Arthur van Soest

Research Fellow

Tilburg University

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Arthur van Soest is a Professor in Econometrics at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, since 1995. He is a scientific director of Netspar, the Dutch Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement. He is also affiliated with RAND, Santa Monica, where he worked as a senior economist from 2003 until 2007. Previously he was Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at the same institute. From 1992 until 1997, he had a research fellowship of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has a Ph.D. in Econometrics from Tilburg University, where his advisors were Arie Kapteyn and Peter Kooreman.

His research interests cover microeconometrics (limited dependent variable models, panel data, semi- and nonparametrics), labor economics (participation and labour supply, formal versus informal sector employment, wage structures), consumption and saving behaviour (income expectations, demand systems, portfolio choice), economic psychology (risk aversion, time preferences, anchoring, non-expected-utility models), health economics and development economics. He has published on labour supply, formal and informal sector employment, income expectations, work disability, etc. in various journals, including JEctr, JAE, REStat, EER, JEBO, JASA, LabEc, JHR, JBES, ILRR, and AER.

Arthur van Soest joined IZA as a Research Fellow in July 2000. He stayed at IZA as a Visiting Research Fellow from February until April 2008.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9574
New Job Matches and Their Stability Before and During the Crisis
Amparo Nagore García, Arthur van Soest
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9462
Demanding Occupations and the Retirement Age
Niels Vermeer, Mauro Mastrogiacomo, Arthur van Soest
published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 43, 159-170
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9156
Home Production and Retirement in Couples: A Panel Data Analysis
Eric Bonsang, Arthur van Soest
published as 'Time devoted to home production and retirement in couples: A panel data analysis' in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101810
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8536
House Price Expectations
Geng Niu, Arthur van Soest
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8121
Unemployment Transitions to Stable and Unstable Jobs Before and During the Crisis
Amparo Nagore García, Arthur van Soest
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7007
Labor Supply Heterogeneity and Demand for Child Care of Mothers with Young Children
Patricia Apps, Jan Kabátek, Ray Rees, Arthur van Soest
published in: Empirical Economics, 2016, 51, 1641-1677
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6698
Joint Leisure Before and After Retirement: A Double Regression Discontinuity Approach
Elena G. F. Stancanelli, Arthur van Soest
published as 'Partners’ Leisure Time Truly Together Upon Retirement' in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, June 2016
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6229
Retirement and Home Production: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Elena G. F. Stancanelli, Arthur van Soest
published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102(3), 600-605
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5759
The Future of Retirement and the Pension System: How the Public's Expectations Vary over Time and across Socio-Economic Groups
Luc Bissonnette, Arthur van Soest
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:2
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5575
Experts in Experiments: How Selection Matters for Estimated Distributions of Risk Preferences
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Arthur van Soest, Erik Wengström
revised version published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2011, 42 (2), 159–190
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5272
Nonresponse and Focal Point Answers to Subjective Probability Questions
Kristin J. Kleinjans, Arthur van Soest
published as 'Rounding, Focal Point Answers and Nonresponse to Subjective Probability Questions' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2014, 29 (4), 567 - 585
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5038
Does Income Taxation Affect Partners' Household Chores?
Arthur van Soest, Elena G. F. Stancanelli
revised version published as 'Income taxation, labour supply and housework: A discrete choice model for French couples' in: Labour Economics, 2014, 27, 30-43
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4505
How Sensitive Are Retirement Decisions to Financial Incentives: A Stated Preference Analysis
Hana Voňková, Arthur van Soest
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4388
Work Disability, Work, and Justification Bias in Europe and the U.S.
Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest
published in: David A. Wise (ed.), Explorations in the Economics of Aging, University of Chicago Press, pp. 269-316, 2011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4022
Heterogeneity in Risky Choice Behaviour in a Broad Population
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Arthur van Soest, Erik Wengström
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 664-694
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4015
Life Satisfaction
Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest
published in: E. Diener, J.E. Helliwell and D. Kahneman (eds.), International Differences in Well-Being, Oxford University Press, 2010, 70-104
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4009
The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Christine Valente, Arthur van Soest
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (2), 191-204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3321
Selection and Mode Effects in Risk Preference Elicitation Experiments
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Arthur van Soest, Erik Wengström
superseeded by IZA DP 5575 and the published version.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3090
Tax Structure and Female Labour Market Participation: Evidence from Ireland
Tim Callan, Arthur van Soest, John R. Walsh
published in: Labour, 2009, 23(1), 1-35
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3022
Preferences, Intentions, and Expectations: A Large-Scale Experiment with a Representative Subject Pool
Charles Bellemare, Sabine Kröger, Arthur van Soest
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011, 78 (3), 349-365
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2868
How Did the Elimination of the Earnings Test above the Normal Retirement Age Affect Retirement Expectations?
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur van Soest
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2008, 29 (2), 197-231
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2860
Validating the Use of Vignettes for Subjective Threshold Scales
Arthur van Soest, Liam Delaney, Colm P. Harmon, Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2011, 174 (3), 575-595
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2785
Using Stated Preferences Data to Analyze Preferences for Full and Partial Retirement
Arthur van Soest, Arie Kapteyn, Julie Zissimopoulos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2246
Effects of Attrition and Non-Response in the Health and Retirement Study
Arie Kapteyn, Pierre-Carl Michaud, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest
published as 'Temporary and permanent unit non-response in follow-up interviews of the Health and Retirement Study' in: Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 2011, 2 (2), 145 - 169
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2163
Birth Spacing, Fertility and Neonatal Mortality in India: Dynamics, Frailty and Fecundity
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Arthur van Soest
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2008, 143 (2), 274-290
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2057
Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain
Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27(2), 496-509
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1666
Actions and Beliefs: Estimating Distribution-Based Preferences Using a Large Scale Experiment with Probability Questions on Expectations
Charles Bellemare, Sabine Kröger, Arthur van Soest
published as ' Measuring Inequity Aversion in a Heterogeneous Population using Experimental Decisions and Subjective Probabilities' in: Econometrica, 2008, 76 (4), 815-839
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1312
Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples: Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur van Soest
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27 (5), 1312-1325
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1235
In-School Work Experience, Parental Allowances, and Wages
Christian Dustmann, John Micklewright, Arthur van Soest
published under revised title in: Empirical Economics, 2009, 37 (1), 201-218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1118
International Comparisons of Work Disability
James Banks, Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest
published in: David Cutler and David Wise (eds.), Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly, University of Chicago Press, 2008, 251-294
IZA Discussion Paper No. 501
Class Size, Education, and Wages
Christian Dustmann, Najma Rajah, Arthur van Soest
published in: Economic Journal, 2003, 113 (485), F99-F120
IZA Discussion Paper No. 329
Wage Differentials and Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico
Xiaodong Gong, Arthur van Soest
published in: Labour Economics, 2002, 9 (4), 513-529
IZA Discussion Paper No. 218
Parametric and Semiparametric Estimation in Models with Misclassified Categorical Dependent Variables
Christian Dustmann, Arthur van Soest
published in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2004, 22 (3), 312-321
IZA Discussion Paper No. 214
Family Structure and Female Labour Supply in Mexico City
Xiaodong Gong, Arthur van Soest
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2002, 37(1), 163-191
IZA Discussion Paper No. 213
Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico
Xiaodong Gong, Arthur van Soest, Elizabeth Villagomez
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004, 53 (1), 1-36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 212
Sexual Bias and Household Consumption: A Semiparametric Analysis of Engel Curves in Rural China
Xiaodong Gong, Arthur van Soest, Ping Zhang
revised version published as 'The effects of the gender of children on expenditure patterns in rural China: A semiparametric analysis' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2005, 20 (4), 509-527
IZA Discussion Paper No. 211
A Structural Labour Supply Model with Nonparametric Preferences
Arthur van Soest, Marcel Das, Xiaodong Gong
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2002, 107 (1-2), 345-374
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