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Overview

Rob Alessie is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance.

Their work spans various subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Accounting, Demography, and Gender Studies. This broad scope supports investigations into topics related to financial literacy, pension and retirement analysis, global health care issues, healthcare policy and management, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, as well as insurance, mortality, demography, risk management, health disparities and outcomes, and gender, labor, and family dynamics.

Recent publications include the following:

  • "Fearless Woman: Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Fearless Woman: Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Skating on Thin Ice: New Evidence on Financial Fragility," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Moral hazard and selection for voluntary deductibles," 2020, Health Economics
  • "Fearless Woman: Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Rob Alessie collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Viola Angelini
  • Annamaria Lusardi
  • Jochen O. Mierau
  • Tabea Bucher-Koenen
  • Maarten van Rooij

Their publication record shows multiple contributions to notable venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Health Economics
  • Research Square
  • Review of Economics of the Household
  • Economica

The focus on financial literacy is evident from the repeated emphasis on related topics in their recent papers, alongside consistent engagement with issues of health economics and policy.

Best Publications

  • Financial literacy and stock market participation

    Maarten van Rooij;Annamaria Lusardi;Annamaria Lusardi;Rob J. M. Alessie

  • Financial Literacy, Retirement Planning and Household Wealth†

    Maarten C.J. van Rooij;Annamaria Lusardi;Rob J.M. Alessie

  • Financial literacy and retirement planning in the Netherlands

    Maarten C.J. van Rooij;Annamaria Lusardi;Rob J.M. Alessie

  • How financially literate are women? An overview and new insights

    Tabea Bucher-Koenen;Annamaria Lusardi;Rob Alessie;Maarten C. J. van Rooij

  • Financial literacy and retirement preparation in the Netherlands

    Rob Alessie;Maarten van Rooij;Annamaria Lusardi

  • Habit formation, interdependent preferences and demographic effects in the almost ideal demand system

    R.J.M. Alessie;A.J. Kapteyn

  • Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation

    Maarten van Rooij;Annamaria Lusardi;Annamaria Lusardi;Rob Alessie;Rob Alessie

  • Ownership of Stocks and Mutual Funds: A Panel Data Analysis

    Rob Alessie;Stefan Hochguertel;Arthur van Soest

  • Explaining the wealth holdings of different cohorts: Productivity growth and Social Security

    Arie Kapteyn;R.J.M. Alessie;Annamaria Lusardi

  • Household Portfolios in the Netherlands

    Rob Alessie;Rob Alessie;Stefan Hochguertel;Stefan Hochguertel;Arthur van Soest

  • Intertemporal consumption, durables and liquidity constraints: A cohort analysis

    Rob Alessie;Michael P. Devereux;Guglielmo Weber

  • Consumption, saving and habit formation

    Rob Alessie;Annamaria Lusardi

  • Measuring retirement savings adequacy: developing a multi-pillar approach in the Netherlands

    Marike Knoef;Jim Been;Rob Alessie;Koen Caminada

  • INCOME AND WEALTH OVER THE LIFE CYCLE EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA

    Rob Alessie;Annamaria Lusardi;Trea Aldershof

  • Pension Wealth and Household Savings in Europe: Evidence from SHARELIFE

    Rob Alessie;Viola Angelini;Peter van Santen

  • Pension Wealth and Household Savings in Europe: Evidence from SHARELIFE

    Rob Alessie;Viola Angelini;Peter van Santen

  • Mandatory pensions and personal savings in The Netherlands

    Rob J.M. Alessie;Arie Kapteyn;Frank Klijn

  • Household Portfolios in the Netherlands

    R.J.M. Alessie;S. Hochgürtel;A.H.O. van Soest

  • Saving and income smoothing: Evidence from panel data

    Rob Alessie;Annamaria Lusardi

  • Consumer Credit: Evidence from Italian Micro Data

    Rob Alessie;Stefan Hochguertel;Guglielmo Weber

  • Financial Literacy, Retirement Planning, and Household Wealth

    Maarten C.J. van Rooij;Annamaria Lusardi;Annamaria Lusardi;Rob J.M. Alessie;Rob J.M. Alessie

  • Fearless Woman: Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation

    Tabea Bucher-Koenen;Rob J. Alessie;Annamaria Lusardi;Maarten van Rooij

  • Ownership of Stocks and Mutual Funds: A Panel Data Analysis

    Rob Alessie;S. Hochgürtel;Arthur van Soest

  • Household portfolios in the Netherlands

    R.J.M. Alessie;S. Hochguertel;A. van Soest

Frequent Co-Authors

Annamaria Lusardi
Annamaria Lusardi Stanford University
Arie Kapteyn
Arie Kapteyn University of Southern California
Guglielmo Weber
Guglielmo Weber University of Padua
Arthur van Soest
Arthur van Soest Tilburg University
Maarten Lindeboom
Maarten Lindeboom Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dorly J. H. Deeg
Dorly J. H. Deeg University of Amsterdam
Gerard J. van den Berg
Gerard J. van den Berg University of Groningen
Menno Pradhan
Menno Pradhan Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Harry Garretsen
Harry Garretsen University of Groningen
Joris Lammers
Joris Lammers University of Cologne

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