Bram Hendriks

Migration is largely driven by labour demand. This implies that, beyond direct migration policies, economic policies can also play a significant role in shaping migration to and from the Netherlands. This is the conclusion of the report “Economic Dynamics and Migration” that the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis published on 9 April, of which an English version is now available. →

We compare machine learning techniques to a large Bayesian VAR for nowcasting and forecasting world merchandise trade. We focus on how the predictive performance of the machine learning models changes when they have... →

Eén van de beleidsinstrumenten waarmee nationale toezichthouders banken kunnen verplichten om buffers aan te houden is de contracyclische kapitaalbuffer (CCyB). In theorie zou het verhogen van de CCyB kunnen leiden tot... →

Er kan nog meer worden gedaan om de risico’s van centrale tegenpartijen (CCP's), omvangrijke Europese financiële instellingen, te verkleinen. →

The CPB World Trade Monitor shows that the volume of world trade increased 0.5% in March, having decreased 1.1% in February (initial estimate -1.7%), and growth in 2019Q1 was -0.3% (-0.6% in 2018Q4). →