prof.dr. A.H.O. van Soest
Hoogleraar Econometriea.h.o.vansoest@uvt.nl
Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen
Econometrie en Operations Research
Expertise
Research interests:
micro-econometrie, discrete keuze modellen, panel data, arbeidsaanbod, pensionering, vergrijzing, sparen en consumptie, verwachtingen, economische positie en gezondheid, kindersterfte, economische experimenten, internet enquetes.
Trefwoorden
Publicaties
Belangrijkste publicaties- Bellemare, C., S. Kröger, and A. van Soest (2008), Measuring inequityaversion in a heterogeneous population using experimental decisions and subjectiveprobabilities, Econometrica, 76(4), 815-839.
- Bhalotra, S. and A. van Soest (2008), Birth spacing, fertility and neonatal mortality in India: dynamics, frailty and fecundity, Journal of Econometrics, 143(2), 274-290.
- Van Soest, A. and M. Hurd (2008), A test for anchoring and yea-saying inexperimental consumption data, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 103(481), 126-136.
- Kapteyn, A., J.P. Smith, and A. van Soest (2007): Vignettes and Self-reports of Work Disability in the US and The Netherlands, American Economic Review, 97(1), 461-473.
- Michaud, P.C. and A. van Soest (2008): Health and wealth of elderly couples: causality tests using dynamic panel data models, Journal of Health Economics, 27(5), 1312-1325.
Opleiding
1985-1990: Ph.D. Econometrie, Universiteit van Tilburg (cum laude)
1981-1987: Econometrie, Universiteit van Tilburg (cum laude)
1975-1980: Wiskunde, Universiteit van Nijmegen (cum laude)Carričre
2004-.......: hoogleraar econometrie, Universiteit van Tilburg
2003-2007: senior econoom, RAND
1995-2003: hoogleraar econometrie, Universiteit van Tilburg
1992-1997: onderzoeker, Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen
1991-1995: universitair hoofddocent, Universiteit van Tilburg
1988-1990: universitair docent, Universiteit van Tilburg
1987-1989: junior onderzoeker, Economisch Instituut Tilburg
1985-1987: junior onderzoeker, Universiteit van Tilburg
1984-1989: docent Wiskunde, Lerarenopleiding Fontys, Tilburg
Publicaties
Belangrijkste publicaties- Bellemare, C., S. Kröger, and A. van Soest (2008), Measuring inequityaversion in a heterogeneous population using experimental decisions and subjectiveprobabilities, Econometrica, 76(4), 815-839.
- Bhalotra, S. and A. van Soest (2008), Birth spacing, fertility and neonatal mortality in India: dynamics, frailty and fecundity, Journal of Econometrics, 143(2), 274-290.
- Van Soest, A. and M. Hurd (2008), A test for anchoring and yea-saying inexperimental consumption data, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 103(481), 126-136.
- Kapteyn, A., J.P. Smith, and A. van Soest (2007): Vignettes and Self-reports of Work Disability in the US and The Netherlands, American Economic Review, 97(1), 461-473.
- Michaud, P.C. and A. van Soest (2008): Health and wealth of elderly couples: causality tests using dynamic panel data models, Journal of Health Economics, 27(5), 1312-1325.
Projecten
Dutch projects with external funding
- Stated preferences for gradual retirement, PhD project Tunga Kantarci, 2005-2010, funded by NWO.
- MESS, An Advanced Multi-Disciplinary Facility for Measurement and Experimentation in the Social Sciences, 2006-2013, Principal Investigator (with Arie Kapteyn and Marcel Das). Funded by the Dutch government through NWO.
- Socio-economic position and well-being of the elderly, 2006-2008, Principal investigator (with Rob Alessie). Funded by Stichting Instituut GAK.
European projects
- SHARE, A Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement of the Elderly, 2001-2003, Dutch country team leader and leader of the working group Database Management and Data Validation.
- RTN-AGE, Research on the economics of ageing, 2002-2005, Dutch country team leader until June 2003.
- AMANDA, Advanced Multidisciplinary Analysis of New Data on Aging, 2003-2006, Dutch country team leader and leader of the working group Database Management and Inter-Group Information Flow.
- SHARE-I3, follow-up to SHARE, 2006-2008, Dutch country team leader.
- COMPARE, project on improving international comparability of indexes for health, well-being, etc., 2006-2008, coordinator and leader of the working group on Developing and Analysing Anchoring Vignettes.
- Ageing, Pensions and Health, Forward Look project funded by the European Science Foundation, 2007-2009 (with Lans Bovenberg and others).
Samenwerking
2008 (februari-april): IZA, Bonn
2004 (mei): Benjamin Meeker visiting research fellow, Universiteit van Bristol
2002 (juni-augustus): Visiting research fellow, RSSC, ANU Canberra
2000 (januari-april): Visiting research fellow, Universiteit van Sydney
1995 (zomer): TMR research fellow, University College London
1992-1997: Research fellow Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW)
Externe erkenning
- Co-editor Labour
- Editorial board member Empirical Economics, Fiscal Studies, Eurasian Review of Econometrics
- Council member European Society of Population Economics
Onderzoeksbegeleiding
- Menno Pradhan
Labour supply in urban areas of Bolivia and the role of the informal sector
verdedigd: 14 oktober 1994 (begeleid in samenwerking met Joop Hartog) - Jimmy Miller
A treatise on labour: a matching-model analysis of labour-market programmes
verdedigd: 30 september 1996 - Erwin Charlier
Limited dependent variable models for panel data
verdedigd: 28 november 1997 (begeleid in samenwerking met Bertrand Melenberg) - Rob Euwals
Empirical studies on individual labour market behaviour
verdedigd: 12 december 1997 (begeleid in samenwerking met Bertrand Melenberg) - Marcel Das
On income expectations and other subjective data
verdedigd: 23 januari 1998 (begeleid in samenwerking met Ben van der Genugten) - Stefan Hochguertel
Households' portfolio choices
verdedigd: 29 juni 1998 (begeleid in samenwerking met Rob Alessie) - Bas Donkers
Subjective information in economic decision making
verdedigd: 30 juni 2000 (begeleid in samenwerking met Bertrand Melenberg) - Xiaodong Gong
Empirical studies on the labour market and on consumer demand
verdedigd: 23 februari 2001 - Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez
A nonparametric approach to the sample selection problem in survey data
verdedigd: 26 juni 2001 (begeleid in samenwerking met Bertrand Melenberg) - Bernard Conlon
Consumer rationality in choice
verdedigd: 29 juni 2001 (begeleid in samenwerking met Benedict Dellaert) - Laura Spierdijk
Empirical studies of market microstructure
verdedigd: 10 juni 2003 (begeleid in samenwerking met Theo Nijman) - Charles Bellemare
Microeconometric essays on migration, trust and satisfaction
verdedigd: 28 mei 2004 - Tu Qin
Empirical analysis of time preferences and risk aversion
verdedigd: 18 mei 2005 (begeleid in samenwerking met Bas Donkers en Bertrand Melenberg) - Pierre-Carl Michaud
Dynamic panel data models and causality: applications to labor supply, health and insurance
verdedigd: 20 mei 2005 (begeleid in samenwerking met Jan van Ours) - Vera Toepoel
A closer look at web questionnaire design
verdedigd: 3 november 2008 (begeleid in samenwerking met Marcel Das) - Karen van der Wiel
Essays on power, expectations and social security
verdedigd: 4 december 2009 (begeleid in samenwerking met Frederic Vermeulen)
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Onderwijs
Onderwijservaring:
Bachelor niveau: inleiding econometrie, micro-econometrie (discrete choice and limited dependent variable models, duration models, panel data, retirement economics), tijdreeks modellen, statistiek en kansrekening.
M.Sc. en Ph.D. niveau: toegepaste non- and semiparametrie, toegepaste econometrie, econometrische methoden, panel data, simulation based inference.
Prijzen:
Beste docent M.Sc. Econometrie & OR, 2009
Beste M.Sc. cursus van de Faculteit, 2007 (met Bertrand Melenberg)
Onderwijs kwaliteitsprijs Econometrie & OR, 2002
Beste docent departement Econometrie, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994
Beste docent Faculteit Economie, 1992
Recente, huidige en toekomstige cursussen:
Empirical Applications (MSc Mathematical economics & Econometric methods; Najaar 2006 & Najaar 2007)
Econometric Models in Economics (MPhil Economics; Voorjaar 2005 & Voorjaar 2006)
Panel Data Models for Limited Dependent Variables (MPhil Economics; Winter 2007 & Najaar 2008)
Panel Data Analysis of Micro-Economic decisions (MSc Mathematical economics & Econometric methods; Najaar 2008)
Econometrics of Experimental Economics (MPhil Economics; Najaar 2008)
Micro-Economic Panel Data (NAKE; Voorjaar 2009)
prof.dr. A.H.O. van Soest geeft de volgende vakken:
- Econometrics of Experimental Economics (230309) Meer informatie
- Inleiding Econometrie (35B111) Meer informatie
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Panel Data Analysis of Microeconomic Decisions (35M1C7)
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Overige werkzaamheden
2009-.....: Wetenschappelijk adviseur Netspar
2008-.....: Adjunct senior economist, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica
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