Publications

The trade literature often treats countries as dimensionless points, which is a strong assumption. Agglomeration or lumpiness of production factors within countries can affect the national pattern of trade.... →

The Dutch notitie “Ongelijkheid van het jonge kind” documents and discusses differences in achievement across various (socio-economic) groups in the Netherlands. The empirical results are based on data from the... →

Economy will recover in 2021, provided coronavirus is under control →

Large and persistent differences in labour market participation by migration background. →

As long as there have been taxes, people have tried to avoid and evade them. Interest in these phenomena has been fueled by the effects on public revenues, as well as on the distribution of wealth and income.... →

CPB analyses six tax treaties of the Netherlands with developing countries. These treaties are part of a tax network of more than 100 countries. CPB determines the tax burden on dividend, interest and royalty flows over... →

We assess the stability of the coefficient on the unemployment gap in various linear dynamic Phillips curve models. We allow the coefficient on the unemployment gap and the other variables in our model to be... →

Extension of support package reduces increase in unemployment, but also leads to greater budget deficit. →

What is the impact of extreme external shocks, such as the Great Recession, upon Dutch public finances? The question is very challenging, given that such shocks are very different from mild disruptions of the economy... →

The return on safe assets has been declining over the past 40 years lowering the return on people’s wealth. Should people save more for retirement to compensate for the lower return on wealth?... →