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2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
73
Citations
18295
World Ranking
400
National Ranking
10

Jan C. van Ours publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan C. van Ours sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 405 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Jan C. van Ours D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan C. van Ours sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

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

  • The Effect of Benefit Sanctions on the Duration of Unemployment

    Rafael Lalive;Jan C. van Ours;Josef Zweimüller

  • Punitive sanctions and the transition rate from welfare to work

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

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

    Alison L. Booth;Jan C. Van Ours

  • 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

  • How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment

    Rafael Lalive;Jan C. van Ours;Josef Zweimüller

  • 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

  • The educational attainment of second-generation immigrants in the Netherlands

    Jan C. van Ours;Justus Veenman

  • Welfare-improving employment protection

    Michèle Belot;Jan Boone;Jan Van Ours

  • HOW EFFECTIVE ARE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SANCTIONS? LOOKING BEYOND UNEMPLOYMENT EXIT

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

  • VACANCIES AND THE RECRUITMENT OF NEW EMPLOYEES

    Jan van Ours;Geert Ridder

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

    Brian Krogh Graversen;Jan C. van Ours

  • Labor Market Effects of Unemployment Insurance Design

    Konstantinos Tatsiramos;Jan C. van Ours

  • The locking-in effect of subsidized jobs ☆

    Jan C. van Ours

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

    Alison L Booth;Jan C van Ours

  • Expert opinion and compensation: evidence from a musical competition

    Victor A. Ginsburgh;Jan C. van Ours

  • Effective Active Labour Market Policies

    Jan Boone;Jan C van Ours

  • Unemployment and labor market institutions: An empirical analysis

    M.V.K. Belot;Jan van Ours

  • Retaining through training even for older workers

    Matteo Picchio;Jan C. van Ours

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

    Jan C. van Ours;Milan Vodopivec

  • Economics of imperfect labor markets

    Tito Boeri;Jan Van Ours

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard J. van den Berg
Gerard J. van den Berg University of Groningen
Rafael Lalive
Rafael Lalive University of Lausanne
Geert Ridder
Geert Ridder University of Southern California
Josef Zweimüller
Josef Zweimüller University of Zurich
Alison L. Booth
Alison L. Booth Australian National University
Victor Ginsburgh
Victor Ginsburgh Université Libre de Bruxelles
Maarten Lindeboom
Maarten Lindeboom Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Daniel S. Hamermesh
Daniel S. Hamermesh The University of Texas at Austin
Tito Boeri
Tito Boeri Bocconi University
Stephen Nickell
Stephen Nickell University of Oxford

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