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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 Emeritus Pprofessor of Applied Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Center for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Melbourne, 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. 17702
Lifting Up the Lives of Extremely Disadvantaged Youth: The Role of Staying in School Longer
Julie Moschion, Jan C. van Ours
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17272
High Temperatures and Workplace Injuries
Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16431
The Impact of High Temperatures on Performance in Work-Related Activities
Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 87, 102509
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15530
Do Early Episodes of Depression and Anxiety Make Homelessness More Likely?
Julie Moschion, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 202, 654-674
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15521
International Assortative Matching in the European Labor Market
Thomas Peeters, Jan C. van Ours
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15455
The Impact of Absent Coworkers on Productivity in Teams
Sam Hoey, Thomas Peeters, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 83, 102400
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12791
The Mental Health Effects of Retirement
Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
revised version published in: De Economist, 2020, 168, 419-452
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12516
Symbolism Matters: The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization on Partnership Stability
Shuai Chen, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 178, 44-58.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11043
Subjective Well-Being and Partnership Dynamics: Are Same-Sex Relationships Different?
Shuai Chen, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Demography, 2018, 55 (6), 2299-2320.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10771
U.S. Immigration Reform and the Dynamics of Mexican Migration
Khulan Altangerel, Jan C. van Ours
published in: De Economist, 2017, 165 (4), 463-485.
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