Publications

This paper develops a stylized model that can serve as an instrument to assess how long term trends as demographic change and rising living standards affect the optimal future rise of the statutory retirement age (sra)... →

We typically do not find statistically signicant evidence of bunching around kinks or notches, neither in income nor in wealth. →

We investigate the impact of the financial cycle on the effectiveness of fiscal policy. →

School dropout rates did not decrease significantly in three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Dutch vocational training colleges. →

As urbanization continues, congestion externalities are becoming more important due to an increasing utilization of the prevailing infrastructure. A growing number of cities have conducted transit-oriented developments... →

We examine the impact of the accessibility of an older individual’s house on her use of nursing home care. →

To what extent do large drops in house prices drive household consumption? Using a large panel of Dutch households over the period 2007 to 2014, when house price dropped 27%, we find a significantly positive... →

We estimate the contemporaneous relationship between household debt and consumption for the period 2006 to 2015. Using Dutch administrative data, we find that the average consumption of households with high debt has... →

Insight in the lifecycle dynamics of long term care costs is important to understand the effect of policy changes, such as the design of co-payments, on the costs and welfare across income and wealth groups.... →