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Arie Kapteyn

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Director, RAND Labor and Population; Director, Roybal Center for Financial Decisionmaking; Associate Director, RAND Financial Literacy Center

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Education

Ph.D. in economics, Leiden University; M.A. in econometrics, Erasmus University Rotterdam; M.A. and B.A. in agricultural economics, State Agricultural University Wageningen

Biography

Arie Kapteyn, a senior economist at RAND, is a fellow of the Econometric Society, past president of the European Society for Population Economics, and corresponding member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. Kapteyn is also associate director of the Financial Literacy Center, a joint center of RAND, Dartmouth College, and the Wharton School. Before joining RAND, Kapteyn held a chair in econometrics at Tilburg University, where he served the university in numerous capacities, including dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration; founder and director of CentER (a research institute and graduate school) and of CentERdata (a survey research institute); and director of CentER Applied Research (a contract research institute). He has held visiting positions at several universities, including Princeton University, the California Institute of Technology, Australian National University, the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), the University of Bristol, and the University of Southern California. Kapteyn's research expertise covers microeconomics, public finance, and econometrics.

Research Focus

Consumption and saving; labor supply; aging and health; retirement; economics of aging

Recent Projects

  • Internet interviewing and the Health and Retirement Study
  • Health and economic determinants of retirement
  • Financial decisionmaking
  • American Life Panel

Selected Publications

Matthias Schonlau, Arthur van Soest, Arie Kapteyn and Mick Couper, "Selection Bias in Web Surveys and the Use of Propensity Scores", Sociological Methods & Research, 37(3) 291-318, 2009

Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith and Arthur van Soest, "Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain", Journal of Health Economics, 27(2) 496-509, 2008

Arie Kapteyn and Jelmer Ypma, "Measurement Error and Misclassification: A Comparison of Survey and Administrative Data", Journal of Labor Economics, 25 513-551, 2007

Arie Kapteyn, Mick Couper, Matthias Schonlau and Joachim Winter, "Noncoverage and Nonresponse in an Internet Survey", Social Science Research, 36(1) 131-148, 2007

Arie Kapteyn and Klaas de Vos, Simulation of Pension Reforms in The Netherlands, in: Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Fiscal Implications of Reform, University of Chicago Press, 2007

Arie Kaptyen, Jim Smith and Arthur van Soest, "Vignettes and Self-Reports of Work Disability in the United States and the Netherlands", American Economic Review, 97(1) 461-473, 2007

Arie Kapteyn, R.J.M. Alessie and A. Lusardi, "Explaining the Wealth Holdings of Different Cohorts: Productivity Growth and Social Security", European Economic Review, 49(5) 1361-1391, 2005

A. Kapteyn et al., "The Myth of Worksharing", Labour Economics, 11, 2004

Research Focus

Applied econometrics; consumption and saving; labor supply; aging; retirement; economics of aging

Recent Projects

  • Internet Interviewing and the HRS
  • Health and Economic Determinants of Retirement
  • RAND Roybal Center for Financial Decisionmaking
  • American Life Panel

Selected Publications

Arie Kapteyn, Jim Smith, Arthur van Soest, "An International Comparison of Work Disability", American Economic Review, 97(1) 461-473, 2007

Arie Kapteyn, "Measurement Error and Misclassification: A Comparison of Survey and Administrative Data", Journal of Labor Economics, 25 513-551, 2007

A. Kapteyn , A. Kalwij and A. Zaidi, "The Myth of Worksharing", Labour Economics, 11 293-313, 2004

U. Gneezy, A. Kapteyn, J.J.M. Potters, "Evaluation Periods and Asset Prices in a Market Experiment", Journal of Finance, 58 821-837, 2003

Michael Hurd, Arie Kapteyn, "Health, Wealth, and the Role of Institutions", Journal of Human Resources, 28 386-415, 2003

Arie Kapteyn, Federica Teppa, "Hypothetical Intertemporal Consumption Choices", The Economic Journal, 113 140-152, 2003

Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith and Arthur van Soest, "Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain", Journal of Health Economics, 27(2) 496-509

Hans Bloemen, Arie Kapteyn, "The Estimation of Utility Consistent Labor Supply Models by Means of Simulated Scores", Journal of Applied Econometrics, 23(4) 395-422

Biography

Kapteyn, a senior economist at RAND, is a fellow of the Econometric Society, past president of the European Society for Population Economics, and corresponding member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. Before joining RAND, Kapteyn held a chair in econometrics at Tilburg University, where he served the university in numerous capacities, including dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration; founder and director of CentER (a research institute and graduate school) and of CentERdata (a survey research institute); and director of CentER Applied Research (a contract research institute). He has held visiting positions at several universities, including Princeton University, the California Institute of Technology, Australian National University, the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), the University of Bristol, and the University of Southern California. Kapteyn’s research expertise covers microeconomics, public finance, and econometrics.

Research Focus

Consumption and saving; labor supply; aging and health; retirement; economics of aging

Recent Projects

  • Internet interviewing and the Health and Retirement Study
  • Health and economic determinants of retirement
  • Financial decisionmaking
  • Director of the American Life Panel

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Employee Benefit News

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