Staff Bios
Arthur van Soest 
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Affiliated researcher at RAND and professor of econometrics at Tilburg University Santa Monica Office |
EducationPhD economics, Tilburg University |
ExpertiseMicro-econometrics, labor economics, consumption, savings, health economics |
Policy AreasAging; labor supply; retirement; work disability |
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
Alessie, R., S. Hochguertel and A. van Soest (2004): Ownership of stocks and mutual funds: a panel data analysis, Review of Economics and Statistics, 86(3), 783-796.
Dustmann, C. and A. van Soest (2004): An analysis of speaking fluency of immigrants using ordered response models with classification errors, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 22(3), 312-321.
Gong, X., A. van Soest and E. Villagomez (2004): Mobility in the urban labor market: a panel data analysis for Mexico, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 53(1), 1-36.
Gong, X., A. van Soest and P. Zhang (2005): The effects of the gender of children on expenditure patterns in rural China: a semiparametric analysis, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 20, 509-527.
Kapteyn, A. J.P. Smith, and A. van Soest (2007): Vignettes and Self-reports of Work Disability in the US and The Netherlands, American Economic Review, 97(1), 461-473.
Michaud, P.-C., A. van Soest and T. Andreyeva (2007), Cross-Country Variation in Obesity Patterns among Older Americans and Europeans, Frontiers of Health Economics and Policy, 10(2), 1-30.
Kapteyn, A. J.P. Smith, and A. van Soest (forthcoming): Dynamics of work disability and pain, Journal of Health Economics.
Bhalotra, S. and A. van Soest (forthcoming), Birth Spacing, Fertility and Neonatal Mortality in India: Dynamics, Frailty and Fecundity, Journal of Econometrics.
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