Jan C. van Ours

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Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Jan van Ours (1954) is professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is also professorial fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, CentER Fellow and CEPR Fellow. Jan van Ours studied mining engineering at the Technical University in Delft and economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he also got his Ph.D. He has published in journals like American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Labor Economics, Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic History, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Health Economics, and Health Economics. Currently he is managing editor of De Economist.

In 1996 he was awarded with the Hicks-Tinbergen medal of the European Economic Association (joint with Geert Ridder).

In 2009 he was President of the European Society of Population Economics. From 2011-2014 he was President of the European Association of Labour Economists.

Jan van Ours joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 1999.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 10121
Temporary Jobs and the Severity of Workplace Accidents
Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Journal of Safety Research, 2017, 61, 41-51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9815
Revisiting Okun's Relationship
Robert Dixon, Guay C. Lim, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (28), 2749-2765
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9800
The Educational Consequences of Language Proficiency for Young Children
Yuxin Yao, Asako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 54, 1-15
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9472
Labor Supply Effects of Winning a Lottery
Matteo Picchio, Sigrid Suetens, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (611), 1700-1729
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9470
Gender and the Effect of Working Hours on Firm-Sponsored Training
Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 125, 192-211
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9248
Bad Behavior: Delinquency, Arrest and Early School Leaving
Shannon Ward, Jenny Williams, Jan C. van Ours
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8221
The Effect of Shocks to Labour Market Flows on Unemployment and Participation Rates
Robert Dixon, Guay C. Lim, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Applied Economics, 2015, 47 (24), 2523-2539
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8188
How to Stimulate Single Mothers on Welfare to Find a Job: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Marike Knoef, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, 1025-1061.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7919
Immigration: What about the Children and Grandchildren?
Arthur Sweetman, Jan C. van Ours
Published as: Sweetman, Arthur and Jan C. van Ours. 2015. “Immigration: What about the Children and Grandchildren?” chapter 21 in B.R. Chiswick and P.W. Miller (eds). Handbook of the Economics of International Migration, Vol. 1b, Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland, 1141-93.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7720
Spillover Effects of Studying with Immigrant Students: A Quantile Regression Approach
Asako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours
published as 'Quantile Peer Effects of Immigrant Children at Primary Schools' in: Labour, 2016, 30 (2), 135 - 157
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