Publications

The Temporary Support Scheme for Self-Employed Persons (Tozo) supported self-employed entrepreneurs during the coronavirus crisis. This is the conclusion from a CPB study. →

Recently developed heterogeneity-robust two-way fixed effects (TWFE) estimators do not quantify the full heterogeneity in treatment effects in a difference-in-differences research design.... →

The report, 'Charted Choices' provides an overview of the budgetary and economic consequences of the policy choices made by eight Dutch political parties. →

This paper evaluates the impact of a reform which replaced universal basic grants by income-contingent loans on enrolment in Dutch higher education using administrative data of ten complete student cohorts.... →

The current debate on fossil fuel subsidies focuses too little on the underlying core question: does the abolishment of such subsidies support the energy transition and hence climate policy? →

Multinational firms pay for the use of intellectual property (IP). The IP-rights may be located in another country where the royalty income is taxable. This taxation may differ between countries which offers... →

Since the financial crisis, home ownership rates have decreased across the world. Also in the Netherlands, the size of the rental sector has increased. Decreased access to mortgage debt explains part of this development. We show that tightened mortgage debt limits explain a fifth of the increase in rentals between 2013 and 2019. →

Purchasing power measures prevent rise in poverty, government deficit remains unchanged. →

The economy is expected to grow by 0.7% in 2023 and 1.4% in 2024. After falling sharply, purchasing power is set to recover by 1.9% in 2024 due to wage growth. Without supplementary policy measures, the number of people in poverty is expected to rise to 5.7% of the population and 7% of children in 2024. →

In our new study we find that strengthening insolvency law increases the amount of long-term debt, as a percentage of total assets, on firms’ balance sheets in Europe. →