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Arthur van Soest

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Affiliated researcher at RAND and professor of econometrics at Tilburg University

Education

Ph.D. in economics, Tilburg University

Research Focus

Micro-econometrics; labor economics; consumption; savings; health economics

RAND Research Areas

Workforce and Workplace

Recent Projects

  • Vignettes and self-reported work disability
  • Obesity among the 50+ population in Europe and the US
  • Stated preferences for retirement
  • The effect of abolishing the earnings test on retirement expectations

Selected Publications

Michaud, P.-C., A. van Soest and T. Andreyeva, "Cross-Country Variation in Obesity Patterns among Older Americans and Europeans", Frontiers of Health Economics and Policy 10(2) 001-30, 2007

A. Kapteyn, J.P. Smith and A. van Soest, "Vignettes and Self-reports of Work Disability in the US and The Netherlands", American Economic Review 97(1) 461-473, 2007

Gong, X., A. van Soest and P. Zhang, "The effects of the gender of children on expenditure patterns in rural China: a semiparametric analysis", Journal of Applied Econometrics 20 509-527, 2005

Dustmann, C. and A. van Soest, "An analysis of speaking fluency of immigrants using ordered response models with classification errors", Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 22(3) 312-321, 2004

Gong, X., A. van Soest and E. Villagomez, "Mobility in the urban labor market: a panel data analysis for Mexico, Economic Development and Cultural Change", 53(1) 001-36, 2004

Alessie, R., S. Hochguertel and A. van Soest, "Ownership of stocks and mutual funds: a panel data analysis", Review of Economics and Statistics 86(3) 783-796, 2004

S. Bhalotra and A. van Soest, "Birth Spacing, Fertility and Neonatal Mortality in India: Dynamics, Frailty and Fecundity (forthcoming)", Journal of Econometrics ,

A. Kapteyn, J.P. Smith, and A. van Soest, "Dynamics of work disability and pain", Journal of Health Economics ,

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