This paper uses micro data from four OECD countries (the United States, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands), to assess … the determinants of household debt holding and to investigate whether or not credit constraints are important for … household debt holding. We extend the existing literature in important ways. First, we present comparative evidence for four …

the collective approach for household behaviour and the discrete hours choice framework with fixed costs of work. We … pooling of men's earnings and the household's non-labour income in the female's budget constraint. These differences in …

We analyse the effects of distortionary company car taxation through increased household carownership for the … Netherlands. We use several identification strategies and demonstrate thatfor about 20 percent of households company car …

The Netherlands is among the top spenders on health in the OECD. We document the life-cycle profile, concentration and …