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Forthcoming

Cerveny, J. and J.C. van Ours (2024) Long-term returns to local health-care spending, European Journal of Health Economics

Published

Van Ours, J.C. (2024) No novelty effect but a honeymoon that lasts: On the attendance effects of new football stadiums, Sports Economics Review, 5, 100029. Replication material

Van Ours, J.C. (2024) They didn't know what they got till the crowd was gone,  Economics Letters, 236, 111615. Replication material

Picchio, M. and J.C. van Ours (2024) The impact of high temperatures on performance in work-related activities, Labour Economics, 87, 102509. Replication material

Hoey, S., T. Peeters and J.C. van Ours (2023) The Impact of Absent co-workers on Productivity in Teams, Labour Economics, 83, 102400. Replication material. 

Reade, J.J. and J.C. van Ours (2023) How Sensitive are Sports Fans to Unemployment? Applied Economics Letters, 30(3), 324-330 - Data & do file

Van Ours, J.C. (2022) The contribution of Johan Cruyff to success and stadium attendance at Feyenoord, Applied Economics Letters, 29(18), 1752-1755 - Data & do file

Moschion, J. and J.C. van Ours (2022) Do early episodes of depression and anxiety make homelessness more likely? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 202, 654-674.

Vollaard, B. and J.C. van Ours (2022) Bias in expert product reviews, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 202, 105-118. Data & do file

Van Ours, J.C. (2022) How Retirement Affects Mental Health, Cognitive Skills and Mortality; an Overview of Recent Empirical Evidence, De Economist, 170(3), 375-400.

Principe, F. and J.C. van Ours (2022) Racial Bias in Newspaper Ratings of Professional Football Players, European Economic Review, 141, 103980  - Data & do file

Chen, S. and J. C. van Ours (2022) Mental Health Effects of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization, Health Economics, 31(1), 42-56.

Van Ours, J.C. (2021) What a drag it is getting old? Mental health and loneliness beyond age 50, Applied Economics, 53(31), 3563-3576.

Moschion, J. and J.C. van Ours (2021) Do transitions in and out of homelessness relate to mental health episodes? A longitudinal analysis in an extremely disadvantaged population, Social Science & Medicine, 279, 113667, 1-10.

Ward, S., J. Williams and J.C. van Ours (2021) Delinquency, arrest and early school leaving, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 83(2), 411-436. 

Van Ours, J.C. (2021) Common international trends in football stadium attendance, PLoS ONE, 16(3): e0247761 - Data & do file

Lim, G.C., R. Dixon and J.C. van Ours (2021) Beyond Okun's Law: Output Growth and Labor Market Flows, Empirical Economics, 60, 1387-1409.

Peeters, T. and J.C. van Ours (2021) Seasonal Home Advantage in English Professional Football; 1974-2018, De Economist, 169, 106-127. Data and do-files

Burger, M.J., M. Hendriks, E. Pleeging and J.C. van Ours (2020) The Joy of Lottery Play: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Experimental Economics, 23, 1235–1256 .

Williams, J. and J.C. van Ours (2020) Hazardous or Not? Cannabis Use and the Early Labor Market Experiences of Young Men, Health Economics, 29 (10), 1148-1160. 

Chen, S. and J.C. van Ours (2020) Symbolism Matters: The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization on Partnership Stability, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 178, 44-58. 

Picchio, M. and J.C. van Ours (2020) Mental Health Effects of Retirement, De Economist., 168 (3), 319-352..

Van Ours, J.C.  (2020) Legalizing recreational cannabis use: a promising journey into the unknown, World Psychiatry, 19 (2), 196-197.

Palali, A. and J.C. van Ours (2019) The impact of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation in eleven European countries, European Journal of Health Economics, 20(9), 1287-1301.

Cerveny, J. and J. C. van Ours (2019) Cannabis Prices on the Dark Web, European Economic Review, 120, 103306

Yao, Y. and J.C. van Ours (2019) Daily Dialect-Speaking and Wages among Native Dutch Speakers, Empirica, 46 (4), 653-668.

Besters, L.M., J.C. van Ours and M.A. van Tuijl (2019), How outcome uncertainty, loss aversion and team quality affect stadium attendance in Dutch professional football, Journal of Economic Psychology, 72, 117-127.

Van Ours, J.C. (2019) A Note on Artificial Pitches  and Home Advantage in Dutch Professional Football, De Economist, 167 (1), 89-103.

Yao, Y. and J.C. van Ours (2019) Dialect speech and wages, Economics Letters, 177, 35-38.

McVicar, D, J. Moschion and J.C. van Ours (2019) Early illicit drug use and the age of onset of homelessness, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, series A (Statistics in Society)., 182 (1), 345-372.

Moschion, J. and J.C van Ours (2019) Do Childhood Experiences of Parental Separation Lead to Homelessness? European Economic Review, 111 (1), 211-236.

Chen, S. and J.C. van Ours (2018) Subjective Well-being and Partnership Dynamics; Are Same-sex Relationships Different? Demography, 55 (6), 2299-2320.

Cerveny, J., J.C. van Ours and M.A. van Tuijl (2018) Effects of a Red Card on Goal-Scoring in World Cup Football Matches, Empirical Economics, 55 (2), 883-903.

Picchio, M., S. Suetens and J.C. van Ours (2018) Labor supply effects of winning a lottery, Economic Journal, 128 (611) ,1700-1729. 

Palali, A. and J.C. van Ours (2017) Love conquers all but nicotine; spousal peer effects on the decision to quit smoking, Health Economics,26 (12), 1710-1727.

Palali, A. and J.C. van Ours (2017) Cannabis use and support for cannabis legalization, Empirical Economics, 53 (4), 1747-1770.

Altangerel, K. and J. C. van Ours (2017) U.S. Immigration Reform and the Migration Dynamics of Mexican Males, De Economist, 165 (4), 463-485.

van Ours, J.C. (2017) Data on cannabis use now that legalization is gaining momentum, Addiction, 112, 1138-1140.

Cerveny, J., P. Chomynova, V Mravcik and J.C. van Ours (2017) Cannabis decriminalization and the age of onset of cannabis use, International Journal of Drug Policy, 43, 122-129.

Picchio, M. and J.C. van Ours (2017) Temporary Jobs and the Severity of Workplace Accidents, Journal of Safety Research, 61,41-51.

Dixon, R., G.C. Lim and J.C. van Ours (2017) Revisiting the Okun relationship, Applied Economics, 49 (28), 2749-2765

Palali, A. and J.C. van Ours (2017) Workplace accidents and workplace safety; on under-reporting and temporary jobs, Labour, 31 (1), 1-14. 

Besters, L.M.,  J.C. van Ours and M.A. van Tuijl (2016) Effectiveness of in-season manager changes in English Premier League football, De Economist, 164, 335-356. 

Williams, J., J.C. van Ours and M. Grossman (2016) Attitudes to legalizing cannabis use, Health Economics, 25, 1201-1216.

Knoef, M. and J.C. van Ours (2016) How to stimulate single mothers on welfare to find a job; evidence from a policy experiment, Journal of Population Economics, 29, 1025-1061.

Yao, Y, A. Ohinata and J.C. van Ours (2016) The Educational Consequences of Language Proficiency for Young Children, Economics of Education Review, 54, 1-15.

Van Ours, J.C. and B. Vollaard (2016) The engine immobiliser: a non-starter for car thieves, Economic Journal, 126, 1264-1291. 

Ohinata, A. and J.C. van Ours (2016) Quantile peer effects of immigrant children at primary schools, Labour, 30, 135-157.

Picchio, M. and J.C. van Ours (2016) Gender and the Effect of Working Hours on Firm-Sponsored Training, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 125, 192-211.

Van Ours, J.C. and M.A. van Tuijl (2016) In-season head-coach dismissals and the performance of professional football teams, Economic Inquiry, 54 (1), 591-604.

Van Ours, J.C. and J. Williams (2015) Cannabis Use and Its Effects on Health, Education and Labor Market Success, Journal of Economic Surveys, 29 (5), 993-1010.  

Palali, A. and J.C. van Ours (2015) Distance to cannabis-shops and age of onset of cannabis use, Health Economics, 24 (11), 1483-1501.

McVicar, D., J. Moschion and J.C. van Ours (2015) From Substance Use to Homelessness or Vice Versa? Social Science & Medicine, 136- 137, 89-98.

Van Ours, J.C. (2015) The Great Recession was not so Great, Labour Economics, 34, 1–12.

Yao, Y. and J.C. van Ours (2015) Language Skills and Labor Market Performance of Immigrants in the Netherlands, Labour Economics, 34, 76-85.

Filippin, A. and J.C. van Ours (2015) Positive Assortative Matching: Evidence from Sports Data, Industrial Relations, 54 (3), 401-421.

Dixon, R., G.C. Lim and J.C. van Ours (2015) The Effect of Shocks to Labour Market Flows on Unemployment and Participation Rates, Applied Economics, 47, 2523-2539. 

Hullegie, P. and J.C. van Ours (2014) Seek and ye shall find: how search requirements affect job finding rates of older workers, De Economist, 162, 377-395.

Abbring, J.H., B. Bronnenberg, P. Gautier and J.C. van Ours (2014) Dutch Economists Top 40, De Economist, 162, 107-114. 

Gielen, A. and J.C. van Ours (2014) Unhappiness and Job Finding, Economica, 81, 544-565.

Tatsiramos, K. and J.C. van Ours (2014) Labor market effects of unemployment insurance design, Journal of Economic Surveys, 28 (2), 284-311.

Kalb, G. and J.C. van Ours (2014) Reading to young children: a head-start in life? Economics of Education Review, 40, 1-24.

Arni, P., R. Lalive and J.C. van Ours (2013) How Effective are Unemployment Benefit Sanctions? Looking Beyond Unemployment Exit,Journal of Applied Econometrics, 28, 1153-1178.

Cerveny, J. and J.C. van Ours (2013) Unemployment of non-western Immigrants in the Great Recession, De Economist, 161, 463-480.

Ohinata, A. and J.C. van Ours (2013) How immigrant children affect the academic achievement of native Dutch children, Economic Journal, 123, F308-F331.

Van Ours, J.C., J. Williams, D. Fergusson and L.J. Horwood (2013) Cannabis use and suicidal ideation, Journal of Health Economics, 32 (3), 524-537.

Van der Klaauw, B. and J.C. van Ours (2013) Carrot and Stick: How Reemployment Bonuses and Benefit Sanctions Affect Exit Rates from Welfare, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 28, 275-296.

Booth, A. and J.C. van Ours (2013) Part-time jobs: what women want? Journal of Population Economics, 26, 263-283.

Picchio, M. and J.C. van Ours (2013) Retaining through training; even for older workers, Economics of Education Review,  32, 29–48.

Boone, J., J.C. van Ours and H. van der Wiel (2013) When is the price cost margin a safe way to measure changes in competition? De Economist, 161, 45-67.

Boone, J. and J.C. van Ours (2012) Why is there a spike in the job finding rate at benefit exhaustion? De Economist, 160, 413-438.

Ohinata, A. and J.C. van Ours (2012) Young immigrant children and their educational attainment, Economics Letters, 116, 288-290.

Van Ours, J.C. and J. Williams (2012) The effect of cannabis use on physical and mental health, Journal of Health Economics, 31, 564-577.

Van Ours, J.C. (2012) The long and winding road to cannabis legalization, Addiction, 107, 872-873.

Reyes, G., M. Vodopivec and J.C. van Ours (2011) Incentive Effects of Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts: Evidence from Chile, Labour Economics, 18, 798-809.

Van Ours, J.C. and J. Williams (2011) Cannabis use and mental health problems, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 26, 1137-1156.

Picchio, M. and J.C. van Ours (2011) Market imperfections and firm-sponsored training, Labour Economics, 18, 712-722.

Boone, J., J.C. van Ours, J.C., J-P Wuellrich and J. Zweimueller (2011) Recessions are bad for workplace safety, Journal of Health Economics, 30, 764-773.

Lalive, R., J.C. van Ours and J. Zweimueller (2011) Equilibrium Unemployment and the Duration of Unemployment Benefits,Journal of Population Economics, 24, 1385-1409.

Van Ours, J.C. and L. Stoeldraijer (2011) Age,wage and productivity in Dutch manufacturing, De Economist, 159, 113-137.

Vollaard, B. and J.C. van Ours (2011) Does regulation of built-in security reduce crime? Evidence from a natural experiment, Economic Journal , 121, 485-504.

Van Ours, J.C. and M.A. van Tuijl (2011) Country-specific goal-scoring in the "dying seconds" of international football matches, International Journal of Sport Finance, 6, 138-154.

Graversen, B.K. and J.C. van Ours (2011) An activation program as a stick to job finding, Labour, 25, 167-181.

Tuit, S. and J.C. van Ours (2010) How Changes in Unemployment Benefit Duration Affect the Inflow into Unemployment, Economics Letters, 109, 105-107.

Gielen, A. and J.C. van Ours (2010) Layoffs, quits and wage negotiations, Economics Letters,109, 108-111.

Raposo, P. and J.C. van Ours (2010) How a Reduction of Standard Working Hours Affects Employment Dynamics De Economist , 158, 193- 207.

Van Ours, J.C. and J.Veenman (2010) How interethnic marriages affect the educational attainment of children: evidence from a natural experiment, Labour Economics, 17, 111-117.

Raposo, P. and J.C. van Ours (2010) How Working Time Reduction Affects Jobs and Wages, Economics Letters , 106, 61-63. 

Gielen, A., M. Kerkhofs and J.C. van Ours (2010) How performance related pay affects productivity and employment, Journal of Population Economics , 23, 291-301. 

Van Ours, J.C. (2009) Will you still need me when I'm 64? De Economist, 157, 441-460 

Boone, J. and J.C. van Ours (2009) Bringing unemployed back to work: effective active labor market policies, De Economist, 157, 293-313.

Boone, J., K. Sadrieh and J.C. van Ours (2009) Experiments on unemployment benefit sanctions and job search behavior, European Economic Review, 53, 937-951.

Van Ours, J.C. and J. Williams (2009) Why parents worry: Initiation into cannabis use by youth and their educational attainment, Journal of Health Economics, 28, 132-142. 

Booth, A. and J.C. van Ours (2009) Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-time Work Make the Family Happier? Economica, 76, 176-196.

Van Ours, J.C. (2008) When do children read books? Education Economics, 16, 313-328 

Graversen, B.K. and J.C. van Ours (2008) How to help unemployed find jobs quickly; experimental evidence from a mandatory activation program, Journal of Public Economics, 92, 2020-2035.

Graversen, B.K. and J.C. van Ours (2008) Activating unemployed workers works; experimental evidence from Denmark Economics Letters, 100, 308-310.

Van den Berg, G.J., A.G.C. van Lomwel and J.C. van Ours (2008) Nonparametric estimation of a dependent competing risks model for unemployment durations, Empirical Economics, 34, 477-491.

Van Ours, J.C. and M. Vodopivec (2008) Does Reducing Unemployment Insurance Generosity Reduce Job Match Quality?, Journal of Public Economics, 92, 684-695.

Booth, A. and J.C. van Ours (2008) Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-time Work Puzzle, Economic Journal, 118, F77-F99.

Lalive, R., J.C. van Ours and J. Zweimueller (2008) The impact of active labor market programs on the duration of unemployment in Switzerland, Economic Journal, 118, 235-257.  

Van Ours, J.C. (2007) Compulsion in active labour market programmes, National Institute Economic Review, 202, 67-78. 

Van Ours, J.C. and F. Vermeulen (2007) Ranking Dutch economists, De Economist, 155, 469-487.

Van Ours, J.C. (2007) The effect of cannabis use on wages of prime age males, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 69, 619-634.

Belot, M., J. Boone and J.C. van Ours (2007) Welfare Improving Employment Protection, Economica, 74, 381-396.

Van Ours, J.C. and J. Williams (2007) Cannabis prices and dynamics of cannabis use, Journal of Health Economics, 26, 578-596.

Van Ours, J.C. (2007) Cannabis use when it's legal, Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1441-1450. 

Boone, J., P. Fredriksson, B. Holmlund and J.C. van Ours (2007) Optimal unemployment insurance with monitoring and sanctions,Economic Journal, 117, 399-421. 

Ginsburgh, V. and J.C. van Ours (2007) How to organize a sequential auction; results of a natural experiment by Christie's, Oxford Economic Papers, 59, 1-15.

Pudney, S. and J.C. van Ours (2006) On the economics of illicit drugs, De Economist, 154, 483-490 (editorial introduction to special issue).

Van Ours, J.C. (2006) Dynamics in the use of drugs, Health Economics, 15 (12), 1283-1294.

Van Ours, J.C. (2006) Cannabis, cocaine and jobs, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 21, 897-917.

Albrecht, J. and J.C. van Ours (2006) Using employer hiring behavior to test the educational signaling hypothesis, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 108 (3), 361-372.

Van Ours, J.C. (2006) Leaving "Hotel California": How incentives affect flows of benefits in the Netherlands, Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 75 (3), 186-207 

Boone, J. and J.C. van Ours (2006) Are recessions good for workplace safety?, Journal of Health Economics, 25 (6), 1069-1093.

Lalive, R., J.C. van Ours and J. Zweimueller (2006) How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment, Review of Economic Studies, 73 (4), 1009-1038.

Gielen, A. and J.C. van Ours (2006) Age-specific cyclical effects in job reallocation and labor mobility, Labour Economics, 13, 493-504.

Boone, J. and J.C. van Ours (2006) Modeling financial incentives to get unemployed back to work, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 162 (2), 227-252. 

Van Ours, J.C. and M. Vodopivec (2006) How shortening the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects the duration of unemployment: evidence from a natural experiment, Journal of Labor Economics, 24, 2, 351-378.

Van Ours, J.C. and J. Veenman (2006) Age at immigration and educational attainment of immigrants, Economics Letters, 90, 310-316.

Lalive, R., J.C. van Ours and J. Zweimueller (2005) The effects of benefit sanctions on the duration of unemployment, Journal of the European Economic Association, 3, 1386-1417.

Van Lomwel, A.G.C. and J.C. van Ours (2005) On the employment effects of part-time labor, De Economist, 153, 4, 451-460.

Abbring, J.H., G.J. van den Berg and J.C. van Ours (2005) The effect of unemployment insurance sanctions on the transition rate from unemployment to employment, Economic Journal, 115, 602-630.

Van Ours, J.C. (2005) Ecstasy and cocaine; patterns of use among prime age individuals in Amsterdam, Addictive Behaviors, 30/7, 1468- 1473. 

Van Ours, J.C. and J. Veenman (2004) From parent to child; early labor market experiences of second-generation immigrants in The Netherlands, De Economist, 152, 4, 473-490. 

Belot, M. and J.C. van Ours (2004) Does the recent success of some OECD countries in lowering their unemployment rates lie in the clever design of their labor market reforms?, Oxford Economic Papers, 56, 621-642.

Van Ours, J.C. (2004) A pint a day raises a man's pay; but smoking blows that gain away, Journal of Health Economics, 23, 5, 863-886 

Van den Berg, G.J., B. van der Klaauw and J.C. van Ours (2004) Punitive sanctions and the transition rate from welfare to work, Journal of Labor Economics, 22/1, 211-241.

Van Ours, J.C. (2004) The locking-in effect of subsidized jobs, Journal of Comparative Economics, 32/1, 37-52 

Van den Berg, G.J., A.G.C. van Lomwel and J.C. van Ours (2003) Unemployment dynamics and age, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique,70, 1-30.

Van Ours, J.C. and J. Veenman (2003) The educational attainment of second-generation immigrants in The Netherlands, Journal of Population Economics, 16, 4, 739-754.

Van Ours, J.C. (2003)  Is cannabis a stepping-stone for cocaine, Journal of Health Economics, 22, 539-554.

Van der Klaauw, B. and J.C. van Ours (2003) From welfare to work: does the neighbourhood matter? Journal of Public Economics, 87, 957- 985.

Ginsburgh, V.A. and J.C. van Ours (2003) Expert opinion and compensation: evidence from a musical competition, American Economic Review, 93, no. 1, 289-296.

Van Ours, J.C. and G. Ridder (2003) Fast track or failure: a study of the graduation and dropout rates of Ph.D. students in economics,Economics of Education Review, 22, 157-166.

Van Luijk, E.W. and J.C. van Ours (2002) The effects of government policy on drug use reconsidered, Journal of Economic History, 62, 4, 1122-1125.

Van Luijk, E.W. and J.C. van Ours (2002) Drug use and drug policy, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 158, 576 - 593.

Van den Berg, G.J., A. Holm and J.C. van Ours (2002) Do stepping stone jobs exist? Early career paths in the medical profession, Journal of Population Economics, 15, 4, 647-665.

Abbring, J.H., G.J. van den Berg and J.C. van Ours (2002) The anatomy of unemployment dynamics, European Economic Review, 46, 1785-1824, 2002.

Gautier, P.A., G. Ridder, G.J. van den Berg and J.C. van Ours (2002) Worker turnover at the firm level and crowding out of lower educated workers, European Economic Review, 46, 3, 523-538.

Belot, M. and J.C. van Ours (2001) Unemployment and labor market institutions: an empirical analysis, Journal of Japanese and International Economies , 15, 4, 403-418. 

Abbring, J.H., G.J. van den Berg and J.C. van Ours (2001) Business cycles and compositional variation in U.S. unemployment, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 19, 4, 436-448.

Pradhan, M.P., G.J. van den Berg and J.C. van Ours (2001) The declining price anomaly in Dutch Dutch rose auctions, American Economic Review, 91, 1055-1062.

Van Luijk, E.W. and J.C. van Ours (2001) The effect of government policy on drug use; Java, 1875-1904, Journal of Economic History, 61, 1- 18.

Nickell, S.J. and J.C. van Ours (2000) Why has unemployment in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom fallen so much?, Canadian Public Policy, 26, S201-220.

Nickell, S.J. and J.C. van Ours (2000) The Netherlands and the United Kingdom: a European unemployment miracle?, Economic Policy, 30, 137-175.

Lubyova, M. and J.C. van Ours (1999) Unemployment duration of job losers in a labour market in transition, The economics of transition, 7, 665-686.

Van den Berg, G.J. and J.C. van Ours (1999) Duration dependence and heterogeneity in French youth unemployment duration, Journal of Population Economics, 12, 273-285.

Van Ours, J.C. (1999) The cyclical behavior of holdout durations, Economics Letters, 62, 365-370.

Lubyova, M. and J.C. van Ours (1999) Effects of active labor market programs on the transition rate from unemployment into regular jobs in the Slovak Republic, Journal of Comparative Economics, 27, 90-112.

Broersma, L, and J.C. van Ours (1999) Job searchers, job matches and the elasticity of matching, Labour Economics, 6, 77-93.

Van den Berg, G.J. and J.C. van Ours (1998) On the detection of state dependence using aggregate outflow data, Economic Journal, 108, 1998, 1422-1430.

Lubyova, M. and J.C. van Ours (1998) Work incentives and other effects of the transition tosocial assistance: evidence from the Slovak Republic, Empirical Economics, 23, 121-153.

Van den Berg, G.J. and J.C. van Ours (1997) Eyeballing state dependence and unobserved heterogeneity in aggregate unemployment duration data, Research in Labor Economics, 16, 369-394.

Lubyova, M. and J.C. van Ours (1997) Unemployment Dynamics in Eastern Europe; the Case of Slovakia, European Economic Review, 41, 925-934.

Hassink, W., J.C. van Ours and G. Riddder (1997) Dismissal through Disability, De Economist, 145, 29-46.

Van de Wijngaert, R.F. and J.C. van Ours (1996) Holdouts and Wage Negotiations in the Netherlands, Economics Letters, 53, 83-88.

Hamermessh, D.S., W.H.J. Hassing and J.C. van Ours (1996) Job Turnover and Labor Turnover: A Taxonomy of Employment Dynamics,Annales d'economie et de Statistique, 41/42, 21-40.

Van den Berg, G.J. and J.C. van Ours (1996) Unemployment Dynamics and Duration Dependence, Journal of Labor Economics, 14, 100- 125.

Van Ours, J.C. and G. Ridder (1995) Job Matching and Job Competition: AreLower Educated Workers at the Back of Job Queues? ,European Economic Review, 39, 1717-1731.

Van Ours, J.C. (1995) An empirical note on employed and unemployed job search, Economics Letters, 49, 447-452.

Van Ours, J.C. (1995) The price elasticity of hard drugs; the case of opium in the Dutch East Indies (1923-1938), Journal of Political Economy, 103, 261-279.

Abbring, J.H. and J.C. vanOurs (1994) Selling News and Advertising space; Economics of Dutch newspapers, De Economist, 142, 151-170.

Gorter, C. and J.C. van Ours (1994) Matching Unemployment and Vacancies in Regional Labour Markets; an empirical analysis for the Netherlands, Papers in Regional Science, 73, 153-167.

Abbring, J.H. and J.C. van Ours (1994) Sequential or Nonsequential Employers' Search?, Economics Letters, 44, 323-328.

Lindeboom, M., G. Renes and J.C. van Ours (1994) Matching Employers and Workers: an Empirical Analysis on the Effectiveness of Search, Oxford Economic Papers, 46, 45-67.

Van Ours, J.C. (1994) Matching Unemployed and Vacancies at the Public Employment Office, Empirical Economics, 19, 37-54. 

Van den Berg, G.J. and J.C. van Ours (1994) Unemployment Dynamics and Duration Dependence in France, the Netherlands and the UK,Economic Journal, 104, 432-443.

Bastianen, R.D., F.A.G. den Butter and J.C. van Ours (1993) Welfare Losses due to Low Employment Rates: an Exploratory Analysis forThe Netherlands, Applied Economics, 25,  427-438.

Van Ours, J.C. and G. Ridder (1993) Vacancy Durations: Search or Selection?, Oxford Bulletin ofEconomics and Statistics, 55, 187-198.

Van Ours, J.C. and G. Ridder (1992) Vacancies and recruitment of new employees, Journal of Labor Economics, 10, 138-155.

Van Ours, J.C. (1992) Duration Dependency and Unobserved Heterogeneity in Unemployment Time Series, Economics Letters, 38, 199- 206. See also

Van Ours, J.C. and C.M. van der Tak (1992) Sectoral Shifts, Unemployment and Vacancies; an empirical analysis for the Netherlands,Economics Letters, 39, 111-116.

Van Ours, J.C. (1992) Union growth in the Netherlands; 1961-1989, Applied Economics, 24, 1059-1066.

Van Ours, J.C. (1991) Self-service Activities and Informal or Informal Market Services, Applied Economics, 22, 505-516.

Van Ours, J.C. (1990) An International Comparative Study on Job Mobility, Labour, 4, 3, 33-55.

Van Ours, J.C. and G. Ridder (1991) Cyclical Variation in Vacancy Durations and Vacancy Flows: An Empirical Analysis, European Economic Review, 35, 1143-1155.

Van Ours, J.C. and G. Ridder (1991) Job Requirements and Recruitment of New Employees, Economics Letters, 36, 213-218.

Van Ours, J.C. (1991) The Efficiency of the Dutch Labour Market in Matching Unemployment and Vacancies, De Economist, 139, 358- 378.See also 'Reply', in: De Economist, 140, 1992, 266-270. 

Van Ours, J.C. (1989) Durations of Dutch Job Vacancies, De Economist, 137, 309-327.