Jordy Meekes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Leiden University and an Honorary Fellow at The University of Melbourne. Before joining Leiden University in January 2022, Jordy was a Research Fellow (Assistant Professor) at the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research at the University of Melbourne. Jordy is a research affiliate of the IZA, Bonn (Germany), and a research affiliate of the LCC (Australia). Jordy obtained his Ph.D. in Economics and his Research Master's in Multidisciplinary Economics at Utrecht University (the Netherlands). During his Ph.D., Jordy was a Short-Stay Visiting Fellow at MIT Sloan School of Management (US) and he did a research project in collaboration with the temporary work and human resource consulting services company Randstad Holding.
His research interests are mainly in the field of applied microeconomics at the intersection of labour economics with spatial economics. He has analyzed panel administrative data and longitudinal survey data in policy-relevant research. Jordy applies micro econometric models to answer research questions related to workers' labor market outcomes and housing outcomes. Jordy's research focuses on job loss, local labor markets, gender gaps, COVID-19 impacts, social housing, commuting, flow-based clustering, agglomeration economies, and the urban wage premium.
