Short cv
Professor of Applied Economics
Head Department of Applied Economics
Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus Centre for Applied Sports Economics (ECASE)
e-mail 1: janvanours @ gmail.com
e-mail 2: vanours @ ese.eur.nl
Honorary Professorial fellow University of Melbourne
Date - place of birth 1954 - Stellendam (Netherlands)
Education:
PhD Economics: Erasmus University Rotterdam (20-03-1986)
Master Economics: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (1977-82)
Master Mining Engineering: Technical University Delft (1971-77)
Fellow European Association of Labour Economists
Research fellow: Tinbergen Institute (Amsterdam/Rotterdam), CEPR (London), IZA (Bonn), GLO
Author at VoxEU
Editorial work:
Managing Editor De Economist (from 2010)
Associate Editor Labour Economics (from 2006)
Associate Editor Journal of the Economics of Aging (from 2012)
Editorial Board Covid Economics (from 2020)
Academic duty:
Member of the Centrale Plancommissie of CPB; from 2014
Member of the Supervisory Board of SEOR; from 2020
Awards:
Hicks-Tinbergen medal - European Economic Association 1996; joint with Geert Ridder.
Economic Journal Referee Prize 2012
Journal of Health Economics Certificate of Reviewing Excellence 2013
Labour Economics Certificate of Reviewing Excellence 2013 and 2014
Book: The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets (with Tito Boeri)
First edition 2008
Second edition 2013
Previous positions:
Professor of Labor Economics Tilburg University (1998 - 2016)
Scientific Director CentER (2001, Jan - July 4),
Head Department of Economics Tilburg University (1999-2000),
Director Tinbergen Institute (1994-1997),
Professor of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam (1994-1997)
Associate Professor of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1988-1994)
Organisation for Labour Market Research (OSA; 1983-88)
Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR; 1978-83).
Previous editorial work:
Subject editor IZA World of Labor (Jan-July 2014)
Managing editor Economic Policy (2007-2012)
Associate editor Journal of the European Economic Association (2003-2008)
Co-editor Labour Economics (1999-2004)
Associate editor European Economic Review (2001-2004)
Editorial board CPB Report (1998-2003)
Previous academic duties:
President European Association of Labour Economists; 2011-2014 (Presidential address)
President European Society for Population Economics 2009 (Presidential address)
Council European Society for Population Economics (2006-2010)
Board European Association of Labour Economists (1998-2004)
Member Economic Policy Forum (2001-2003)
Member Jury Hennipman prize (1997-2001)
Research Director Institute for Labour Studies (OSA; 1998-2005)
Advisory Research Board Danish National Institute of Social Research (2003-2013).
Others from the past:
Board of scientific advisors Nyfer (2002-2011)
Board of supervisory directors Kliqmatch Maarssen (2002-2004).
