prof. dr. Marike Knoef

Bio

Marike Knoef is Dean of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management, and professor of Economics.  She is crown member of the Social and Economic Council. Her research interests include household finance, pensions, social security, health, and the labor market.

Curriculum Vitae can be downloaded here.

Highlights

• Eliciting preferences for income redistribution: A new survey item. Journal of Public Economics, 214, 2022, with Jochem de Bresser
• Preferences for in-kind and in-cash home care insurance, Journal of Health Economics 84, 2022 , with Jochem de Bresser and Raun van Ooijen
• Cutting One's Coat According to One's Cloth: How did the Great Recession affect retirement resources and expenditure goals? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, with Jochem de Bresser and Lieke Kools
• Family and government insurance: Wage, earnings, and income risks in the Netherlands and the U.S. Journal of Public Economics, 193, 2021, with De Nardi, Fella, Paz-Pardo and Van Ooijen
• Health and Consumption Preferences: Estimating the Health State Dependence of Utility using Equivalence Scales, European Economic Review, 113, 46-62, 2019, with Lieke Kools

• Job-Search Requirements for Unemployed at the End of Working Life: Effects on Unemployment Dynamics and Self-Employment Probabilities, Journal of Human Resources, 52(2), 491-530, 2017, with Jim Been

Recent publications

1. Consumption and time use responses to unemployment: Implications for …

   Been, J., Suari-Andreu, E., Knoef, M., & Alessie, R. J. M. (2024). Consumption and time use responses to unemployment: Implications for the lifecycle model. Economica, 91(361), 1-32.

2. Households' heterogeneous welfare effects of using home equity for li…

   Been, J., van Ewijk, C., Knoef, M., Mehlkopf, R., & Muns, S. (2024). Households' heterogeneous welfare effects of using home equity for life cycle consumption. Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 27, Article 100499.

3. Student loans, spending, and parental transfers: insights from a nudg…

   Been, J., & Knoef, M. (2023). Student loans, spending, and parental transfers: insights from a nudge in student loan policy in the Netherlands. Economics of Education Review, 96, Article 102457.

4. Laat pensioenfondsen overwaarde huis te gelde maken via participatieh…

   Brounen, D., van Ewijk, C., Gielen, A., Knoef, M., & Mastrogiacomo, M. (2023). Laat pensioenfondsen overwaarde huis te gelde maken via participatiehypotheek. Economisch Statistische Berichten, 108(4820), 182-185.

5. Afboeking bijstandsschuld nauwelijks effect op werk en mentale gezond…

   de Bruijn, E.-J., Vethaak, H., Koning, P., & Knoef, M. (2023). Afboeking bijstandsschuld nauwelijks effect op werk en mentale gezondheid. Economisch Statistische Berichten, 108(4825), 428-431.