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From micro data to causality : forty years of empirical labor economics

Klaauw, Bas van der - 2014

This overview describes the development of methods for empirical research in the field of labor economics during the past four decades. This period is characterized by the use of micro data to answer policy relevant research question. Prominent in the literature is the search for exogenous...

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A dynamic analysis of the demand for health insurance and health care

Bolhaar, Jonneke (contributor); … - 2008

insurance ; health care utilization ; advantageous selection ; moral hazard ; panel data …We investigate the presence of moral hazard and advantageous or adverse selection in a market for supplementary health … insurance. For this we specify and estimate dynamic models for health insurance decisions and health care utilization. Estimates …

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Do you have to win it to fix it? : a longitudinal study of lottery winners and their health care demand

Cheng, Terence Chai; Costa-Font, Joan; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2015

more likely to have private health insurance. Larger winners are also more likely to drop coverage earlier, possibly after …We exploit lottery wins to investigate the effects of exogenous changes to individuals' income on health care demand in … the United Kingdom. This strategy allows us to estimate lottery income elasticities for a range of health care services …

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Carrot and stick : how reemployment bonuses and benefit sanctions affect job finding rates

Klaauw, Bas van der; Ours, Jan C. van - 2010

bonuses were not. -- welfare to work ; financial incentives ; timing-of-events ; dynamic selection …

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Estimating equilibrium effects of job search assistance

Gautier, Pieter; Muller, Paul; Klaauw, Bas van der; … - 2012

Randomized experiments provide policy relevant treatment effects if there are no spillovers between participants and nonparticipants. We show that this assumption is violated for a Danish activation program for unemployed workers. Using a difference-in-difference model we show that the...

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The effects of reducing the entitlement period to unemployment insurance benefits

Groot, Nynke de; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2014

This paper exploits a substantial reform of the Dutch UI law to study the effect of the entitlement period on job finding and subsequent labor market outcomes. Using detailed administrative data covering the full population we find that reducing the entitlement period increases the job finding...

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Job-search periods for welfare applicants : evidence from a randomized experiment

Bolhaar, Jonneke; Ketel, Nadine; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2016

This paper studies mandatory job-search periods for welfare applicants. During this period the benefits application is put on hold and the applicant is obliged to make job applications. We combine a randomized experiment with detailed administrative data to investigate the effects of imposing a...

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A field experiment on labor market speeddates for unemployed workers

Klaauw, Bas van der; Ziegler, Lennart - 2019

We conduct a field experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of labor market speeddates where unemployed workers meet temporary employment agencies. Our analysis shows that participation in such events increases immediate job finding by 6-7 percentage points. In the subsequent months, employment...

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The welfare effects of time reallocation: evidence from Daylight Saving Time

Costa-Font, Joan; Fleche, Sarah; Pagan, Ricardo - 2021

, the transition into DST deteriorates sleep and increases time stress, which in turn affects physical and emotional health …

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How does exposure to COVID-19 influence health and income inequality aversion?

Asaria, Miqdad; Costa-Font, Joan; Cowell, Frank A. - 2021

We study whether exposure to COVID-19 has affected individual aversion to health and income inequality in the UK, Italy … unemployment), income and health directly linked to COVID-19. We find that conditioned on risk aversion and relevant covariates … (income, education, demographics), individuals who have experienced either a health or an financial shock during the COVID-19 …

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