2026 Arthur van Soest: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	57	944	842	28	25	403	14357

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Arthur van Soest is affiliated with Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on aspects within social sciences, particularly in fields such as General Health Professions, Demography, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, and Gender Studies.

Their work covers multiple main topics, including:

Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Global Health Care Issues
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Employment and Welfare Studies
Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Housing Market and Economics

Arthur van Soest has contributed to several scholarly publications, with frequent venues including:

De Economist
Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance
Labour Economics
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

The scientist has coauthored works with several colleagues, notably:

Amparo Nagore García
Johan Bonekamp
Elisabeth Beusch
Steven Debets
Henriëtte Prast

Selected recent papers by Arthur van Soest include:

Pension communication, knowledge, and behaviour (2020), published in Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance
Time devoted to home production and retirement in couples: A panel data analysis (2020), published in Labour Economics
Asking about Social Circles Improves Election Predictions Even with Many Political Parties (2022), published in International Journal of Public Opinion Research
The effect of training on workers' perceived job match quality (2020), published in Empirical Economics
Saving preferences after retirement (2022), published in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Arthur van Soest was awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.

Best Publications

Structural models of family labor supply: a discrete choice approach.

Arthur van Soest

973
Citations
Estimating Risk Attitudes using Lotteries: A Large Sample Approach

Bas Donkers;Bertrand Melenberg;Arthur Van Soest

634
Citations
Language and the Earnings of Immigrants

Christian Dustmann;Arthur Van Soest

594
Citations
Vignettes and self-reports of work disability in the United States and the Netherlands

Arie Kapteyn;J.P. Smith;Arthur van Soest

496
Citations
Vignettes and Self-Reports of Work Disability in the United States and the Netherlands

Arie Kapteyn;James P. Smith;Arthur van Soest

486
Citations
Measuring Inequity Aversion in a Heterogeneous Population Using Experimental Decisions and Subjective Probabilities

Charles Bellemare;Sabine Kröger;Arthur Van Soest

473
Citations
Language Fluency and Earnings: Estimation with Misclassified Language Indicators

C. Dustmann;A.H.O. van Soest

436
Citations
Heterogeneity in risky choice behaviour in a broad population

Hans-Martin von Gaudecker;Arthur van Soest;Erik Wengström

423
Citations
Selection Bias in Web Surveys and the Use of Propensity Scores

Matthias Schonlau;Arthur van Soest;Arie Kapteyn;Mick Couper

357
Citations
Wage differentials and mobility in the urban labour market: a panel data analysis for Mexico

Xiaodong Gong;Arthur van Soest

281
Citations
Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples: Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models

Pierre-Carl Michaud;Arthur van Soest;Arthur van Soest

274
Citations
Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico

Xiaodong Gong;Arthur van Soest;Elizabeth Villagomez

273
Citations
A panel data model for subjective information on household income growth

Marcel Das;Arthur van Soest

263
Citations
Birth-spacing, fertility and neonatal mortality in India: Dynamics, frailty, and fecundity

Sonia Bhalotra;Arthur van Soest

229
Citations
Parametric and semi-parametric modelling of vacation expenditures

Bertrand Melenberg;Arthur Van Soest

227
Citations
Public and private sector wages of male workers in Germany

Christian Dustmann;Arthur van Soest

227
Citations
Subjective measures of household preferences and financial decisions

Bas Donkers;Arthur van Soest

224
Citations
Labor supply, income taxes, and hours restrictions in the Netherlands

A.H.O. van Soest;I.B. Woittiez;A.J. Kapteyn

214
Citations
Class size, education, and wages

Christian Dustmann;Najma Rajah;Arthur van Soest

213
Citations
Ownership of Stocks and Mutual Funds: A Panel Data Analysis

Rob Alessie;Stefan Hochguertel;Arthur van Soest

209
Citations
Desired and actual labour supply of unmarried men and women in the Netherlands

Rob Euwals;Arthur van Soest

200
Citations
LABOUR SUPPLY, INCOME TAXES AND HOURS RESTRICTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS

Arie Kapteyn;A.V. Soest;I. Woittiez

11
Citations
Heterogeneity in Risky Choice Behavior in a Broad Population

Hans-Martin von Gaudecker;Arthur van Soest;Erik Wengström

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arie Kapteyn University of Southern California

James P. Smith Princeton University

Christian Dustmann University College London

Rob Alessie University of Groningen

Peter Kooreman Tilburg University

Michael D. Hurd RAND Corporation

James Banks University of Manchester

Theo Nijman Tilburg University

Benedict G. C. Dellaert Erasmus University Rotterdam

John Micklewright University College London

External Links

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