Frederic is a Professor of Economics at KU Leuven. He is also affiliated with the Centre for Economic Policy Research, the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London, CentER at Tilburg University, and IZA. He specializes in household economics, labor economics, and applied microeconometrics, with a focus on demand, labor supply, intra-household allocation, and matching in marriage markets. His recent work studies how households allocate resources and time, including applications to child welfare, marriage and divorce, job flexibility, and inequality within households.