This paper employs MIMIC, an applied general equilibrium model of the Dutch economy, to explore various tax cuts aimed at combating unemployment and raising labor supply. MIMIC combines modern labor-market theories, a firm empirical foundation detailed description of Dutch labor-market...

The literature on conflict and terrorism has paid little attention to the economic costs of terrorism for the perpetrators. This paper aims to fill that gap by examining the economic costs of committing suicide terror attacks. Using data covering the universe of Palestinian suicide terrorists...

The Dutch story / Robert Solow -- The debate in the Netherlands on low pay / Wiemer Salverda, Maarten van Klaveren, and Marc van der Meer -- Low-wage work and the economy / Wiemer Salverda -- Labor market institutions, low-wage work, and job quality / Wiemer Salverda -- The position, design, and...