Gerard J. van den Berg

Research Fellow

University of Groningen

gerard.van.den.berg@rug.nl

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Research Interests

Gerard J. van den Berg (1962) is Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol. Previously he was Alexander von Humboldt Professor in Econometrics and Empirical Economics at the University of Mannheim. He has also worked at the VU University Amsterdam, Princeton University, Northwestern University, New York University, Stockholm School of Economics, Tilburg University, Groningen University, and INSEE-CREST.

He was Joint Managing Editor of The Economic Journal and co-editor of the Journal of Econometrics. He has published in Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, International Economic Review, and other journals.

Gerard J. van den Berg is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and research fellow of IFAU (Uppsala), ZEW (Mannheim), CEPR (London) and, since January 1999, of IZA.

From 2004-2023 he acted as Program Director of IZA’s research area "Evaluation of Labor Market Programs".

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17470

Investigating the Impact of Integration Agreements on Labor Market Outcomes for Welfare Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Gerard J. van den Berg, Sarah Bernhard, Gesine Stephan, Arne Uhlendorff

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16495

Structural Empirical Analysis of Vacancy Referrals with Imperfect Monitoring and the Strategic Use of Sickness Absence

Gerard J. van den Berg, Hanno Foerster, Arne Uhlendorff

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16426

Predicting Re-Employment: Machine Learning versus Assessments by Unemployed Workers and by Their Caseworkers

Gerard J. van den Berg, Max Kunaschk, Julia Lang, Gesine Stephan, Arne Uhlendorff

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15544

Prenatal Sugar Consumption and Late-Life Human Capital and Health: Analyses Based on Postwar Rationing and Polygenic Scores

Gerard J. van den Berg, Stephanie von Hinke, R. Adele H. Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14031

Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?

Nicole Gürtzgen, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan, Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 70, 101981

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14026

Mandatory Integration Agreements for Unemployed Job Seekers: A Randomized Controlled Field Experiment in Germany

Gerard J. van den Berg, Barbara Hofmann, Gesine Stephan, Arne Uhlendorff

published online in: International Economic Review, 15 November 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14015

Empirical Monte Carlo Evidence on Estimation of Timing-of-Events Models

Stefano Lombardi, Gerard J. van den Berg, Johan Vikström

published in: Econometric Reviews, 2027, 44 (1), 90 - 118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13846

Side Effects of Labor Market Policies

Marco Caliendo, Robert Mahlstedt, Gerard J. van den Berg, Johan Vikström

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2023, 125 (2), 339 - 375

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12835

Reciprocity and the Interaction between the Unemployed and the Caseworker

Gerard J. van den Berg, Iris Kesternich, Gerrit Müller, Bettina M. Siflinger

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 227, 106706

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12470

Long-Run Effects of Dynamically Assigned Treatments: A New Methodology and an Evaluation of Training Effects on Earnings

Gerard J. van den Berg, Johan Vikström

published in: Econometrica, 2022, 90 (3), 1337-1354

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12192

The Causal Effects of Education on Adult Health, Mortality and Income: Evidence from Mendelian Randomization and the Raising of the School Leaving Age

Neil Davies, Matt Dickson, George Davey Smith, Frank Windmeijer, Gerard J. van den Berg

revised version published in: International Journal of Epidemiology, 2023, 52 (6), 1878–1886,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11963

Informing Employees in Small and Medium Sized Firms about Training: Results of a Randomized Field Experiment

Gerard J. van den Berg, Christine Dauth, Pia Homrighausen, Gesine Stephan

revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2023, 61, 162-178.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11555

Do Digital Information Technologies Help Unemployed Job Seekers Find a Job? Evidence from the Broadband Internet Expansion in Germany

Nicole Gürtzgen, André Nolte, Laura Pohlan, Gerard J. van den Berg

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2021, 132, 103657

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11448

A Unique Bond: Twin Bereavement and Lifespan Associations of Identical and Fraternal Twins

Gerard J. van den Berg, Bettina Drepper

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11447

The Effects of Day Care on Health During Childhood: Evidence by Age

Gerard J. van den Berg, Bettina M. Siflinger

published as 'The effects of a daycare reform on health in childhood - Evidence from Sweden ' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 81, 102577

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11338

Economic Conditions, Parental Employment and Health of Newborns

Gerard J. van den Berg, Alexander Paul, Steffen Reinhold

published as Economic conditions and the health of newborns: Evidence from comprehensive register data' in: Labour Economics, 2020, 63, 101795

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10810

Economic Conditions at Birth and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Adulthood: Evidence from New Cohorts

Rob Alessie, Viola Angelini, Gerard J. van den Berg, Jochen O. Mierau, Laura Viluma

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 224, 77-84

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10809

Mortality and the Business Cycle: Evidence from Individual and Aggregated Data

Gerard J. van den Berg, Ulf-G. Gerdtham, Stephanie von Hinke, Maarten Lindeboom, Johannes Lissdaniels, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10730

Under Heavy Pressure: Intense Monitoring and Accumulation of Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients in Germany

Gerard J. van den Berg, Arne Uhlendorff, Joachim Wolff

revised version published as 'The impact of sanctions for young welfare recipients on transitions to work and wages and on dropping out" in: Economica, 2022, 89 (535), 1-28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10321

Active Labor Market Policies

Bruno Crépon, Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Annual Review of Economics, 8 2016, 521-546

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10248

Rebuttal of "On Nonparametric Identification of Treatment Effects in Duration Models"

Jaap H. Abbring, Gerard J. van den Berg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9782

Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Methods for Dynamic Treatment Evaluation

Gerard J. van den Berg, Petyo Bonev, Enno Mammen

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102 (2), 355–367.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9626

The Role of Sickness in the Evaluation of Job Search Assistance and Sanctions

Gerard J. van den Berg, Barbara Hofmann, Arne Uhlendorff

revised version published as 'Evaluating Vacancy Referrals and the Roles of Sanctions and Sickness Absenc' in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129, 3292-3322

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9457

Treatment versus Regime Effects of Carrots and Sticks

Patrick Arni, Gerard J. van den Berg, Rafael Lalive

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8450

Policy Discontinuity and Duration Outcomes

Gerard J. van den Berg, Antoine Bozio, Monica Costa Dias

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2020, 11 (3), 871- 916

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8339

A General Semiparametric Approach to Inference with Marker-Dependent Hazard Rate Models

Gerard J. van den Berg, Lena Janys, Enno Mammen, Jens P. Nielsen

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2021, 221, 43-67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8083

Dependence Measures in Bivariate Gamma Frailty Models

Gerard J. van den Berg, Georgios Effraimidis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8075

Does the Size of the Effect of Adverse Events at High Ages on Daily-Life Physical Functioning Depend on the Economic Conditions Around Birth?

Robert Scholte, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, Dorly J. H. Deeg

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 26 (1), 86 - 103

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7999

A Validation Study of Transgenerational Effects of Childhood Conditions on the Third Generation Offspring's Economic and Health Outcomes Potentially Driven by Epigenetic Imprinting

Gerard J. van den Berg, Pia Pinger

revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 103-120

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7986

Ambient Temperature During Gestation and Cold-Related Adult Mortality in a Swedish Cohort, 1915 to 2002

Tim A. Bruckner, Gerard J. van den Berg, Kirk R. Smith, Ralph A. Catalano

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 119 2014, 191–197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7740

Structural Empirical Evaluation of Job Search Monitoring

Gerard J. van den Berg, Bas van der Klaauw

published in: International Economic Review, 2019, 60 (2), 879-903

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7630

Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients

Gerard J. van den Berg, Arne Uhlendorff, Joachim Wolff

published in: Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2014, 177-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7605

Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality

Gerard J. van den Berg, Bitte Modin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7010

The Economics of Grief

Gerard J. van den Berg, Petter Lundborg, Johan Vikström

published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (604), 1794 - 1832

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6520

The Impact of Early Life Economic Conditions on Cause-Specific Mortality During Adulthood

Gary Y.C. Yeung, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, France Portrait

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27 (3), 895-919

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6476

To Meet or Not to Meet (Your Case Worker) – That is the Question

Gerard J. van den Berg, Lene Kjaersgaard, Michael Rosholm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6307

Long-Run Effects of Gestation During the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine on Labor Market and Hospitalization Outcomes

Robert Scholte, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 39, 17–30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6110

Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life

Gerard J. van den Berg, Pia Pinger, Johannes Schoch

published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (3), 465–506

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6031

Inference for Shared-Frailty Survival Models with Left-Truncated Data

Gerard J. van den Berg, Bettina Drepper

published in: Econometric Reviews, 35(6), 2016, 1075-1098

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5940

Economic Conditions at the Time of Birth and Cognitive Abilities Late in Life: Evidence from Eleven European Countries

Gabriele Doblhammer, Gerard J. van den Berg, Thomas Fritze

revised version published as 'Economic Conditions at the Time of Birth and Cognitive Abilities Late in Life: Evidence from Ten European Countries' in: PLoS ONE, 8(9) 2013, e74915

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5534

Long-term Effects of Famine on Life Expectancy: A Re-analysis of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-1868

Gabriele Doblhammer, Gerard J. van den Berg, Lambert H. Lumey

published as 'A re-analysis of the long-term effects on life expectancy of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-86', in: Population Studies, 67(3) 2013, 309-322

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5485

The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany

Annette Bergemann, Marco Caliendo, Gerard J. van den Berg, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32 (7), 777-795

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5454

The Role of Marriage in the Causal Pathway from Economic Conditions Early in Life to Mortality

Gerard J. van den Berg, Sumedha Gupta

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 40, 141–158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5400

The IZA Evaluation Dataset: Towards Evidence-Based Labor Policy-Making

Marco Caliendo, Armin Falk, Lutz C. Kaiser, Hilmar Schneider, Arne Uhlendorff, Gerard J. van den Berg, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32 (7), 731-752

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5265

Analyzing the Anticipation of Treatments Using Data on Notification Dates

Bruno Crépon, Marc Ferracci, Grégory Jolivet, Gerard J. van den Berg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4794

Estimation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects on Hazard Rates

Simen Gaure, Knut Røed, Gerard J. van den Berg, Tao Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4780

The Role of Early-Life Conditions in the Cognitive Decline due to Adverse Events Later in Life

Gerard J. van den Berg, Dorly J. H. Deeg, Maarten Lindeboom, France Portrait

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (548), F411-F428

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4700

Treatment Evaluation in the Case of Interactions within Markets

Marc Ferracci, Grégory Jolivet, Gerard J. van den Berg

published as 'Evidence of Treatment Spillovers within Markets', 2014, 96 (5), 812 - 823

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4325

Monitoring Job Offer Decisions, Punishments, Exit to Work, and Job Quality

Gerard J. van den Berg, Johan Vikström

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 116 2014, 284-334

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4140

Critical Periods During Childhood and Adolescence: A Study of Adult Height Among Immigrant Siblings

Gerard J. van den Berg, Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (6), 1521-1557.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4025

Persistencies in the Labour Market

Paul Frijters, Maarten Lindeboom, Gerard J. van den Berg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3992

Job Durations with Worker and Firm Specific Effects: MCMC Estimation with Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data

Guillaume Horny, Rute Mendes, Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Journal of Business and Economic Statisticsc, 30(3) 2012, 468-480

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3848

Active Labor Market Policy Effects in a Dynamic Setting

Bruno Crépon, Marc Ferracci, Grégory Jolivet, Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7, (2-3), 595 - 605

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3825

The Effect of Active Labor Market Programs on Not-Yet Treated Unemployed Individuals

Gerard J. van den Berg, Annette Bergemann, Marco Caliendo

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(2-3), 606-616

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3635

Being Born Under Adverse Economic Conditions Leads to a Higher Cardiovascular Mortality Rate Later in Life: Evidence Based on Individuals Born at Different Stages of the Business Cycle

Gerard J. van den Berg, Gabriele Doblhammer, Kaare Christensen

published in: Demography, 48(2) 2011, 507-530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3600

From Giving Birth to Paid Labor: The Effects of Adult Education for Prime-Aged Mothers

Annette Bergemann, Gerard J. van den Berg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3280

The Matching Method for Treatment Evaluation with Selective Participation and Ineligibles

Monica Costa Dias, Hidehiko Ichimura, Gerard J. van den Berg

revised version published as 'Treatment Evaluation With Selective Participation and Ineligibles' in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 108(502) 2013, 441-455

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3123

Long-Run Longevity Effects of a Nutritional Shock Early in Life: The Dutch Potato Famine of 1846–1847

Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, France Portrait

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (5), 617-629

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3053

An Empirical Assessment of Assortative Matching in the Labor Market

Rute Mendes, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom

published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 919-929

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2585

An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation

Gerard J. van den Berg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2425

Inequality in Individual Mortality and Economic Conditions Earlier in Life

Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, Marta López

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2009, 69 (9), 1360–1367

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2385

The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman

published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2009, 12(1), 129-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2365

Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey

Annette Bergemann, Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2008, 91/92, 385-408

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2358

Conjugal Bereavement Effects on Health and Mortality at Advanced Ages

Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, France Portrait

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (4), 774-794

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2314

Swedish Labor Market Training and the Duration of Unemployment

Katarina Richardson, Gerard J. van den Berg

revised version published as 'Duration dependence versus unobserved heterogeneity in treatment effects: Swedish labor market training and the transition rate to employment' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 28 2013, 325-351

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1655

Revolutionary Effects of New Information Technologies

Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (509), F10-F28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1503

The Knowledge Lift: The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels

James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1303

Survey Non-Response and Unemployment Duration

Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, Peter Dolton

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 2006, 169 (3), 585-604

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1241