Staff Bios
Arie Kapteyn 
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Director, RAND Labor and Population; Economist Santa Monica Office |
EducationPh.D. in economics, Leiden University, Netherlands; M.A. in econometrics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands; M.A. and B.A. in agricultural economics, B.A. in econometrics, State Agricultural University Wageningen, Netherlands |
ExpertiseNew data for social sciences; retirement; disability; savings |
Policy AreasRetirement policies; financial provision for old age; Social Security provision in developing countries |
Recent Projects
- Financial provision for old age
- Social Security provision in developing countries
- Multi-Disciplinary Facility for Measurement and Experimentation in the Social Sciences MESS, Ministry of Education, Netherlands
- Health and Economic Determinants of Retirement, NIA
- A study of the Dynamics and Drivers of Drinking Behavior in 18-25 Year Olds in Ireland, University College Dublin
- Internet Interviewing and the HRS, NIA
- Comparison of Survey and Register Data: The Swedish Case, NIA
Selected Publications
"Institutions and Saving for Retirement: Comparing the United States, Italy, and The Netherlands", in D.A. Wise (ed.) Analyses in the Economics of Aging, University of Chicago Press, pp.281-312, with Stan Panis.
"Explaining the Wealth Holdings of Different Cohorts: Productivity Growth and Social Security", European Economic Review, vol. 49, issue 5, pp. 1361-1391, with R.J.M. Alessie and A. Lusardi.
"Noncoverage and Nonresponse in an Internet Survey", Social Science Research, 36(1), (2007), 131-148, with Mick Couper, Matthias Schonlau and Joachim Winter.
"Vignettes and Self-Reports of Work Disability in the United States and the Netherlands", American Economic Review, 97(1) (2007), 461-473, with Jim Smith, Arthur van Soest.
"Measurement Error and Misclassification: A Comparison of Survey and Administrative Data", Journal of Labor Economics, 25 (2007), 513-551 with Jelmer Ypma.
"Simulation of Pension Reforms in The Netherlands", Arie Kapteyn and Klaas de Vos, in: Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Fiscal Implications of Reform, J. Gruber and David A. Wise (eds.), University of Chicago Press (2007), p. 327-349.
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