Relying on comprehensive measures of financial knowledge, we provide evidence of a
strong positive association between financial literacy and net worth, even after controlling for …

The complexity of financial decisions that households now face has increased to unprecedented
levels. At the same time, households seem to lack the financial knowledge to cope with …

Recent contributions highlighted gender differences in the mental health consequences of
COVID-19 lockdowns. However, their cross-sectional designs cannot differentiate between …

The Netherlands has a relatively generous social security system and a wide coverage of
individuals by private (occupational) pension schemes. Total household savings are rather …

This article quantifies the association between individual income and remaining life expectancy
at the statutory retirement age (65) in the Netherlands. For this purpose, we estimate a …

Objective To identify the main factors associated with the use of nursing home facilities and
to calculate their costs among older people with diabetes in Europe. Methods The sample …

This paper analyzes the financial fragility of Dutch households by examining their ability to
raise 2,000 euro within a month in case of a financial emergency. Using data from a survey …

What is the role of micro and macro factors in determining house prices? We address this
question by analyzing data on housing and mortgages from a survey of about 2,000 Dutch …

This paper investigates whether the voluntary deductible in the Dutch health insurance system
reduces moral hazard or acts only as a cost reduction tool for low‐risk individuals. We use …

Much of the literature that studies long-run effects of early-life economic conditions on health
outcomes is based on pre-1940 birth cohorts. Early in these individuals’ lives, public social …