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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility age to the state pension in the Netherlands. We find that the mental effects are heterogeneous by gender and marital status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138793
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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility age to the state pension in the Netherlands. We find that the mental effects are heterogeneous by gender and marital status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122587
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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility age to the state pension in the Netherlands. We find that the mental effects are heterogeneous by gender and marital status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140023
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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151993
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The joy of lottery play : evidence from a field experiment
Burger, Martijn J.; Hendriks, Martijn; Pleeging, Emma; … - 2018
the Netherlands, we find that lottery participation increased the happiness of participants before the draw. Winning a … small prize had no effect on happiness. Our results indicate that people may not only care about the outcomes of the lottery …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924802
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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206775
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Subjective well-being and partnership dynamics : are same-sex relationships different?
Chen, Shuai; Ours, Jan C. van - 2017
Partnered individuals are happier than singles. This can be because partnership leads to more satisfactory subjective well-being or because happier people are more likely to find a partner. We analyze Dutch panel data to investigate whether there is a causal effect of partnership on subjective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732374
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Unhappiness and Job Finding
Gielen, Anne C.; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
happiness, which might explain why at least some workers need to be activated. In addition to that, we find that even though … unemployed who experience a drop in happiness search more actively for a job, it does not speed up their job finding. Apparently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646313
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Unhappiness and Job Finding
Gielen, Anne C.; Ours, Jan C. van - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
happiness, which might explain why at least some workers need to be activated. In addition to that, we find that even though … unemployed who experience a drop in happiness search more actively for a job, it does not speed up their job finding. Apparently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541302
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Part-Time Jobs: What Women Want?
Booth, Alison L.; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Part-time jobs are popular among partnered women in many countries. In the Netherlands the majority of partnered working women have a part-time job. Our paper investigates, from a supply-side perspective, if the current situation of abundant part-time work in the Netherlands is likely to be a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529127