2026 Jan C. van Ours: 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	73	400	360	10	8	405	18295

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Netherlands Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Netherlands Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Netherlands Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Netherlands Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Netherlands Leader Award
2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Jan C. van Ours is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research activity spans various aspects of social sciences with a primary focus on economics and econometrics, as well as related interdisciplinary fields.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

Sports Analytics and Performance
Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
Sports, Gender, and Society
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Employment and Welfare Studies
Global Health Care Issues
Homelessness and Social Issues

Van Ours has published extensively across main fields such as Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their subfields of study include Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, General Health Professions, and Clinical Psychology.

Frequent publication venues include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
De Economist
Labour Economics
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Sports Economics Review

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Matteo Picchio
Julie Moschion
Thomas Peeters
Ben Vollaard
Sam Hoey

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jan C. van Ours include:

The joy of lottery play: evidence from a field experiment, 2020, Experimental Economics
Mental Health Effects of Retirement, 2020, De Economist
Symbolism matters: The effect of same-sex marriage legalization on partnership stability, 2020, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Do transitions in and out of homelessness relate to mental health episodes? A longitudinal analysis in an extremely disadvantaged population, 2020, Social Science & Medicine
The impact of high temperatures on performance in work-related activities, 2024, Labour Economics

Jan C. van Ours is a member of Academia Europaea since 2018, reflecting their recognized involvement in the academic community.

Best Publications

The economics of imperfect labor markets

Tito Boeri;Jan van Ours

997
Citations
The Effect of Benefit Sanctions on the Duration of Unemployment

Rafael Lalive;Jan C. van Ours;Josef Zweimüller

526
Citations
Punitive sanctions and the transition rate from welfare to work

Gerard J. van den Berg;Bas van der Klaauw;Jan C. van Ours

491
Citations
Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-Time Work Puzzle*

Alison L. Booth;Jan C. Van Ours

477
Citations
The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Sanctions on the Transition Rate from Unemployment to Employment

Jaap H. Abbring;Gerard J. van den Berg;Jan C. van Ours

447
Citations
How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment

Rafael Lalive;Jan C. van Ours;Josef Zweimüller

441
Citations
Does the recent success of some OECD countries in lowering their unemployment rates lie in the clever design of their labor market reforms

Michèle Belot;Jan C. van Ours

431
Citations
The educational attainment of second-generation immigrants in the Netherlands

Jan C. van Ours;Justus Veenman

344
Citations
Welfare-improving employment protection

Michèle Belot;Jan Boone;Jan Van Ours

334
Citations
HOW EFFECTIVE ARE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SANCTIONS? LOOKING BEYOND UNEMPLOYMENT EXIT

Patrick P. Arni;Patrick P. Arni;Rafael Lalive;Jan C. van Ours

319
Citations
VACANCIES AND THE RECRUITMENT OF NEW EMPLOYEES

Jan van Ours;Geert Ridder

302
Citations
How to help unemployed find jobs quickly: Experimental evidence from a mandatory activation program

Brian Krogh Graversen;Jan C. van Ours

302
Citations
Labor Market Effects of Unemployment Insurance Design

Konstantinos Tatsiramos;Jan C. van Ours

297
Citations
The locking-in effect of subsidized jobs ☆

Jan C. van Ours

291
Citations
Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-time Work Make the Family Happier?

Alison L Booth;Jan C van Ours

289
Citations
Expert opinion and compensation: evidence from a musical competition

Victor A. Ginsburgh;Jan C. van Ours

262
Citations
Effective Active Labour Market Policies

Jan Boone;Jan C van Ours

262
Citations
Unemployment and labor market institutions: An empirical analysis

M.V.K. Belot;Jan van Ours

258
Citations
Retaining through training even for older workers

Matteo Picchio;Jan C. van Ours

253
Citations
How shortening the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects the duration of unemployment : Evidence from a natural experiment

Jan C. van Ours;Milan Vodopivec

245
Citations
Economics of imperfect labor markets

Tito Boeri;Jan Van Ours

99
Citations
Does the Recent Success of some OECD Countries in Lowering their Unemployment Rates lie in the Clever Design of their Labour Market Reforms

Michèle Belot;Jan C. van Ours

87
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard J. van den Berg University of Groningen

Rafael Lalive University of Lausanne

Geert Ridder University of Southern California

Josef Zweimüller University of Zurich

Alison L. Booth Australian National University

Victor Ginsburgh Université Libre de Bruxelles

Maarten Lindeboom Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Daniel S. Hamermesh The University of Texas at Austin

Tito Boeri Bocconi University

Stephen Nickell University of Oxford

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