Gerard van den Berg Publications Gerard J. van den Berg
Publications
- Published or Forthcoming Papers in Refereed Journals or
Books
- Working Papers, Manuscripts, and Selected
Publications in Conference Proceedings
- Publications in Dutch
Published or Forthcoming Papers in Refereed Journals or Books:
- Van den Berg, G.J. (1990), Nonstationarity in job search theory, Review of
Economic Studies 57, 255-277.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1990), Search behavior, transitions to nonparticipation
and the duration of unemployment, Economic Journal 100, 842-865.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1992), A structural dynamic analysis of job turnover and
the costs associated with moving to another job, Economic Journal 102,
1116-1133.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and G. Ridder (1993), On the estimation of equilibrium
search models from panel data, in: J.C. van Ours et al., eds., Labor
Demand and Equilibrium Wage Formation (North-Holland, Amsterdam).
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Van den Berg, G.J. and G. Ridder (1993), Estimating an equilibrium search
model from wage data, in: H. Bunzel et al., eds., Panel Data and Labour
Market Dynamics (North-Holland, Amsterdam).
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Lindeboom, M. and G.J. van den Berg (1994), Heterogeneity in models for
bivariate survival, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B 56,
49-60.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and J.C. van Ours (1994), Unemployment dynamics and
duration dependence in France, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom,
Economic Journal 104, 432-443.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1994), The effects of changes of the job offer arrival
rate on the duration of unemployment, Journal of Labor Economics 12,
478-498.
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Van den Berg, G.J., M. Lindeboom and G. Ridder (1994), Attrition in
longitudinal panel data and the empirical analysis of labor market
behavior, Journal of Applied Econometrics 9, 421-435.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1995), Wage dispersion and mobility, Economic Modelling
12, 15-27.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1995), Explicit expressions for the reservation wage path
and the unemployment duration density in nonstationary job search models,
Labour Economics 2, 187-198.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and M. Lindeboom (1995), Durations in panel data subject to
attrition: a note on estimation in the case of a stock sample, Statistica
Neerlandica 49, 282-293.
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Koning, P., G. Ridder and G.J. van den Berg (1995), Structural and frictional
unemployment in an equilibrium search model with heterogeneous agents,
Journal of Applied Econometrics 10, S133-S151.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and J.C. van Ours (1996), Unemployment dynamics and
duration dependence, Journal of Labor Economics 14, 100-125.
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Koning, P., G.J. van den Berg and G. Ridder (1997), The relation between
search methods and accepted wages: a structural dynamic analysis based on
panel data, in: P. Gregg, ed., Jobs, Wages and Poverty: Patterns of
Persistence and Mobility in the New Flexible Labour Market (Centre for
Economic Performance, London).
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Ridder, G. and G.J. van den Berg (1997), Empirical equilibrium search models,
in: D.M. Kreps and K.F. Wallis, eds., Advances in Economics and
Econometrics: Theory and Applications (Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge).
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Van den Berg, G.J. and C. Gorter (1997), Job search and commuting time,
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 15, 269-281.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1997), Association measures for durations in bivariate
hazard rate models, Journal of Econometrics 79, 221-245.
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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.
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Ridder, G., N. de Visser and G.J. van den Berg (1998), Structural aspects of
the labor markets of five OECD countries, in: S. Brakman et al., eds.,
Market Behaviour and Macroeconomic Modelling (MacMillan, London).
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Van den Berg, G.J. and M. Lindeboom (1998), Attrition in panel survey data and
the estimation of multi-state labor market models, Journal of Human
Resources 33, 458-478.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and G. Ridder (1998), An empirical equilibrium search model
of the labor market, Econometrica 66, 1183-1221.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and J.C. van Ours (1998), On the detection of state
dependence using aggregate outflow data: comments on previous studies,
Economic Journal 108, 1422-1430.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and J.C. van Ours (1999), Duration dependence and
heterogeneity in French youth unemployment durations, Journal of
Population Economics 12, 273-285.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1999), Empirical inference with equilibrium search models
of the labor market, Economic Journal 109, F283-F306.
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Bontemps, C., J.M. Robin and G.J. van den Berg (1999), An empirical
equilibrium job search model with search on the job and heterogeneous
workers and firms, International Economic Review 40, 1039-1074.
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Gautier, P.A., G.J. van den Berg, J.C. van Ours and G. Ridder
(1999), Separations at the firm level, in: J. Haltiwanger et al.,
eds., The Creation and Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data
(North-Holland, Amsterdam).
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Dolton, P., M. Lindeboom and G.J. van den Berg (1999), A taxonomy of
survey non-response and its relation to labor market behavior, in: J.
Haltiwanger et al., eds., The Creation and Analysis of
Employer-Employee Matched Data (North-Holland, Amsterdam).
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Bontemps, C., J.M. Robin and G.J. van den Berg (2000), Equilibrium search
with continuous productivity dispersion: theory and non-parametric
estimation, International Economic Review 41, 305-358.
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Koning, P., G.J. van den Berg, G. Ridder and K. Albæ k (2000), The
relation between wages and labor market frictions: an empirical analysis
based on matched worker-firm data, in: H. Bunzel et al., eds.,
Panel Data and Structural Labour Market Models (North-Holland, Amsterdam).
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Koning, P., G. Ridder and G.J. van den Berg (2000),
Semi-nonparametric estimation of an equilibrium search model,
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 62, 327-356.
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Van Ommeren, J., G.J. van den Berg and C. Gorter (2000), Estimating
the marginal willingness to pay for commuting, Journal of Regional
Science 40, 541-563.
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Van Vuuren, A., G.J. van den Berg and G. Ridder (2000), Measuring the
equilibrium effects of unemployment benefits dispersion, Journal of
Applied Econometrics 15, 547-574.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and B. van der Klaauw (2001), Combining micro and
macro unemployment duration data, Journal of Econometrics 102,
271-309.
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Van den Berg, G.J., J.C. van Ours and M.P. Pradhan (2001), The
declining price anomaly in Dutch Dutch rose auctions, American Economic
Review 91, 1055-1062.
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Grogan, L. and G.J. van den Berg (2001), The duration of unemployment in
Russia, Journal of Population Economics 14, 549-568.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (2001), Duration models: specification, identification,
and multiple durations, in: J.J. Heckman and E. Leamer, eds. Handbook
of Econometrics, Volume V (North-Holland, Amsterdam).
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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, 436-448.
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Richardson, K. and G.J. van den Berg (2001), The effect of vocational
employment training on the individual transition rate from unemployment to
work, Swedish Economic Policy Review 8, 175-213.
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Gautier, P., G.J. van den Berg, J.C. van Ours and G. Ridder (2002), Worker
turnover at the firm level and crowding out of lower educated workers,
European Economic Review 46, 523-538.
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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, 647-665.
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Abbring, J.H., G.J. van den Berg, P.A. Gautier, A.G.C. van Lomwel, J.C. van
Ours and C. Ruhm (2002), Displaced workers in the Netherlands and the
United States, in: P. Kuhn, ed., Losing Work, Moving on: Worker
Displacement in International Perspective (W.E. Upjohn Institute,
Kalamazoo).
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Lindeboom, M., F. Portrait and G.J. van den Berg (2002),
An econometric analysis of the mental-health effects of major events
in the life of older individuals, Health Economics 11, 505-520.
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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.
- Eckstein, Z. and G.J. van den Berg (2002), Métodos empiricos para el
estudio de los mercados de trabajo con fricciones de búsqueda,
Cuadernos Economicos 66, 9-19.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and A. van Vuuren (2002), Using firm data to assess
the performance of equilibrium search models of the labor market,
Annales d'Économie et de Statistique 67/68, 227-256.
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Ridder, G. and G.J. van den Berg (2003), Measuring labor market frictions: a
cross-country comparison, Journal of the European Economic Association
1, 224-244.
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Abbring, J.H. and G.J. van den Berg (2003), The identifiability of the
mixed proportional hazards competing risks model, Journal of the Royal
Statistical Society Series B 65, 701-710.
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Abbring, J.H. and G.J. van den Berg (2003), The non-parametric
identification of treatment effects in duration models,
Econometrica 71, 1491-1517.
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Van den Berg, G.J., A.G.C. van Lomwel and J.C. van Ours (2003), Unemployment
dynamics and age, Annales d'Économie et de Statistique 70,
1-30.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (2003), Multiple equilibria and minimum wages in labor
markets with informational frictions and heterogeneous production
technologies, International Economic Review 44, 1337-1357.
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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, 211-241.
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Abbring, J.H. and G.J. van den Berg (2004), Analyzing the effect of
dynamically assigned treatments using duration models, binary treatment
models, and panel data models, Empirical Economics 29, 5-20,
reprinted in: B.H. Baltagi, ed. (2004), Panel Data: Theory and
Applications (Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg).
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Van den Berg, G.J. and B. van der Klaauw (2005), Job search monitoring and
sanctions, CESifo Journal for Institutional Comparisons 3.2, 26-29.
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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.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (2006), The weak Pareto law in Burdett-Mortensen
equilibrium search models, in: H. Bunzel et al., eds., Structural
Models of Wage and Employment Dynamics (North-Holland, Amsterdam).
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Van den Berg, G.J. (2006), Revolutionary effects of new information
technologies, Economic Journal 116, F10-F28.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and B. van der Klaauw (2006), Counseling and monitoring of
unemployed workers: theory and evidence from a controlled social experiment,
International Economic Review 47, 895-936.
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Van den Berg, G.J., M. Lindeboom and F. Portrait (2006), Economic conditions
early in life and individual mortality, American Economic Review 96,
290-302.
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Van den Berg, G.J., M. Lindeboom and P. Dolton (2006), Survey non-response
and unemployment duration, Journal of the Royal
Statistical Society Series A 169, 585-604.
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Eckstein, Z. and G.J. van den Berg (2007), Empirical labor search
models: a survey, Journal of Econometrics 136, 531-564.
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Abbring, J.H. and G.J. van den Berg (2007), The unobserved heterogeneity
distribution in duration analysis, Biometrika 94, 87-99.
- Van den Berg, G.J. (2007), On the uniqueness of optimal prices set by
monopolistic sellers, Journal of Econometrics 141, 482-491.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (2008), Competing risks models, in: S.N. Durlauf and L.E.
Blume, eds., New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (Palgrave Macmillan,
Basingstoke), forthcoming.
- Horny, G., R. Mendes and G.J. van den Berg (2008), Une étude empirique de la
mobilité professionnelle avec employeurs et employés hétérogènes, Revue Économique, 59, 631-640.
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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.
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Bergemann, A.H. and G.J. van den Berg (2008), Active labor market
policy effects for women in Europe - a survey, Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, forthcoming.
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Albrecht, J., G.J. van den Berg and S. Vroman (2008), The aggregate labor
market effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift program, Review of Economic Dynamics, forthcoming.
- Van den Berg, G.J., G. Doblhammer and K. Christensen (2008),
Exogenous determinants of early-life conditions, and mortality later in life, Social Science and Medicine, forthcoming.
Working Papers, Manuscripts, and Selected
Publications in Conference Proceedings:
- Van den Berg, G.J., A. Bergemann and M. Caliendo, The effect of active labor market programs on not-yet
treated unemployed individuals.
- Van den Berg, G.J., A. Bozio and M. Costa Dias (2008), Policy discontinuity and duration outcomes.
- Van den Berg, G.J. and A.S. Deaton (2008), Aging and heterogeneity in the analysis of mortality.
- Van den Berg, G.J., G. Doblhammer and K. Christensen (2008),
Being born under adverse economic conditions leads to a
higher cardiovascular mortality rate later in life - evidence
based on individuals born at different stages of the business
cycle.
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Richardson, K. and G.J. van den Berg (2008), Duration dependence versus unobserved heterogeneity in treatment
effects: Swedish labor market training and the transition rate to employment.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and S. Gupta (2008), Early-life conditions, marital
status, and mortality.
- Costa Dias, M., H. Ichimura and G.J. van den Berg (2008),
The matching method for treatment evaluation
with selective participation and ineligibles.
- Van den Berg, G.J., M. Lindeboom and F. Portrait (2008),
Long-run longevity effects of a nutritional shock early in life: the Dutch potato famine of 1846-1847.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (2007), An economic analysis of exclusion restrictions for
instrumental variable estimation.
- Van den Berg, G.J. and M. Lindeboom (2007)
Birth is the messenger of death - but policy may help to postpone the bad news.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and B. van der Klaauw (2007), A structural empirical
analysis of Dutch flower auctions.
- Mendes, R., G.J. van den Berg and M. Lindeboom (2006), An empirical
assessment of assortative matching in the labor market.
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Zijl, M., G.J. van den Berg and A. Heyma (2006), Stepping stones for
the unemployed: the effect of temporary jobs on the duration until (regular)
work.
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Van den Berg, G.J., M. Lindeboom and F. Portrait (2006),
Conjugal bereavement effects on health and mortality at advanced ages.
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Van den Berg, G.J., M. Lindeboom and M. López (2006), Inequality in
individual mortality and economic conditions earlier in life.
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Albrecht, J., G.J. van den Berg and S. Vroman (2005), The Knowledge Lift: the
Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill
levels.
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Abbring, J.H. and G.J. van den Berg (2005), Social experiments and
instrumental variables with duration outcomes.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and A. van Vuuren (2003), The effect of search
frictions on wages.
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Abbring, J.H. and G.J. van den Berg (2002), A simple procedure for the
evaluation of treatment effects on duration variables.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (2000), Are job and worker turnover data informative on
labor market flexibility?.
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Frijters, P., G.J. van den Berg and M. Lindeboom (2000),
Persistencies in the labor market.
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Bontemps, C., J.M. Robin, S. Roux and G.J. van den Berg (1998), Modèles
d'équilibre de recherche d'emploi, CNRS, Paris.
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Koning, P., G.J. van den Berg and G. Ridder (1997), A structural analysis of
job search methods and subsequent wages.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and Van Rijn, I.A.W. (1996), Cross-cultural differences in
the appreciation of art periods and art forms, in: C.P. Rao and A.
Williams, eds., Proceedings of the Inaugural Multicultural Marketing
Conference (Old Dominion University, Norfolk).
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Van Rijn, I.A.W. and G.J. van den Berg (1995), An empirical analysis of
cross-cultural differences in the consumption and appreciation of late
19th century art, in: S. Smith, ed., Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on
Cross-Cultural Consumer and Business Studies (Brigham Young University,
Provo).
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1986), Small-sample properties of estimators of the
autocorrelation coefficient.
Publications in Dutch:
- Van den Berg, G.J., P.A. Gautier and C.N. Teulings (2005), Feiten en
valkuilen van het minimumloon, Economisch Statistische Berichten 90,
52-54.
- Van den Berg, G.J. (2003), Arbeidsmarktbeleid tussen efficiëntie en
effectiviteit, Economisch Statistische Berichten 88, D27-D28.
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Van den Berg, G.J., G.H. Homburg, L.A. Hospers and B. van der Klaauw
(2003), Activering en controle weinig effectief, Economisch
Statistische Berichten 88, 140-142.
- Koning, P.W.C., C.N. Teulings and G.J. van den Berg (2002), Hoe
arbeidsmarktbeleid te waarderen?, Economisch Statistische Berichten
87, 600-602.
- Van der Klaauw, B. and G.J. van den Berg (2001), Goed beleid begint
met goede toetsing, Economisch Statistische Berichten 86, 904-905.
- Van den Berg, G.J. (2001), Commentaar op ``Vergrijzing en menselijk
kapitaal'', in: R.H.J.M. Gradus et al., eds., Nederland kennisland?
(Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen).
- Van den Berg, G.J. and J.S. Cramer (2000), Nobelprijzen voor economie,
Financieel Dagblad, December 10.
- Van den Berg, G.J (2000), Measuring success, Tinbergen Magazine 1, 3-5.
- Frijters, P., M. Lindeboom and G.J. van den Berg (2000),
Herhalingswerkloosheid (VU University Amsterdam).
- Gautier, P.A. and G.J. van den Berg (2000), Participatiebeleid en
arbeidsmarktdynamiek, in: C.A. Hazeu et al., eds., Naar een vrijwel
volledige arbeidsparticipatie (Scientific Council for Government Policy, The
Hague).
- Van den Berg, G.J. (1999), Werkende banenplannen?, Economisch
Statistische Berichten 84, 3.
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Van den Berg, G.J., B. van der Klaauw and J.C. van Ours (1998), Sancties in de
bijstand vergroten de kans op werk, Economisch Statistische Berichten 83,
556-559.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and P.A. Gautier (1998), De economie van de huwelijksmarkt,
in: F.A.G. den Butter et al., eds., Onzware ernst en droomrigheid
(Uitgeverij Lemma, Utrecht).
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Van den Berg, G.J., P. Gautier and H. Oosterbeek (1998), Een werknemer is
nooit te hoog opgeleid, de Volkskrant, March 23.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1998), Werkloosheid, lonen en solidariteit, Tijdschrift
Politieke Ekonomie 20.3, 16-36.
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Van den Berg, G.J., B. van der Klaauw and J.C. van Ours
(1998), Arbeidsmarkteffecten van Sancties in de RWW (Ministry of
Social Affairs, The Hague).
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Van den Berg, G.J., J.C. van Ours and M. Pradhan (1998), De prijsvorming
bloemen en planten (VU University Amsterdam).
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1997), Nieuwe Arbeidseconomie: onvolledige informatie,
heterogeniteit en fricties, Economenblad 19.8, 1-2.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1997), Werkloosheid: schijn bedriegt, Friesch Dagblad,
December 8.
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Van den Berg, G.J. and R.H. Koning (1997), Wondermiddel lost werkloosheid niet
op, NRC Handelsblad, October 22.
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Van den Berg, G.J., R.H. Koning and G. Ridder (1997), Flexibilisering en
scholing: panacee voor de arbeidsmarkt?, Friesch Dagblad, October 14.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1997), Nieuwe Arbeidseconomie (VU University Amsterdam,
Amsterdam).
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Van den Berg, G.J. and G. Ridder (1997), Het effect van minimumloon en
uitkeringshoogte op werkloosheid en lonen, Tijdschrift voor Politieke
Ekonomie 20.2, 154-167.
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Abbring, J.H., G.J. van den Berg, P. Mullenders and J.C. van Ours (1996),
Sancties in de WW: een werkend perspectief, Economisch Statistische
Berichten 81, 750-753.
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1994), Het gebruik van evenwichtszoekmodellen voor de
analyse van vraag, aanbod en beleid op de arbeidsmarkt, in: P.H. Franses
et al., eds., Van frictie tot wetenschap (Vereniging van
Akademie-onderzoekers, Amsterdam).
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Van den Berg, G.J. (1991), Individueel arbeidsmarktgedrag, Economenblad 13.4,
3.
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Voorhoeve, W., G.J. van den Berg, E. Dietzenbacher, M. Kooyman and T.
Steerneman (1985), Grecon-voorspellingen voor 1985, Economisch
Statistische Berichten 70, 253-257.