Structure
SEO Economic Research consists of five research groups or sections organised along fields of economic research. A first section is Labour and Education which specialises in labour market, labour market policy, schooling and training research. Recent research topics deal with supply and demand projections, matching problems, internal and external labour market dynamics, wage differentials, employment benefits, migration, ethnic minorities, career choices and schooling and work.
Amsterdam Aviation Economics (AAE) is a section specializing in aviation economcs. It advises governments, airlines, airports, financial institutions and other interested parties on the economic issues related to aviation. AAE's activities include operations research, econometric analyses and forecasting, feasibility studies and research into competition and market issues, as well as work in transport and regional economics.
Research in the section Regulation and Competition concentrates on the design, analysis and evaluation of competition and government intervention. The section deals with issues related to the structure, conduct and performance of markets and sectors, regulation and deregulation, economic aspects of cartels, mergers, market dominance and other topics in the field of competition. It assesses new or established regulations and policy from the perspective of law and economics.
The section Care and Security analyses developments in healthcare and social security, with research often shaped by the highly regulated nature of these two sectors. This section specialises among others in market analyses, effectiveness and cost-benefit studies and budgeting and costing systems. Major work has been done recently on labour-market reintegration services.
Starting with the question of how companies relate to others within their own industry the section Industrial Economics combines findings obtained from research at the sector and individual company levels. The structure of a business sector is mapped by answering questions such as what kind of businesses are there, how do they profile themselves, to what extent and in what ways do they work together, where do innovations come from, how do they spread and how do they perform financially?
SEO Economic Research is governed by a seven-member Executive Board. Day-to-day policy is in the hands of the management team, which consists of the Managing Director and Vice Director, the section heads and the General Manager. SEO Economic Research also has an Advisory Board which meets regularly to review its research programme.