Not Billionaires,Yet
Econometrics graduates are often faced with a plethora of overwhelming career options to take up. This time, we set out to gain an insight into the world of Econometrics master students Marten Koole and Geert Oosterbroek, together with Nick Mutsaers ...
0 Degrees of Freedom
Happy countries are all alike; every unhappy country is unhappy in its own way. While the Dutch court granted citizens’ request of reviewing the curfew's legitimacy, Russians are not even allowed to criticise the government. Recently Alexei Navalny, ...
The Estimator Diaries
The Estimator writes about a range of different topics, but we decided to bring you some memorable moments of our own life. From being mistaken for Santa Claus to playing a prank in tutorials, we walk you through some embarrassing moments of our life...
The Estimator presents to you...the greatest crossword puzzle ever! By completing our crossword puzzle, you get the chance to win one of three exclusive prizes including a mini BBQ, ESE hoodie or a rare ESE dopper! To obtain the answers, you'll nee...
What’s the one thing that everyone celebrates in the month of April? That’s right. Christmas. The time where everybody’s out to search for the Easter bunny hiding those subtle Easter eggs in the garden bushes – a tradition that we closely associate t...
Ever wanted to work at Optiver? One of the most sought-after destinations for our graduates, Optiver trainee Olle Tielrooij explains why Optiver is such an exciting company for Econometricians to work at and how the company has adapted to doing trade...
Coffee: the one part of your day that can never do you wrong (unless you’re at the library and the machine has broken down yet again - but there is little risk of that these days). Since the lockdown started, us students have been constantly looking ...
It was a bright cold day in March, and the clocks were striking thirteen. French President Emmanuel Macron announced that "no business, whatever its size, will face the risk of bankruptcy." Germany provided unlimited cash supplies to businesses hit b...
This Wednesday the elections for the Dutch House of Representatives will be held. Whereas current members are intent on protecting their seats, new and smaller parties hope to break through. Volt is one of them. The pan-European political movement cu...
As the 2021 national elections loom close, the Dutch House of Representatives has never been so divided. Since our daily life has radically changed, political parties have weighed in with drastically differing opinions on how to govern and determine ...
The EstimATEor is back! For the first time ever, we interview someone from Azerbaijan! Second-year student Adnan Aliyev tells us about his experience coming to the Netherlands and the effect of Covid-19 regulations, over some exciting Azerbaijani del...
Four weeks ago, student council members Robbert Rog and Younes Assou submitted an open letter to the Executive Board asking the board members to reconsider their decision to implement a two-camera set-up for proctored exams. Despite the fact that the...
Last week The Estimator interviewed Jan Paternotte, member of the House of Representatives of The Netherlands (de Tweede Kamer). Specialising in Education, he represents the party Democrats 66. We discussed reopening universities, the curfew, financi...