Publications

June 19, 2014

The Dutch labour market during the Great Recession

The Dutch labour market during the Great Recession, English, Pdf, 2.2 MB

This publication accompanies CPB Book 11 'Roads to recovery', it serves as a background paper to the labour market chapter in the CPB book. →

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June 16, 2014

Presentation CPB Book 11 'Roads to recovery'

Presentation CPB Book 11 'Roads to recovery', English, Pdf, 1.5 MB

Presentation used by Albert van der Horst during the presentation of the CPB Book 'Roads to recovery', 2014, June 16. →

June 12, 2014

Choosing privacy: How to improve the market for personal data

Choosing privacy: How to improve the market for personal data, Pdf, 4.3 MB

Businesses and the government are all collecting more and more personal data, and they use these data ever more intensively. This is mostly to the benefit of citizens, but not in all cases. →

June 6, 2014

Social interactions and the retirement age

Social interactions and the retirement age, English, Pdf, 1.1 MB

In this study, we gauge the impact of social interactions on individual retirement preferences. →

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May 26, 2014

Safe Dike Heights at Minimal Costs: An Integer Programming Approach

Safe Dike Heights at Minimal Costs: An Integer Programming Approach, English, Pdf, 1.4 MB

Optimal dike heights are of crucial importance to the Netherlands as almost 60% of its surface is under threat of flooding from sea, lakes, or rivers. →

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May 19, 2014

Individual Returns to a PhD Education in the Netherlands: Income Differences between Masters and PhDs

Individual Returns to a PhD Education in the Netherlands: Income Differences between Masters and PhDs, English, Pdf, 914.7 KB

In this paper we investigate the individual returns to a doctorate education in the Netherlands over the first twenty years of a career. →

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May 14, 2014

Quality and hospital choice for cataract treatments: the winner takes most

Quality and hospital choice for cataract treatments: the winner takes most, English, Pdf, 1.2 MB

We study the impact of quality on patient volume and hospital choice for cataract treatments. →

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April 25, 2014

Provider competition and over-utilization in health care

Provider competition and over-utilization in health care, English, Pdf, 440.8 KB

This paper compares the welfare effects of three ways in which health care can be organized. →

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April 24, 2014

Follow the leader? Public and private wages in the Netherlands

Follow the leader? Public and private wages in the Netherlands, English, Pdf, 1.3 MB

This study investigates wage leadership in the Netherlands. We empirically examine public and private wages using several wage definitions for the period 1980-2012. →

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April 23, 2014

Saving behavior and risk taking: Evidence from the Dutch Tax Reform in 2001

Saving behavior and risk taking: Evidence from the Dutch Tax Reform in 2001, English, Pdf, 1.4 MB

We estimate the impact of the marginal tax rate on the ownership in risk-bearing assets and on the share in total assets. →

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