025 (ESPANet and KULeuven) · Internal Seminar at the Department of Economics (Ghent University)
2020–2024 Wealth Data Science Summer/Winter School 2024 (project, Constructor University) · Internal Seminar Department of Economics 2024 (Ghent University) · FEB Research Day 2024 (Ghent University) · 11th Workshop on Empirical Macroeconomics (poster, Ghent University) · 10th Workshop on Empirical Macroeconomics (poster, Ghent University) · 9th Workshop on Empirical Macroeconomics (poster, Ghent University) · FEB Research Day 2022 (poster, Ghent University)
Teaching & Supervision
Lecturer
Intermediate Macroeconomics2025–present
Undergraduate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Macro-Economie2025–present
Undergraduate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Introduction to Macroeconomics2025–present
Undergraduate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Inleiding tot de Macro-Economie2025–present
Undergraduate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Supervision Master's Dissertations2025–present
Graduate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Teaching Assistant
Supervision Master's Dissertations2020–2025
Graduate, Ghent University
Seminar Papers in Macroeconomics2020–2023
Undergraduate, Ghent University
Research Methods III2021–2022
Undergraduate, Ghent University
Popular Media
- The Economist, 2025. Governments Going Broke. Cited research.
- De Tijd, 2023. Striktere financiële regulering is broodnodig. Opinion.
Professional Service
Research Council (PhD Representative)2022–2025
Department of Economics, Ghent University