Veerle Miranda is a Senior Economist in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs of the OECD. She leads the work on youth employment and social policy, and is the driving force behind the OECD Youth Action Plan. She and her team work closely together with governments of OECD member countries to improve their youth policies. Veerle joined the OECD in 2008 and has been working on a wide range of social, employment and education policy issues. Veerle Miranda is Belgian and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Catholic University of Leuven.