Wim点Vijverberg Pd.D。，is Professor of Economics at the Ph.D. Program in Economics at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Prior to his joining the university in August 2008, he held a similar position at the University of Texas at Dallas. In a more distance past, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Economic Growth Center of Yale University for three years and held one-year appointments at the University of Hawaii and Illinois State University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981.

维姆曾担任世界银行的顾问，负责与发展中国家劳动力市场有关的各种研究项目。他参与了生活水平测量研究调查工具的重大评估，并在过去几年帮助设计了农村投资环境调查工具。他目前感兴趣的项目是衡量农村地区的投资环境及其对企业绩效、企业启动和家庭劳动力市场选择的影响。

他的主要研究领域是:欠发达国家的劳动力市场，特别是与收入和劳动力供应选择(如自主创业与有偿就业)的关系，以及移民;工业国家的劳动力市场，特别是在收入结构和收入风险方面;有限因变量模型和模拟矩估计器;空间计量经济学;小规模的企业。

Wim Vijverberg于2000年12月加入IZA担任研究员。