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Jan C. van Ours
Jan C. van Ours
Research Fellow
Erasmus School of Economics
vanours@ese.eur.nl External Homepage CV

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.

IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6212
How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children
Asako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (570), F308-F331
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5688
Recessions Are Bad for Workplace Safety
Jan Boone, Jan C. van Ours, Jean-Philippe Wuellrich, Josef Zweimüller
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (4), 764-773
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5591
Retaining through Training: Even for Older Workers
Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 32 (1), 29-48
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5055
Carrot and Stick: How Reemployment Bonuses and Benefit Sanctions Affect Job Finding Rates
Bas van der Klaauw, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2013, 28 (2), 275–296
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4988
Market Imperfections and Firm-Sponsored Training
Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (5), 712-722
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4970
Country-Specific Goal-Scoring in the "Dying Seconds" of International Football Matches
Jan C. van Ours, Martin A. van Tuijl
published in: International Journal of Sport Finance, 2011, 6 (2), 138-154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4765
Age, Wage and Productivity
Jan C. van Ours, Lenny Stoeldraijer
published as 'Age, Wage and Productivity in Dutch Manufacturing' in: De Economist, 2011, 159 (2) , 113-137
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4691
How Changes in Unemployment Benefit Duration Affect the Inflow into Unemployment
Jan C. van Ours, Sander Tuit
published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 109 (2), 105-107
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4686
Part-Time Jobs: What Women Want?
Alison L. Booth, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (1), 263-283
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4681
Incentive Effects of Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts: Evidence from Chile
Gonzalo Reyes Hartley, Jan C. van Ours, Milan Vodopivec
published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (6), 798-809
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