Jan Van Ours

Beyond Okun's Law: Output Growth and Labor Market Flows

Guay Lim, Robert Dixon, Jan van Ours

Journal article  |  2021  |  Empirical Economics

This paper studies the relationship between the change in the unemployment rate and output growth using an approach based on labor..

Seasonal Home Advantage in English Professional Football; 1974–2018

T Peeters, JC van Ours

Journal article  |  2021  |  De Economist

We study seasonal home advantage in English professional football over the period 1974 to 2018. We distinguish between absolute ho..

Editorial Introduction-How Sports Can Help Economics?

Ruud H Koning, Jan C van Ours

Journal article  |  2021  |  De Economist

Delinquency, Arrest and Early School Leaving

Shannon WARD, Jenny Williams, JC van Ours

Journal article  |  2021  |  Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Boys typically initiate delinquent behaviour during their teenage years, and many go on to be arrested. We show that engaging in d..

The joy of lottery play: evidence from a field experiment

Martijn J Burger, Martijn Hendriks, Emma Pleeging, Jan C van Ours

Journal article  |  2020  |  Experimental Economics

Buying lottery tickets is not a rational investment from a financial point of view. Yet, the majority of people participate at lea..

Hazardous or Not? Early Cannabis Use, and the School to Work Transition of Young Men

Jenny Williams, J van Ours

Journal article  |  2020  |  Health Economics

We study the relationship between cannabis use and early labor market experiences of young men, focusing on the time it takes them..

Mental Health Effects of Retirement

Matteo Picchio, Jan C van Ours

Journal article  |  2020  |  De Economist

We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility age to the..

Legalizing recreational cannabis use: a promising journey into the unknown

JC van Ours

Journal article  |  2020  |  World Psychiatry

In order to evaluate the impact of the current legalization experiences, it is cru-cial to measure their efects both ..

The impact of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation in eleven European countries

Ali Palali, Jan C van Ours

Journal article  |  2019  |  European Journal of Health Economics

We investigate the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation in eleven European countries. Based on individual data..

Cannabis prices on the dark web

J Červený, JC van Ours

Journal article  |  2019  |  European Economic Review

This paper examines prices of cannabis sold over the anonymous internet marketplace AlphaBay. We analyze cannabis prices of 500 li..