Jan C. van Ours

Research Fellow

Erasmus School of Economics

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Jan van Ours (1954) is professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is also professorial fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, CentER Fellow and CEPR Fellow. Jan van Ours studied mining engineering at the Technical University in Delft and economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he also got his Ph.D. He has published in journals like American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Labor Economics, Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic History, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Health Economics, and Health Economics. Currently he is managing editor of De Economist.

In 1996 he was awarded with the Hicks-Tinbergen medal of the European Economic Association (joint with Geert Ridder).

In 2009 he was President of the European Society of Population Economics. From 2011-2014 he was President of the European Association of Labour Economists.

Jan van Ours joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 1999.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7919
Immigration: What about the Children and Grandchildren?
Arthur Sweetman, Jan C. van Ours
published in: B.R. Chiswick and P.W. Miller (eds). Handbook of the Economics of International Migration, Vol. 1b, Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland, 1141-1193
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7720
Spillover Effects of Studying with Immigrant Students: A Quantile Regression Approach
Asako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours
published as 'Quantile Peer Effects of Immigrant Children at Primary Schools' in: Labour, 2016, 30 (2), 135 - 157
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7598
Unemployment of Non-western Immigrants in the Great Recession
Jakub Cerveny, Jan C. van Ours
published in: De Economist, 2013, 161, 463-480.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7416
Reading to Young Children: A Head-Start in Life?
Guyonne Kalb, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 40, 1-24
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7400
Seek and Ye Shall Find: How Search Requirements Affect Job Finding Rates of Older Workers
Patrick Hullegie, Jan C. van Ours
published in De Economist, 2014, 162 (4), 377 - 395
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6950
Labor Market Effects of Unemployment Insurance Design
Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2014, 28 (2), 284 - 311
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6817
Young Immigrant Children and their Educational Attainment
Asako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 116, 288-290.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6387
Run for Fun: Intrinsic Motivation and Physical Performance
Antonio Filippin, Jan C. van Ours
revised version published as 'Positive Assortative Matching: Evidence from Sports Data', in: Industrial Relations, 2015, 54 (3), 401-421
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6320
Unhappiness and Job Finding
Anne C. Gielen, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Economica, 2014, 81, 544–565
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6212
How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children
Asako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (570), F308-F331
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