Born
9 December 1953, Puttershoek, The Netherlands
Education
MSc in Economics (cum laude), University of Amsterdam, 1979.
PhD (cum laude), Tilburg University, 1989
Employment
- deputy-director CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Research 1998 - present
- professor in economics, University of Amsterdam 1992 - present
- director Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE), 1992-1995
- vice-dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Amsterdam, 1995-1998
- professor in economics, Tilburg University, 1992-1995
- assistant/associate professor, University of Amsterdam, 1979-1992
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Other current professional activities
- editor, De Economist
- deputy member, Social Economic Council
- member of the steering committee, ENEPRI (European Network of Economic Policy Research
Institutes)
- member advisory committee, SCP (Social and Cultural
Planning Office of the Netherlands)
Research areas
macroeconomics, ageing, fiscal policy, pensions
Recent articles
- Welfare effects of fiscal subsidies on home ownership in the Netherlands, De Economist 155, 2007, 323-336 (with Bas Jacobs en Ruud de Mooij)
- Unions, progressive taxes, and education subsidies, European Journal of Political Economy 23, 2007, 1119-1139 (with Paul Tang)
- Ageing and the sustainability of Dutch public finances, CPB , The Hague, 2006 (with N. Draper, H. ter Rele and E. Westerhout).
- Pension funds at risk, in N. Kortleve et al. (eds.), Fair Value and Pension Fund Management, Elsevier, 2006, pp. 11-28 (with Martijn van de Ven)
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