De EconomistPub Date : 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1007/s10645-024-09435-5
Marco A. Haan, S. Onderstal, Yohanes E. Riyanto
{"title":"Punching above One’s Weight–On Overcommitment in Election Campaigns","authors":"Marco A. Haan, S. Onderstal, Yohanes E. Riyanto","doi":"10.1007/s10645-024-09435-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-024-09435-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":504949,"journal":{"name":"De Economist","volume":"121 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141115498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
De EconomistPub Date : 2024-04-04DOI: 10.1007/s10645-024-09434-6
Rémy Lecat, Dorothée Pasquier de Franclieu
{"title":"Convergence and Capital Flows in Europe: The Role of Financial Intermediation and Investor Quality","authors":"Rémy Lecat, Dorothée Pasquier de Franclieu","doi":"10.1007/s10645-024-09434-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-024-09434-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":504949,"journal":{"name":"De Economist","volume":"36 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140742079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
De EconomistPub Date : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.1007/s10645-024-09433-7
Céline Odding, Lucy Kok, Lennart Kroon, Marloes Lammers
{"title":"From Unemployed to Self-Employed: Analysis of Treatment Effects of a Dutch Self-Employment Programme","authors":"Céline Odding, Lucy Kok, Lennart Kroon, Marloes Lammers","doi":"10.1007/s10645-024-09433-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-024-09433-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":504949,"journal":{"name":"De Economist","volume":"107 19","pages":"1-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140079480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
De EconomistPub Date : 2023-12-11DOI: 10.1007/s10645-023-09431-1
Marzieh Abolhassani
{"title":"Productivity Spillovers of Superior Firms Through Worker Mobility","authors":"Marzieh Abolhassani","doi":"10.1007/s10645-023-09431-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-023-09431-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":504949,"journal":{"name":"De Economist","volume":"137 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139183447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
De EconomistPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-09-26DOI: 10.1007/s10645-022-09411-x
Hendrik P van Dalen, Kène Henkens
{"title":"Trust and Distrust in Pension Providers in Times of Decline and Reform: Analysis of Survey Data 2004-2021.","authors":"Hendrik P van Dalen, Kène Henkens","doi":"10.1007/s10645-022-09411-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-022-09411-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trust in pension providers by participants is essential because pension providers try to fulfill their pension promises in a fundamentally uncertain world. Reforms and crises are therefore the ultimate testing ground for pension trust. In this paper we estimate with repeated cross-sectional survey data how trust and distrust in Dutch pension funds and the government have evolved over the period 2004-2021 and what the impact of financial stability on trust in these two institutions has been. Financial stability of pension funds, measured by their funding ratio, is shown to affect trust positively, but it does not decrease distrust significantly. Based on the estimation results, achieving a situation where the majority of the adult population trusts pension funds is likely to be attained at funding ratios of 115 or higher. Financial stability of government (measured by government debt/GDP ratio) does not affect either trust or distrust levels. Underlying drivers of distrust and trust such as personal characteristics are also notable: self-employed are more prone to distrust pension funds than employees. Women are more than men likely to take a neutral position.</p>","PeriodicalId":504949,"journal":{"name":"De Economist","volume":"170 4","pages":"401-433"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9510197/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40393333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
De EconomistPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-09-20DOI: 10.1007/s10645-021-09393-2
Barbara Baarsma, Jesse Groenewegen
{"title":"Correction to: COVID-19 and the Demand for Online Grocery Shopping: Empirical Evidence from the Netherlands.","authors":"Barbara Baarsma, Jesse Groenewegen","doi":"10.1007/s10645-021-09393-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-021-09393-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1007/s10645-021-09389-y.].</p>","PeriodicalId":504949,"journal":{"name":"De Economist","volume":"169 4","pages":"423-426"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8451741/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39450612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
De EconomistPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-04-21DOI: 10.1007/s10645-021-09383-4
Wolter H J Hassink, Guyonne Kalb, Jordy Meekes
{"title":"Regional Coronavirus Hotspots During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Netherlands.","authors":"Wolter H J Hassink, Guyonne Kalb, Jordy Meekes","doi":"10.1007/s10645-021-09383-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-021-09383-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We explore the impact of COVID-19 hotspots and regional lockdowns on the Dutch labour market during the outbreak of COVID-19. Using weekly administrative panel microdata for 50 per cent of Dutch employees until the end of March 2020, we study whether individual labour market outcomes, as measured by employment, working hours and hourly wages, were more strongly affected in provinces where COVID-19 confirmed cases, hospitalizations and mortality were relatively high. The evidence suggests that labour market outcomes were negatively affected in all regions and local higher virus case numbers did not reinforce this decline. This suggests that preventive health measures should be at the regional level, isolating hotspots from low-risk areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":504949,"journal":{"name":"De Economist","volume":"169 2","pages":"127-140"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10645-021-09383-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38906854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
De EconomistPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-05-31DOI: 10.1007/s10645-021-09384-3
Yulia Titova, Delia Cornea, Sébastien Lemeunier
{"title":"What Factors Keep Cash Alive in the European Union?","authors":"Yulia Titova, Delia Cornea, Sébastien Lemeunier","doi":"10.1007/s10645-021-09384-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-021-09384-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper aims to analyze the determinants of cash usage in a selection of European Union (EU) countries over the 2003-2016 period, based on a set of technological, socioeconomic, and socio-cultural indicators and cost components. Our results reveal the existence of both common and region-specific determinants for the EU advanced and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. In both groups cash usage is determined by payment system characteristics. Additionally, in the EU advanced countries cash usage can also be explained by the level of economic development and income inequalities and proliferation of Internet. In contrast, cash usage in CEE countries is negatively associated with consumer confidence and is inversely related to the technological progress, expressed in terms of mobile users.</p>","PeriodicalId":504949,"journal":{"name":"De Economist","volume":"169 3","pages":"291-317"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10645-021-09384-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39065594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
De EconomistPub Date : 2018-01-01Epub Date: 2018-05-31DOI: 10.1007/s10645-018-9323-1
Nicola Ciccarelli, Arthur Van Soest
{"title":"Informal Caregiving, Employment Status and Work Hours of the 50+ Population in Europe.","authors":"Nicola Ciccarelli, Arthur Van Soest","doi":"10.1007/s10645-018-9323-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-018-9323-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using panel data on the age group 50-70 in 15 European countries, we analyze the effects of providing informal care to parents, parents-in-law, stepparents, and grandparents on employment status and work hours. We account for fixed individual effects and test for endogeneity of caregiving using moments exploiting standard instruments (e.g., parental death) as well as higher-order moment conditions (Lewbel instruments). Specification tests suggest that informal care provision and daily caregiving can be treated as exogenous variables. We find a significant and negative effect of daily caregiving on employment status and work hours. This effect is particularly strong for women. On the other hand, providing care at a weekly (or less than weekly) frequency does not significantly affect paid work. We do not find evidence of heterogeneous effects of caregiving on paid work across European regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":504949,"journal":{"name":"De Economist","volume":"166 3","pages":"363-396"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10645-018-9323-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37160791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}