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Probability perceptions and preventive health care by Carman, Katherine Grace, Kooreman, Peter

“…We study the effect of perceptions in comparison with more objective measures of risk on individuals' decisions to decline or accept risk reducing…”
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Nursing home care in The Netherlands: a nonparametric efficiency analysis by Kooreman, P

“…This paper analyzes the technical efficiency of Dutch nursing homes with respect to the use of labor inputs by means of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In…”
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Corrigendum to “Rational students and resit exams” [Econom. Lett. 118 (1) (2013) 213–215] by Kooreman, Peter

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The Effects of Lottery Prizes on Winners and Their Neighbors: Evidence from the Dutch Postcode Lottery by Kuhn, Peter, Kooreman, Peter, Soetevent, Adriaan, Kapteyn, Arie

“…Each week, the Dutch Postcode Lottery (PCL) randomly selects a postal code, and distributes cash and a new BMW to lottery participants in that code. We study…”
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Tattoos, Lifestyle, and the Labor Market by Dillingh, Rik, Kooreman, Peter, Potters, Jan

“…In this study, we look at the factors determining the decision to get a tattoo and relate this to several outcome measures, such as income, employment status,…”
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Rational students and resit exams by Kooreman, Peter

“…Resit exams–extra opportunities to do an exam in the same academic year–are widely prevalent in European higher education, but uncommon in the US. I present a…”
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Estimation of econometric models of some discrete games by Kooreman, Peter

“…This paper discusses, estimates and compares some microeconometric models for simultaneous discrete endogenous variables. The models are based on the…”
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The Labeling Effect of a Child Benefit System by Kooreman, Peter

“…The effects of child benefits on expenditures are analyzed by running regressions in which child benefit enters as a separate explanatory variable. The…”
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Patients whose GP knows complementary medicine tend to have lower costs and live longer by Kooreman, Peter, Baars, Erik W.

“…Background Health economists have largely ignored complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as an area of research, although both clinical experiences and…”
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The early inception of labor market gender differences by Kooreman, Peter

“…This paper analyzes gender differences in jobs while in school using school-class-based samples, a setting in which education differences, “glass ceilings”,…”
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Time, money, peers, and parents; some data and theories on teenage behavior by Kooreman, Peter

“…In the first part of the paper, I analyze a data set on teenage behavior. The data is a sample of high school students in The Netherlands and contains…”
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The specification of the probability functions in Tullock's rent-seeking contest by Kooreman, Peter, Schoonbeek, Lambert

“…In his model of a rent-seeking contest, [Tullock, G., 1980, Efficient rent seeking. In: Buchanan, J.M., Tollison, R.D., Tullock, G. (Eds.). Toward a theory of…”
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A 6-year comparative economic evaluation of healthcare costs and mortality rates of Dutch patients from conventional and CAM GPs by Baars, Erik W, Kooreman, Peter

“…Objectives To compare healthcare costs and mortality rates of Dutch patients with a conventional (CON) general practitioner (GP) and patients with a GP who has…”
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High frequency body mass measurement, feedback, and health behaviors by Kooreman, Peter, Scherpenzeel, Annette

“…•We analyze body weight measurements collected at an average frequency of 1.6 times per week.•Weight is 0.2kilogram lower on Fridays than on Mondays; BMI is…”
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Probability Numeracy and Health Insurance Purchase by Dillingh, Rik, Kooreman, Peter, Potters, Jan

“…This paper provides new field evidence on the role of probability numeracy in health insurance purchase. Our regression results, based on rich survey panel…”
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A Disaggregated Analysis of the Allocation of Time within the Household by Kooreman, Peter, Kapteyn, Arie

“…An attempt is made to estimate a model of the allocation of time within the household using data that permit distinguishing between a large number of time…”
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A discrete-choice model with social interactions: with an application to high school teen behavior by Soetevent, Adriaan R., Kooreman, Peter

“…We develop an empirical discrete-choice interaction model with a finite number of agents. We characterize its equilibrium properties-in particular the…”
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On the Empirical Implementation of Some Game Theoretic Models of Household Labor Supply by Kooreman, Peter, Kapteyn, Arie

“…This paper discusses some issues in the empirical implementation of game theoretic models of household labor supply. In particular we focus on the…”
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What Does Behavioral Economics Mean for Policy? Challenges to Savings and Health Policies in the Netherlands by Kooreman, Peter, Prast, Henriëtte

“…Summary Key findings in behavioral economics are that people’s behavior (revealed preferences) is often not in line with their intentions (normative…”
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Do patients registered with CAM-trained GPs really use fewer health care resources and live longer? A reply to Christopher James Sampson by Kooreman, Peter, Baars, Erik W.

“…Kooreman and Baars respond to the article "Do patients registered with CAM-trained GPs really use fewer health care resources and live longer? by Christopher…”
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