MAG 2025. Authors: Tunga Kantarci (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen – Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskund), Mario Bernasconi (University of Basel). Most Western countries are abolishing early retirement schemes and increasing the statutory retirement age to stimulate employment among older workers. Howeve
MAG 2025. Authors: Peter Alders (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam – Erasmus School of Health Policy Management), Bram Wouterse (Radboud University Medical Centre), Kay Deckers (University Maastricht, Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology). The number of people living with dementia in the Nethe
MAG 2025. Authors: Thijs Busschots (Universiteit Leiden – Rechtsgeleerdheid). Arjan Lejour (Tilburg University – Tilburg School of Economics and Management), Giulia Aliprandi (EU Tax Observatory & Paris School of Economics). The past decade has seen several efforts to combat profit shifting and
MAG 2025. Authors: Twan Huijsmans (Universiteit van Amsterdam – Faculteit der Maatschappij en Gedragswetenschappen). This project investigates how economic circumstances in people’s direct environment – geographic surroundings, their work places and economic sectors, and their households and familie
MAG 2025. Authors: Vaishnavi Kalyanapuram Madhavan, Wonuola Akingbuwa (Vrije Universiteit – Faculteit der Gedrags- en Bewegingswetenschappen). Bipolar disorder is a severe psychiatric disorder associated with several unfavorable outcomes including reduced educational attainment (EA). Recent evidence
MAG 2025. Authors: Niels Broekman, Stéfanie André (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen – Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen), Caroline Dewilde (Tilburg University – Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences). In the past decades, housing(market) policy and regulation have become ever more prominen
MAG 2024-II. Authors: Theresa Spickers, Torsten Jochem (Universiteit van Amsterdam – Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde). This project examines how changes in financial advisor remuneration impact consumers’ financial decisions and outcomes. Advisor remuneration often includes sales commissions, in
MAG 2024-II. Authors: Mathijs de Vaan (Universiteit van Amsterdam – Faculteit der Maatschappij en Gedragswetenschappen), Bas Hofstra (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen – Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen), Arnout van de Rijt (European University Institute). This research aims to illuminate the root ca
MAG 2024-II. Authors: Pieter Bakx (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam – Erasmus School of Health Policy Management). Dementia affects many aspects of life over a prolonged period. Yet, when studying dementia, social scientists working with administrative data typically rely on proxy measures for dementi
MAG 2024-II. Authors: Rik Rozendaal (Universiteit Leiden – Rechtsgeleerdheid), Lieke Beekers (Universiteit Leiden – Rechtsgeleerdheid). This project studies the causal effects of air pollution on medication prescriptions, hospitalizations, and health care expenditures. We aim to combine detailed adm
MAG 2024-II. Authors: Anouk van Veldhoven (Universiteit Utrecht – Faculteit Recht, Economie, Bestuur en Organisatie). Making well-deliberated and informed decisions about family planning and contraceptive use does not come naturally to everyone. Although vulnerable individuals are shown to have lowe
MAG 2024-II. Authors: Ziyue Zhu (Universiteit Maastricht – School of Business and Economics). Trends like digitalization and the energy transition are major drivers of changes in the demand for skills in the labor market. Vocational education and training (VET) play a crucial role to train students
