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Working Papers

2021

1. Fearless Woman: Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

2017

2. Economic Conditions at Birth and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Adulthood: Evidence from New Cohorts
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
3. Economic Downturns and Babies’ Health
   Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (1)
4. The effects of financial education on financial literacy and savings behavior: Evidence from a controlled field experiment in Dutch primary schools
   Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics

2016

5. Risk Aversion and Job Mobility
   Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics
6. When you need it or when I die? Timing of monetary transfers from parents to children
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari"

2014

7. How Financially Literate are Women? An Overview and New Insights
   MEA discussion paper series, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy View citations (17)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (17)
8. Simply a Matter of Luck & Looks? Predicting Elections when Both the World Economy and the Psychology of Faces Count
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2013

9. Pension Wealth and Household Savings in Europe: Evidence from SHARELIFE
   Working Paper Series, Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden) View citations (63)
   See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2013)

2012

10. Lifetime income and old age mortality risk in Italy over two decades
    CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy)
    Also in Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari" (2012)
    See also Journal Article in Demographic Research (2013)
11. Pension wealth and household savings in Europe
    Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (2)

2011

12. Financial Literacy, Retirement Planning, and Household Wealth
    CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy) View citations (26)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (27)
    CFS Working Paper Series, Center for Financial Studies (CFS) (2011) View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2012)
13. Financial Literacy, Retirement Preparation and Pension Expectations in the Netherlands
    CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy) View citations (108)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (92)
14. Is it true love? Altruism versus exchange in time and money transfers
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari" View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in De Economist (2014)

2010

15. Retirement Choices in Italy: What an Option Value Model tells us
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (2)
    Also in CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy) (2010) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2013)

2008

16. Do early life and contemporaneous macro-conditions explain health at older ages? An application to functional limitations of Dutch older individuals
    Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics
17. Home production and the allocation of time and consumption over the life cycle
    Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics View citations (2)
18. Retirement Choices: New Evidence for Italy
    CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy) View citations (2)
19. The Importance of Financial Incentives on Retirement Choices
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (1)
20. The Importance of Financial Incentives on Retirement Choices: New Evidence for Italy
    Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2009)

2007

21. Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (111)
    Also in CFS Working Paper Series, Center for Financial Studies (CFS) (2007) View citations (114)
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2007) View citations (110)
    Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics (2007) View citations (110)
    CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy) (2007) View citations (122)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Economics (2011)
22. Home and Mortgage Ownership of the Dutch Elderly: Explaining Cohort, Time and Age Effects
    Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University View citations (7)

2006

23. Estimating a Collective Household Model with Survey Data on Financial Satisfaction
    Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University View citations (8)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations (7)
    Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University (2006) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics (2006) View citations (7)
24. Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (9)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2004) View citations (8)
    Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics (2004) View citations (10)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (7)
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2005) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2010)

2005

25. Saving and Cohabitation: The Economic Consequences of Living with One's Parents in Italy and the Netherlands
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Chapter (2006)

2004

26. Examining the Dutch Trends in the Nineteen-nineties: Age, Period and Cohort Effects
    Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics
27. Ownership of stocks and mutual funds: A panel data analysis
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management View citations (104)
    Also in Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2002, Royal Economic Society (2002) View citations (37)
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (2001) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2004)

2003

28. Explaining the Wealth Holdings of Different Cohorts: Productivity Growth and Social Security
    Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics View citations (4)
    Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (1999) View citations (17)
    Serie Research Memoranda, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics (1999) View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2005)
29. Permanent and Transitory Wage Inequality of British Men, 1975-2001: Year, Age and Cohort Effects
    Working Papers, Utrecht School of Economics View citations (10)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2003) View citations (11)

2002

30. Disentangling the Age, Period, and Cohort Effects using a Modeling Approach
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (7)
31. House Prices, Second Mortgages and Household Savings; An Empirical Investigation for the Netherlands, 1987-1994
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (10)
32. Retirement Behaviour of Dutch Elderly Households: Diversity in Retirement Patterns across Different Household Types
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (7)
33. Saving and Habit Formation: Evidence from Dutch Panel Data
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations (7)
    Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2002) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Empirical Economics (2010)
34. Savings and pensions in the Netherlands
    Serie Research Memoranda, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics
    See also Journal Article in Research in Economics (2001)

2001

35. Consumer Credit: Evidence from Italian Micro Data
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2005)
36. Non-take-up of Tax-favored Savings Plans: Are Household Portfolios Optimal?
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research
    Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2001)

2000

37. Household Portfolios in the Netherlands
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations (9)
38. Premium Differentiation in the Unemployment Insurance System and the Demand for Labor
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    Also in Serie Research Memoranda, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics (2000)
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (2000)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2004)

1999

39. Wealth and savings: data and trends in the Netherlands
    Serie Research Memoranda, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics View citations (1)

1998

40. Household commodity demand and demographics in The Netherlands: A microeconometric analysis
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (1998)

1997

41. Female labor supply and the demand for housing
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations (2)
42. Household Commodity Demand and Demographics in the Netherlands: A Micro-Economic Analysis
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations (1)
43. Mandatory pensions and personal savings in The Netherlands
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations (29)
    Also in Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (1997) View citations (30)
44. Savings accounts vs. stocks and bonds in household portfolio allocation
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management View citations (4)

1995

45. Household portfolio allocation in the Netherlands: Saving accounts versus stocks and bonds
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations (1)
46. Saving and Wealth Holdings of the Elderly
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research View citations (28)
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1995) View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article in Ricerche Economiche (1995)

1993

47. Intertemporal consumption, durables and liquidity constraints: a cohort analysis
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1997)

1989

48. A method to construct moments in the multi-good life cycle consumption model
    Research Memorandum, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management
49. The effects of liquidity constraints on consumption: Estimation from household panel data
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1989)

1987

50. Consumption, leisure and earnings-related liquidity constraints: A note
    Research Memorandum, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1988)
51. The problem of not observing small expenditures in a consumer expenditure survey
    Research Memorandum, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Applied Econometrics (1990)

1986

52. Consumption, savings and demography
    Research Memorandum, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management View citations (3)

1985

53. Invloed van demografische factoren en inkomen op consumptieve uitgaven
    Research Memorandum, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management

Undated

54. Do Early Life and Contemporaneous Macro-conditions explain Health at Older Ages?
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2010)

Journal Articles

2017

1. Consumption Behavior, Annuity Income and Mortality Risk of Retirees
   De Economist, 2017, 165, (3), 349-380 View citations (1)

2016

2. Measuring retirement savings adequacy: developing a multi-pillar approach in the Netherlands*
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2016, 15, (1), 55-89 View citations (37)

2015

3. Saving Behavior and Portfolio Choice After Retirement
   De Economist, 2015, 163, (3), 353-404 View citations (13)
4. Time preferences and career investments
   Labour Economics, 2015, 35, (C), 77-92 View citations (4)

2014

5. Is It True Love? Altruism Versus Exchange in Time and Money Transfers
   De Economist, 2014, 162, (2), 193-213 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper (2011)
6. The precautionary savings motive and household savings
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, 66, (1), 164-187 View citations (14)

2013

7. Changes in the Income Distribution of the Dutch Elderly between 1989 and 2020: a Dynamic Microsimulation
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2013, 59, (3), 460-485 View citations (5)
8. Lifetime income and old age mortality risk in Italy over two decades
   Demographic Research, 2013, 29, (45), 1261-1298 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper (2012)
9. Pension wealth and household savings in Europe: Evidence from SHARELIFE
   European Economic Review, 2013, 63, (C), 308-328 View citations (65)
   See also Working Paper (2013)
10. Retirement Choices in Italy: What an Option Value Model Tells Us
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 75, (4), 499-527 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
11. Subjective Well-Being Around Retirement
    De Economist, 2013, 161, (3), 349-366 View citations (19)
12. The Association Between Individual Income and Remaining Life Expectancy at the Age of 65 in the Netherlands
    Demography, 2013, 50, (1), 181-206 View citations (25)
13. The price and utility dependence of equivalence scales: Evidence from Indonesia
    Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97, (C), 272-281 View citations (15)

2012

14. Financial Literacy, Retirement Planning and Household Wealth
    Economic Journal, 2012, 122, (560), 449-478 View citations (294)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
15. Probabilistic survey questions and incorrect answers: Retirement income replacement rates
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 82, (1), 267-280 View citations (16)

2011

16. Financial literacy and retirement planning in the Netherlands
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32, (4), 593-608 View citations (86)
17. Financial literacy and retirement preparation in the Netherlands*
    Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2011, 10, (4), 527-545 View citations (117)
18. Financial literacy and stock market participation
    Journal of Financial Economics, 2011, 101, (2), 449-472 View citations (823)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
19. Life satisfaction and age: Dealing with underidentification in age-period-cohort models
    Social Science & Medicine, 2011, 73, (1), 177-182 View citations (38)

2010

20. Do early life and contemporaneous macroconditions explain health at older ages?
    Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23, (2), 617-642 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper
21. Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions*
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112, (3), 618-639 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
22. Saving and habit formation: evidence from Dutch panel data
    Empirical Economics, 2010, 38, (2), 385-407 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2009

23. Explaining The Hump In Life Cycle Consumption profiles
    De Economist, 2009, 157, (1), 107-120 View citations (15)
24. The importance of financial incentives on retirement choices: New evidence for Italy
    Labour Economics, 2009, 16, (5), 578-588 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

25. Notes and Communications
    De Economist, 2007, 155, (1), 99-121
26. Permanent and transitory wages of British men, 1975-2001: year, age and cohort effects
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2007, 22, (6), 1063-1093 View citations (22)

2006

27. Non-take-up of tax-favored savings plans: Evidence from Dutch employees
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2006, 27, (4), 483-501 View citations (5)

2005

28. Consumer Credit: Evidence From Italian Micro Data
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (1), 144-178 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper (2001)
29. Explaining the wealth holdings of different cohorts: Productivity growth and Social Security
    European Economic Review, 2005, 49, (5), 1361-1391 View citations (85)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2004

30. Ownership of Stocks and Mutual Funds: A Panel Data Analysis
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86, (3), 783-796 View citations (105)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
31. Premium differentiation in the Unemployment Insurance system and the demand for labor
    Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17, (4), 729-765 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
32. Retirement behaviour of Dutch elderly households
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2004, 19, (6), 777-793 View citations (10)

2001

33. New data for understanding saving
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2001, 17, (1), 55-69 View citations (10)
34. Savings and pensions in The Netherlands
    Research in Economics, 2001, 55, (1), 61-82 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

1999

35. Household commodity demand and demographics in the Netherlands: A microeconometric analysis
    Journal of Population Economics, 1998, 11, (4), 551-577 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
36. Saving after retirement: evidence from three different surveys
    Labour Economics, 1999, 6, (2), 277-310 View citations (45)

1997

37. Consumption, saving and habit formation
    Economics Letters, 1997, 55, (1), 103-108 View citations (67)
38. INCOME AND WEALTH OVER THE LIFE CYCLE EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1997, 43, (1), 1-32 View citations (55)
39. Intertemporal consumption, durables and liquidity constraints: A cohort analysis
    European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (1), 37-59 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper (1993)
40. Saving Accounts versus Stocks and Bonds in Household Portfolio Allocation
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1997, 99, (1), 81-97 View citations (43)
41. Saving and income smoothing: Evidence from panel data
    European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (7), 1251-1279 View citations (38)

1995

42. Saving and wealth holdings of the elderly
    Ricerche Economiche, 1995, 49, (3), 293-314 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1992

43. The Working Behavior of Young People in Rural Cote d'Ivoire
    The World Bank Economic Review, 1992, 6, (1), 139-54 View citations (2)

1991

44. Habit Formation, Interdependent References and Demographic Effects in the Almost Ideal Demand System
    Economic Journal, 1991, 101, (406), 404-19 View citations (83)

1990

45. The Problem of Not Observing Small Expenditures in a Consumer Expenditure Survey
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1990, 5, (2), 151-66 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1989

46. The effects of liquidity constraints on consumption Estimation from household panel data
    European Economic Review, 1989, 33, (2-3), 547-555 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1988

47. Consumption, leisure and earnings-related liquidity constraints: A note
    Economics Letters, 1988, 27, (1), 101-104 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (1987)
48. Preference formation, incomes, and the distribution of welfare
    Journal of Behavioral Economics, 1988, 17, (1), 77-96

Chapters

2006

1. Saving and Cohabitation: The Economic Consequences of Living with One's Parents in Italy and the Netherlands
   A chapter in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2004, 2006, pp 413-457 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper (2005)

Editor

1. De Economist
   Springer