This study investigates the long-term effects of peace-time military conscription on educational attainment and earnings by exploiting a policy change that exempted a complete birth cohort from military service. We find that compulsory military service decreases the proportion of Dutch...

This study investigates the long-term effects of peace-time military conscription on educational attainment and earnings by exploiting a policy change that exempted a complete birth cohort from military service. We find that compulsory military service decreases the proportion of Dutch...

This paper examines the effect of national culture on corporate risk-taking around the world. Specifically, we focus on one particular culture trait – individualism – a culture dimension that has been linked to risk-taking and overconfidence. Using a sample of 48 countries over the period...

This paper investigates the impact of Fair Trade standards on the lives of artisanal gold miners in Ghana. In cooperation with ten mining companies - five of which voluntary enrolled in a program to implement these standards and become Fair Trade certified - I evaluated the impact of these...

In this study, we explore how charities adopt and apply practices of social impact measurement --- analysing a dataset of over 450 Dutch charity organisations. Although the concept of social impact is ambiguous and the field undertheorized, there are universally recognized factors that are...

In this paper, we examine the effect of financial literacy on financial well-being. Using a panel data set of Dutch households over 2011-2020, we find that initial (2011) financial literacy positively impacts future wealth accumulation and income generation. We further document that initial...