Jan C. van Ours

Research interests

Publications

• From substance use to homelessness or vice versa?

  Social Science & Medicine · 2015 · 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.005

• The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets

  Princeton University Press eBooks · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400848195

• How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children

  The Economic Journal · 2013 · 10.1111/ecoj.12052

• LABOR MARKET EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DESIGN

  Journal of Economic Surveys · 2012 · 10.1111/joes.12005

• HOW EFFECTIVE ARE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SANCTIONS? LOOKING BEYOND UNEMPLOYMENT EXIT

  Journal of Applied Econometrics · 2012 · 10.1002/jae.2289

• Retaining through training even for older workers

  Economics of Education Review · 2012 · 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.08.004

• Age, Wage and Productivity in Dutch Manufacturing

  De Economist · 2011 · 10.1007/s10645-011-9159-4

• Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part‐Time Work Puzzle

  The Economic Journal · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02117.x

• Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part‐time Work Make the Family Happier?

  Economica · 2008 · 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00670.x

• Does reducing unemployment insurance generosity reduce job match quality?

  Journal of Public Economics · 2007 · 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.05.006

• Welfare‐Improving Employment Protection

  Economica · 2007 · 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00576.x

• How Shortening the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits Affects the Duration of Unemployment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

  Journal of Labor Economics · 2006 · 10.1086/499976

• The Effect of Benefit Sanctions on the Duration of Unemployment

  Journal of the European Economic Association · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1162/154247605775012879

• The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Sanctions on the Transition Rate from Unemployment to Employment

  The Economic Journal · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01011.x

• Punitive Sanctions and the Transition Rate from Welfare to Work

  Journal of Labor Economics · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1086/380408

• How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment

  Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) · 2004 · 10.1111/j.1467-937x.2006.00406.x

• A pint a day raises a man’s pay; but smoking blows that gain away

  Journal of Health Economics · 2004 · 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.12.005

• The locking-in effect of subsidized jobs

  Journal of Comparative Economics · 2003 · 10.1016/j.jce.2003.10.002

• Expert Opinion and Compensation: Evidence from a Musical Competition

  American Economic Review · 2003 · 10.1257/000282803321455296

• The educational attainment of second-generation immigrants in The Netherland

  Journal of Population Economics · 2003 · 10.1007/s00148-003-0147-0

• Does the Recent Success of Some OECD Countries in Lowering Their Unemployment Rates Lie in the Clever Design of Their Labour Market Reforms?

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2000 · 10.2139/ssrn.233899

• Unemployment Dynamics and Duration Dependence

  Journal of Labor Economics · 1996 · 10.1086/209805

• The Price Elasticity of Hard Drugs: The Case of Opium in the Dutch East Indies, 1923-1938

  Journal of Political Economy · 1995 · 10.1086/261983

• Vacancies and the Recruitment of New Employees

  Journal of Labor Economics · 1992 · 10.1086/298282

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