Wolter Hassink (1967) is full professor of Applied Econometrics and vice-dean Research and Impact of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance (since September 2023).

Hassink is connected to the UU Future of Work Hub and he is research fellow at IZA (Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn). He received his PhD in Economics from VU Amsterdam (1996) on a PhD thesis about labour market dynamics. He completed his doctoral degree in Econometrics at the University of Groningen (1991).

His scientific research is about a careful application of statistical methods to address societal questions on labour and housing in particular. In the recent years, Hassink published in renowned international journals on labour markets (Covid-19, gender wage differential, labour flexibility, job-to-job mobility, dismissal, recruitment, informal care, sickness absenteeism), social security (WSNP, WGA) and housing market (price setting, house mobility, social housing, commute, mortgages). He has contributed to research on labour markets in the U.S., Turkey, China and South Africa (jointly with researchers from these countries). Hassink has published in among others ILRReview, Industrial Relations, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Housing Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Regional Studies, Social Science & Medicine, The B.E. Journal of Economics & Policy, The World Bank Economic Review, Journal of Official Statistics, International Review of Law and Economics.

Hassink has a broad experience in teaching (applied) quantitative methods in economics at all academic levels (Bachelor, Honours, academic Master, Research Master, graduate students, education for professionals). He (co)-supervised eleven completed PhD research projects as well as various postdoc projects. Hassink provided research advice to various professionals organizations.

Wolter Hassink leads FIRMBACKBONE (related to ODISSEI), which receives structural funding by the ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Based on the principles of Open Science, FIRMBACKBONE is developed by a team of researchers (Peter Gerbrands, Wolter Hassink, Daniel Oberski, Rutger Schilpzand and Arjen van Witteloostuijn). The data-infrastructure includes information on Dutch organizations, which is accessible to researchers and students from all Dutch faculties of the social sciences and humanities domain. For further information, see dataverse - FIRMBACKBONE.

After his appointment as full professor in 2011, Hassink performed various leading administrative duties at U.S.E. – research director U.S.E. Research Institute, acting head of department U.S.E., head of the section Applied Economics. Moreover, he is involved in the further development of Applied Data Science at Utrecht University.

Hassink serves as managing editor in the board of editors of De Economist. He was one of the founders of TPEdigitaal.