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Contact details
CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis Department of International Economics PO Box 80510 2508GM The Hague The Netherlands
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Positions

Current positions
2007 -	Head, Department of International Economics, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
2002 -	Senior researcher, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Other activities
2007 -	Advisor, Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
2005 -	Research Fellow, IZA, Bonn
2003 -	Research Fellow, METEOR and NSI, Maastricht University
2001 -	Research Fellow, SKOPE, Oxford University
Previous positions
2007	Economist, Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
2003 - 2006	Postdoc researcher/assistant professor, Department of Economics, Maastricht University
1998 - 2001	Researcher, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
1995 - 1998	Various research assistant jobs, Maastricht University

Education

2002	PhD, Economics, Maastricht University
1998	MA, Economics, Maastricht University

Publications

Working papers

• "Do incentives matter for cognitive test scores" (with Lex Borghans and Huub Meijers).
• "The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands" (with Semih Akcomak). pdf
• "Does manager turnover improve firm performance? New evidence using information from Dutch soccer, 1986-2004." pdf
• "Computer adoption and diffusion at the bottom of the U.S. labour market: Disentangling the effects of skills and wages on computer use" (with Lex Borghans).
• "Is there a link between economic outcomes and genetic evolution? Cross-country evidence from the major histocompatibility complex" (with Jose Borghans & Lex Borghans). pdf
• "People people: Social capital and the labor-market outcomes of underrepresented groups" (with Lex Borghans & Bruce A. Weinberg). pdf

Publications in international scientific journals

• "Computers, skills and wages," Applied Economics, forthcoming (with Lex Borghans).
• "Social Capital, innovation and growth: Evidence from Europe," European Economic Review, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 544-567, 2009 (with Semih Akcomak). pdf
• "Understanding the technology of computer technology diffusion: Explaining computer adoption patterns and implications for the wage structure," Journal of Income Distribution, vol. 17, no. 3-4, pp. 37-70 (with Lex Borghans). pdf
• "The economics and psychology of personality traits," Journal of Human Resources, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 972-1059, 2008 (with Lex Borghans, Angela Lee Duckworth & James J. Heckman). pdf
• "Interpersonal styles and labor market outcomes," Journal of Human Resources, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 815-858, 2008 (with Lex Borghans & Bruce A. Weinberg). pdf
• "The noncognitive determinants of labor-market and behavioral outcomes," Journal of Human Resources, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 729-737, 2008.
• "The role of noncognitive skills in explaining cognitive test scores," Economic Inquiry, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2-12, 2008 (with Lex Borghans & Huub Meijers). pdf
• "The diffusion of computers and the distribution of wages," European Economic Review, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 715-748, 2007 (with Lex Borghans). pdf
• "The division of labour, worker organisation, and technological change," Economic Journal, vol. 116, no. 509, pp. F45-F72,  2006 (with Lex Borghans). pdf
• "IT diffusion and industry and labour-market dynamics," Economic Journal, vol. 116, no. 509, pp. F1-F9, 2006.
• "Do we need computer skills to use a computer? Evidence from Britain," Labour, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 505-532, 2006 (with Lex Borghans). pdf
• "What happens when agent T gets a computer? The labor market impact of cost efficient computer adoption," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 137-151, 2004 (with Lex Borghans). pdf
• "Are computer skills the new basic skills? The returns to computer, writing and math skills in Britain," Labour Economics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 85-98, 2004 (with Lex Borghans). pdf
• "The structure of wages in the Netherlands, 1986-1998," Labour, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 361-382, September 2003.
• "Manager to go? Performance dips reconsidered with evidence from Dutch football," European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 148, no. 2, pp. 233-246, 2003 (with Allard Bruinshoofd).
• "Technology, knowledge spillovers, and changes in employment structure: Evidence from six OECD countries," Labour Economics, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 579-599, 2002 (with Hugo Hollanders).
• "Knowledge spillovers and wage inequality: An empirical analysis of Dutch manufacturing," Labour, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 641-661, 2001 (with Allard Bruinshoofd & Hugo Hollanders).
• "Innovation, knowledge creation and technology policy: The case of the Netherlands," De Economist, vol. 147, no. 3, pp. 293-310, 1999 (with Luc Soete).
• "Cybertax," Futures, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 853-871, 1998 (with Luc Soete).

Publications in books

• “How do social capital and government support affect innovation and growth? Evidence from the EU regional support programmes,” in C. Nauwelaers and R. Wintjes (eds.), Innovation policy in Europe, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 106-136, 2008 (with Semih Akcomak).
• “How computerization has changed the labour market: A review of the evidence and a new perspective,” in L. Soete and B. ter Weel (eds.), The economics of the digital society, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 219-247, 2005 (with Lex Borghans).
• “Introduction and summary,” in L. Soete and B. ter Weel (eds.), The economics of the digital society, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 1-13, 2005 (with Luc Soete).
• “Skill-biased technical change: On endogenous growth, wage inequality and government intervention,” in: H. Hagemann and S. Seiter (eds.), Growth theory and growth policy, Routledge: London, pp. 156-171, 2003 (with Hugo Hollanders).
• "Do older workers have more trouble using computers than younger workers?" in Research in Labor Economics, vol. 21, pp. 139-173, 2002 (with Lex Borghans).
• “Overeducation and crowding out of low-skilled workers,” in L. Borghans and A. de Grip (eds.), The overeducated worker? The economics of skill utilization, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 109-132, 2000 (with Joan Muysken).

Books

• The computerization of the labour market, Maastricht University Press: Maastricht, 2002 (PhD thesis).
• The economics of the digital society, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 2005 (with Luc Soete). buy here

Selection of publications in Dutch

• "De nabeschouwing van 2009," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 94, 2009, pp. 791-792 (with Luc Soete).
• "Vrijheid en openheid in tijden van crisis," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 94, 2009, p. 541.
• "Meer Nederlands kapitaal in Nederlandse bedrijven kan goed uitpakken," Me Judice, vol. 2, 16 July 2009. download
• "Juist in tijden van crisis is vrijhandel noodzakelijk," Me Judice, vol. 2, 5 January 2009. download
• "De nabeschouwing van 2008," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 93, 2008, pp. 788-789 (with Luc Soete).
• "Keuzes in gedragstoezicht op de financiële markten," Economisch Statistische Berichten, Dossier Financieel Toezicht, vol. 93, pp. 17-22 (with Teunis Brosens).
• "2008 wordt het jaar van rechtvaardigheid en overvloed," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 92, 2007, p. 781-783 (with Luc Soete).
• "Schonere aandelenmarkt door richtlijn marktmisbruik,” Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 92, 2007, p. 564-566 (with Tyas Prevoo).
• “Gedragstoezicht op hedgefondsen in Nederland,” Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 92, p. 207, 2007 (with Teunis Brosens).
• "Van embryo tot peuter,” Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 92, 2007, pp. 104-106.
• “Rien ne va plus”: over economische voor- en nadelen van casino’s,” Kwartaalschrift Economie, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 63-75, 2006 (with Luc Soete).
• "Verbod op stemcomputer beïnvloedt Tweede Kamerverkiezingen niet ,” Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 91, 2006, pp. 664-666.
• "Het gelijk van Co Adriaanse,” Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 91, 2006, pp. 64-66.
• “Tijd om te meten,” Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 89, no. 4423, p. 19, 2004 (wiht Lex Borghans). 
• “ICT en de organisatie van werk in Nederland, 1988-2000,” in P. Ester et al. (eds.), ICT, arbeid en organisatie, Reed Business Information: The Hague, pp. 59-84, 2003 (with Lex Borghans).
• “Computertechnologie, organisatorische verandering en werkdruk,” I&I Nieuwe Media in Perspectief, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 28-33, 2003 (with Lex Borghans).
• "Criminaliteit en etniciteit," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 88, 2003, pp. 548-550 (with Lex Borghans). 
• "Vriendelijk, maar toch duidelijk," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 88, 2003, pp. D14-D16 (with Lex Borghans). 
• “ICT en de organisatie van werk in Nederland, Een studie op basis van het OSA Organisatiepanel, 1988-2000,” OSA Research Report, 2003 (with Lex Borghans).
• “De computer, upgrading en het verschuivende belang van vaardigheden in elf Europese landen,” in R. Batenburg et al. (eds.), Arbeid en ICT in onderzoek, Lemma: Utrecht, pp. 201-227, 2002 (with Lex Borghans).
• “ICT in het onderwijs,” Maandschrift Economie, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 366-375, 2002 (with Lex Borghans).
• “ICT, organisatorische verandering en de toename van opleidingseisen,” Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 226-241, 2002 (with Lex Borghans).
• "Digitale snelweg alternatief voor forens," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 87, 2002, pp. 852-854. 
• "Computers zijn geen probleem voor ouderen," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 86, 2001, pp. 62-624 (with Lex Borghans). 
• "Intelligent kapitaal: Vernieuwing vereist," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 86, 2001, pp. D6-D7 (with Luc Soete). 
• "And the winner is ...," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 85, 2000, pp. 930-931, 933 (with Lex Borghans & Hugo Hollanders). 
• “Hoe computerisering de arbeidsmarkt verandert: De feiten op een rij vanuit een nieuw raamwerk,” in L. Soete (ed.), ICT en de nieuwe economie: Preadviezen aan de koninklijke vereniging voor de staathuishoudkunde, Lemma: Utrecht, pp. 105-132, 2000 (with Lex Borghans).
• "Hoe belangrijk zijn computervaardigheden?" Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 85, 2000, pp. D8-D9 (with Lex Borghans). 
• "Ontslagen trainers, beter voetbal?" Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 85, 2000, pp. 786-789 (with Allard Bruinshoofd). 
• “Belasting betalen in een virtuele wereld zonder grenzen,” Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 85, no. 4231, pp. 113-115, 2000 (with Patrick Kuster).
• "Nederland? Kennisland!" Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 85, 2000, pp. 464-466 (with Hugo Hollanders). 
• "Computergestuurd onderwijs niet effectief," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 85, 2000, p. 959. 
• “De economie van het faillissement: Een evolutionair perspectief,” Justitiële Verkenningen, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 75-85, 2000.
• “Het einde van de werkloosheid? Nieuwe technologie en oude vaardigheden,” in R. Weehuizen (ed.), Toekomst@werk.nl, STT: Den Haag, pp. 80-89, 2000.
• "Technologie vraagt om meer persoonlijke vaardigheden," Economisch Statistische Berichten, vol. 84, 1999, pp. D15-D18 (with Luc Soete). 

Last update: 4 January 2010