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Working Papers

2001

Is Cannabis a Stepping-Stone for Cocaine?
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2003)
The Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in The Netherlands
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2003)
Using Employer Hiring Behavior to Test the Educational Signaling Hypothesis
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2001) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2006)

2000

Do Active Labor Market Policies Help Unemployed Workers to Find and Keep Regular Jobs?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (3)
Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (2000) View citations (3)
Does the Recent Success of Some OECD Countries in Lowering their Unemployment Rates Lie in the Clever Design of their Labour Market Reform?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (38)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (51)
See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2004)
Fast Track or Failure: A Study of the Completion Rates of Graduate Students in Economics
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (3)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (3)
Gender Wage Differentials in a Competitive Labor Market: The Household Interaction Effect
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (2)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (2)
Labor Supply and Matching Rates for Welfare Recipients: An Analysis Using Neighborhood Characteristics
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (2)
Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2000)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2000)
Modeling Financial Incentives to Get Unemployed Back to Work
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (22)
Also in Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society (2000) View citations (31)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (5)
Punitive Sanctions and the Transition Rate From Welfare to Work
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (14)
Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (1998) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2004)
Subsidized Jobs for Unemployed Workers in Slovakia
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
The Impact Of Active Labour Market Policies And Benefit Entitlement Rules On The Duration Of Unemployment
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (8)
The Impact of Active Labor Market Programs and Benefit Entitlement Rules on the Duration of Unemployment
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (18)

1999

Declining Prices in the Sequential Dutch Flower Auction of Roses
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (1)
Do Stepping Stone Jobs exist? Early Career Paths in the Medical Profession
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2002)
Separations at the Firm Level
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
The Netherlands: Old Emigrants - Young Immigrant Country
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (2)

1998

Displaced Workers in the United States and the Netherlands
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (6)
Effects of Active Labor Market Programs on the Transition Rate from Unemployment into Regular Jobs in the Slovak Republic
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (1999)
Unemployment Dynamics and Age
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
See also Journal Article in Annales d'Economie et de Statistique (2003)

1997

Business Cycles and Compositional Variation in U.S. Unemployment
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1997) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (2001)
Jobs from Active Labour Market Policies and Their Effects on Slovak Unemployment
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
Work Incentives and the Probability of Leaving Unemployment in the Slovak Republic
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (2)
Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (1997)

1995

The Anatomy of Unemployment Dynamics
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2002)

1994

New Facts About Factor-Demand Dynamics: Employment, Jobs, and Workers
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
Temporal Aggregation Bias in Stock-Flow Models
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (21)
The Matching Process in Labour Markets in Transition
East European Series, Institute for Advanced Studies View citations (1)

1992

Job Competition by Educational Level
Working Papers, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research- View citations (1)
Opmerkingen en aantekeningen - Communications. The optimal economic order: the simplest order
Open Access publications from Tilburg University, Tilburg University

1991

Job Requirements and Recruitment of New Employees
Open Access publications from Tilburg University, Tilburg University View citations (9)
The Efficiency of the Dutch Labour Market in Matching Unemployment and Vacancies
Open Access publications from Tilburg University, Tilburg University View citations (28)

Undated

The Impact of Active Labor Market Programs on the Duration of Unemployment
IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (35)

Journal Articles

2013

CARROT AND STICK: HOW RE‐EMPLOYMENT BONUSES AND BENEFIT SANCTIONS AFFECT EXIT RATES FROM WELFARE
Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2013, 28, (2), 275-296
Part-time jobs: what women want?
Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26, (1), 263-283
See also Working Paper (2010)
When is the Price Cost Margin a Safe Way to Measure Changes in Competition?
De Economist, 2013, 161, (1), 45-67

2012

Why is There a Spike in the Job Finding Rate at Benefit Exhaustion?
De Economist, 2012, 160, (4), 413-438
See also Working Paper (2009)

2011

Age, Wage and Productivity in Dutch Manufacturing
De Economist, 2011, 159, (2), 113-137 View citations (11)
An Activation Program as a Stick to Job Finding
LABOUR, 2011, 25, (2), 167-181 View citations (1)
Cannabis use and mental health problems
Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, 26, (7), 1137-1156 View citations (4)
Country-Specific Goal-Scoring in the ‘Dying Seconds’ of International Football Matches
International Journal of Sport Finance, 2011, 6, (2), 138-154
See also Working Paper (2010)
Does Regulation of Built‐in Security Reduce Crime? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Economic Journal, 2011, 121, (552), 485-504 View citations (1)

2010

Do We Need Crisis-Specific Labor Market Policies? Lessons from Dutch Miracle - Part II
CESifo Forum, 2010, 11, (1), 29-36
How a Reduction of Standard Working Hours Affects Employment Dynamics
De Economist, 2010, 158, (2), 193-207

2009

Bringing Unemployed Back to Work: Effective Active Labor Market Policies
De Economist, 2009, 157, (3), 293-313 View citations (2)
Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-time Work Make the Family Happier?
Economica, 2009, 76, (301), 176-196 View citations (28)
See also Working Paper (2005)
Will You Still Need Me: When I’m 64?
De Economist, 2009, 157, (4), 441-460
See also Working Paper (2009)

2008

When do children read books?
Education Economics, 2008, 16, (4), 313-328

2007

Compulsion in active labour market programmes
National Institute Economic Review, 2007, 202, (1), 67-78
On organizing a sequential auction: results from a natural experiment by Christie's
Oxford Economic Papers, 2007, 59, (1), 1-15
See also Working Paper (2007)
Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Monitoring and Sanctions
Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (518), 399-421 View citations (17)
See also Working Paper (2002)
Ranking Dutch Economists
De Economist, 2007, 155, (4), 469-487 View citations (4)
The Effects of Cannabis Use on Wages of Prime-age Males
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 69, (5), 619-634 View citations (1)
Welfare-Improving Employment Protection
Economica, 2007, 74, (295), 381-396 View citations (17)
See also Working Paper (2004)

2006

Cannabis, cocaine and jobs
Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2006, 21, (7), 897-917 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper (2004)
Dynamics in the use of drugs
Health Economics, 2006, 15, (12), 1283-1294 View citations (6)
How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment
Review of Economic Studies, 2006, 73, (4), 1009-1038 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper (2004)
How Shortening the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits Affects the Duration of Unemployment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (2), 351-378 View citations (35)
Leaving "Hotel California": How Incentives Affect Flows of Benefits in the Netherlands
Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 2006, 75, (3), 186-207 View citations (1)
Modeling Financial Incentives to Get the Unemployed Back to Work
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2006, 162, (2), 227-252 View citations (10)
Using Employer Hiring Behavior to Test the Educational Signaling Hypothesis
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108, (3), 361-372 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2001)

2005

The Effect Of Benefit Sanctions On The Duration Of Unemployment
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (6), 1386-1417 View citations (56)
See also Working Paper (2002)

2004

Does the recent success of some OECD countries in lowering their unemployment rates lie in the clever design of their labor market reforms?
Oxford Economic Papers, 2004, 56, (4), 621-642 View citations (78)
See also Working Paper (2000)
Punitive Sanctions and the Transition Rate from Welfare to Work
Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22, (1), 211-241 View citations (101)
See also Working Paper (2000)
The locking-in effect of subsidized jobs
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2004, 32, (1), 37-55 View citations (45)
See also Working Paper (2002)

2003

Expert Opinion and Compensation: Evidence from a Musical Competition
American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (1), 289-296 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper (2003)
Fast track or failure: a study of the graduation and dropout rates of Ph D students in economics
Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22, (2), 157-166 View citations (8)
Interactions between Institutions Matter
CESifo DICE Report, 2003, 1, (2), 03-06 View citations (1)
Is cannabis a stepping-stone for cocaine?
Journal of Health Economics, 2003, 22, (4), 539-554 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper (2001)
The educational attainment of second-generation immigrants in The Netherland
Journal of Population Economics, 2003, 16, (4), 739-753 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper (2001)
Unemployment Dynamics and Age
Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2003, (70), 1-29
See also Working Paper (1998)

2002

Do stepping-stone jobs exist? Early career paths in the medical profession
Journal of Population Economics, 2002, 15, (4), 647-665 View citations (21)
See also Working Paper (1999)
Drug Use and Drug Policy
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2002, 158, (4), 576-
The anatomy of unemployment dynamics
European Economic Review, 2002, 46, (10), 1785-1824 View citations (33)
See also Working Paper (1995)
Worker turnover at the firm level and crowding out of lower educated workers
European Economic Review, 2002, 46, (3), 523-538 View citations (26)

2001

Business Cycles and Compositional Variation in U.S. Unemployment
Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2001, 19, (4), 436-48 View citations (15)
See also Working Paper (1997)
The Declining Price Anomaly in Dutch Dutch Rose Auctions
American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (4), 1055-1062 View citations (15)
Unemployment and Labor Market Institutions: An Empirical Analysis
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2001, 15, (4), 403-418 View citations (67)

2000

The Netherlands and the United Kingdom: a European unemployment miracle?
Economic Policy, 2000, 15, (30), 135-180 View citations (59)
Why has Unemployment in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom Fallen so Much?
Canadian Public Policy, 2000, 26, (s1), 201-220 View citations (7)

1999

Duration dependence and heterogeneity in French youth unemployment durations
Journal of Population Economics, 1999, 12, (2), 273-285 View citations (11)
Effects of Active Labor Market Programs on the Transition Rate from Unemployment into Regular Jobs in the Slovak Republic
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999, 27, (1), 90-112 View citations (17)
See also Working Paper (1998)
Job searchers, job matches and the elasticity of matching
Labour Economics, 1999, 6, (1), 77-93 View citations (26)
The cyclical behavior of holdout durations
Economics Letters, 1999, 62, (3), 365-370 View citations (3)
Unemployment durations of job losers in a labour market in transition
The Economics of Transition, 1999, 7, (3), 665-686 View citations (3)

1998

On the Detection of State Dependence Using Aggregate Outflow Data: Comments on Previous Studies
Economic Journal, 1998, 108, (450), 1422-30 View citations (1)
Work incentives and other effects of the transition to social assistance: Evidence from the Slovak Republic
Empirical Economics, 1998, 23, (1/2), 121-153 View citations (6)

1997

Unemployment dynamics and the restructuring of the Slovak unemployment benefit system
European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (3-5), 925-934 View citations (11)

1996

Holdouts and wage bargaining in The Netherlands
Economics Letters, 1996, 53, (1), 83-88 View citations (5)
Job Turnover and Labor Turnover: A taxinomy of Employment Dynamics
Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1996, (41-42), 21-40
Unemployment Dynamics and Duration Dependence
Journal of Labor Economics, 1996, 14, (1), 100-125 View citations (57)

1995

An empirical note on employed and unemployed job search
Economics Letters, 1995, 49, (4), 447-452 View citations (20)
Job matching and job competition: Are lower educated workers at the back of job queues?
European Economic Review, 1995, 39, (9), 1717-1731 View citations (33)
The Price Elasticity of Hard Drugs: The Case of Opium in the Dutch East Indies, 1923-1938
Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (2), 261-79

1994

Matching Employers and Workers: An Empirical Analysis on the Effectiveness of Search
Oxford Economic Papers, 1994, 46, (1), 45-67 View citations (31)
Matching Unemployed and Vacancies at the Public Employment Office
Empirical Economics, 1994, 19, (1), 37-54 View citations (5)
Sequential or non-sequential employers' search?
Economics Letters, 1994, 44, (3), 323-328 View citations (4)
Unemployment Dynamics and Duration Dependence in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Economic Journal, 1994, 104, (423), 432-43 View citations (22)

1993

Vacancy Durations: Search or Selection?
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1993, 55, (2), 187-98 View citations (22)

1992

Duration dependency and unobserved heterogeneity in unemployment time series (economics letters 38, no. 2, pp. 199-206)
Economics Letters, 1992, 39, (3), 375-375
Sectoral shifts, unemployment and vacancies: An empirical analysis for the Netherlands
Economics Letters, 1992, 39, (1), 111-116
The art of full unemployment: C. de Neubourg, ed., Unemployment policy in open economies (contributions to economic analysis 203, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1991) ppxii + 532, ISBN 0-444-89216-8, US $78.50/Dfl. 185.00
European Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 8, (4), 654-658
Vacancies and the Recruitment of New Employees
Journal of Labor Economics, 1992, 10, (2), 138-55 View citations (72)

1991

Cyclical variation in vacancy durations and vacancy flows: An empirical analysis
European Economic Review, 1991, 35, (5), 1143-1155 View citations (9)
Job requirements and the recruitment of new employees
Economics Letters, 1991, 36, (2), 213-218 View citations (9)

Edited books

2010

Ageing, Health, and Productivity: The Economics of Increased Life Expectancy
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press