Adriaan Kalwij
Biographic Data
| ID | 248937 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adriaan Kalwij |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adriaan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kalwij |
| SIGNATURE | KALWIJ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9061-6156 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Risk preferences, preventive behaviour, and the probability of a loss: Empirical evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
The findings support the importance of individuals' risk-taking behaviour for contracting COVID-19 and, more generally, the importance of loss prevention as a risk management tool for individuals
Born to be wild: Second-to-fourth digit length ratio and risk preferences
The second-to-fourth digit length ratio of an individual's hand (digit ratio) is a putative biomarker for prenatal exposure to testosterone. We examine the hypothesized negative association between the digit ratio and the preference for risk taking within a large U.S. population survey. Our statistical framework provides a cardinal proxy for the true digit ratio based on ordinal digit ratio measurements and accounts for measurement error under th…
Is the accuracy of individuals' survival beliefs associated with their knowledge of population life expectancy
On average, individuals underestimate their survival chances, which could yield suboptimal long-term decisions
Early life circumstances and labor market outcomes over the life cycle
The effects of competition outcomes on health: Evidence from the lifespans of U.S. Olympic medalists
This paper investigates the effects of competition outcomes on health by using U.S. Olympic medalists' lifespans and medal colors as a natural experiment. Whereas the life expectancies of gold and bronze medalists do not differ significantly, life expectancy of silver medalists is about 2.4 and 3.9 years less than these former, respectively. These findings are readily explainable by insights from behavioral economics, psychology, and human biolog…
Individual Survival Expectations and Actual Mortality: Evidence from Dutch Survey and Administrative Data
The effects of setting up a National Family Planning Program in local communities on women's contraceptive experiences and fertility in rural Thailand
It is widely documented that Thailand's National Family Planning Program (NFPP) has been successful in increasing contraceptive prevalence and reducing fertility. In this paper, we investigate to what extent setting up the NFPP between the mid 1960s and the early 1990s in local communities per se has added to this success. For this, we use data from the 1992/93 Survey on the Status of Women and Fertility in Thailand (SWAFT). We find that presence…
Caste Dominance and Economic Performance in Rural India
Using household panel data for rural India covering 1993–94 and 2004–5, we test whether scheduled castes (SCs) and other minority groups perform better or worse in terms of income when resident in villages dominated by (i) upper castes or (ii) their own group. Theoretically, upper-caste dominance comprises a potential “proximity gain” and offsetting group-specific “oppression” effects. For SCs and other backward classes (OBCs), initial proximity …
An empirical analysis of the importance of controlling for unobserved heterogeneity when estimating the income-mortality gradient
Statistical theory predicts that failing to control for unobserved heterogeneity in a Gompertz mortality risk model attenuates the estimated income-mortality gradient toward zero
Pathways to Retirement and Mortality Risk in The Netherlands: Modalités d’entrée à la retraite et risques de mortalité aux Pays-Bas
The Association Between Individual Income and Remaining Life Expectancy at the Age of 65 in the Netherlands
This article quantifies the association between individual income and remaining life expectancy at the statutory retirement age (65) in the Netherlands. For this purpose, we estimate a mortality risk model using a large administrative data set that covers the 1996–2007 period. Besides age and marital status, the model includes as covariates individual and spouse’s income as well as a random individual specific effect. It thus allows for dynamic s…
Lifetime income and old age mortality risk in Italy over two decades
The evidence on the shape and trend of the relationship between (lifetime) income and old age mortality is scarce and mixed both for North American and European countries. Nationwide evidence for Italy does not exist yet
The impact of family policy expenditure on fertility in western Europe
This article analyzes the impact on fertility of changes in national expenditure for family allowances, maternity- and parental-leave benefits, and childcare subsidies. To do so, I estimate a model for the timing of births using individual-level data from 16 western European countries, supplemented with data on national social expenditure for different family policy programs. The latter allow approximation of the subsidies that households with ch…
The effects of female employment status on the presence and number of children
Household commodity demand and demographics in the Netherlands: A microeconometric analysis
The impact of family policy expenditure on fertility in western Europe
This article analyzes the impact on fertility of changes in national expenditure for family allowances, maternity- and parental-leave benefits, and childcare subsidies. To do so, I estimate a model for the timing of births using individual-level data from 16 western European countries, supplemented with data on national social expenditure for different family policy programs. The latter allow approximation of the subsidies that households with ch…
The Association Between Individual Income and Remaining Life Expectancy at the Age of 65 in the Netherlands
This article quantifies the association between individual income and remaining life expectancy at the statutory retirement age (65) in the Netherlands. For this purpose, we estimate a mortality risk model using a large administrative data set that covers the 1996–2007 period. Besides age and marital status, the model includes as covariates individual and spouse’s income as well as a random individual specific effect. It thus allows for dynamic s…
The effects of female employment status on the presence and number of children
Individual Survival Expectations and Actual Mortality: Evidence from Dutch Survey and Administrative Data
Caste Dominance and Economic Performance in Rural India
Using household panel data for rural India covering 1993–94 and 2004–5, we test whether scheduled castes (SCs) and other minority groups perform better or worse in terms of income when resident in villages dominated by (i) upper castes or (ii) their own group. Theoretically, upper-caste dominance comprises a potential “proximity gain” and offsetting group-specific “oppression” effects. For SCs and other backward classes (OBCs), initial proximity …
Lifetime income and old age mortality risk in Italy over two decades
The evidence on the shape and trend of the relationship between (lifetime) income and old age mortality is scarce and mixed both for North American and European countries. Nationwide evidence for Italy does not exist yet
Early life circumstances and labor market outcomes over the life cycle
An empirical analysis of the importance of controlling for unobserved heterogeneity when estimating the income-mortality gradient
Statistical theory predicts that failing to control for unobserved heterogeneity in a Gompertz mortality risk model attenuates the estimated income-mortality gradient toward zero
Household commodity demand and demographics in the Netherlands: A microeconometric analysis
The effects of female employment status on the presence and number of children
The impact of family policy expenditure on fertility in western Europe
This article analyzes the impact on fertility of changes in national expenditure for family allowances, maternity- and parental-leave benefits, and childcare subsidies. To do so, I estimate a model for the timing of births using individual-level data from 16 western European countries, supplemented with data on national social expenditure for different family policy programs. The latter allow approximation of the subsidies that households with ch…
Pathways to Retirement and Mortality Risk in The Netherlands: Modalités d’entrée à la retraite et risques de mortalité aux Pays-Bas
The Association Between Individual Income and Remaining Life Expectancy at the Age of 65 in the Netherlands
This article quantifies the association between individual income and remaining life expectancy at the statutory retirement age (65) in the Netherlands. For this purpose, we estimate a mortality risk model using a large administrative data set that covers the 1996–2007 period. Besides age and marital status, the model includes as covariates individual and spouse’s income as well as a random individual specific effect. It thus allows for dynamic s…
Lifetime income and old age mortality risk in Italy over two decades
The evidence on the shape and trend of the relationship between (lifetime) income and old age mortality is scarce and mixed both for North American and European countries. Nationwide evidence for Italy does not exist yet
Caste Dominance and Economic Performance in Rural India
Using household panel data for rural India covering 1993–94 and 2004–5, we test whether scheduled castes (SCs) and other minority groups perform better or worse in terms of income when resident in villages dominated by (i) upper castes or (ii) their own group. Theoretically, upper-caste dominance comprises a potential “proximity gain” and offsetting group-specific “oppression” effects. For SCs and other backward classes (OBCs), initial proximity …
An empirical analysis of the importance of controlling for unobserved heterogeneity when estimating the income-mortality gradient
Statistical theory predicts that failing to control for unobserved heterogeneity in a Gompertz mortality risk model attenuates the estimated income-mortality gradient toward zero
The effects of setting up a National Family Planning Program in local communities on women's contraceptive experiences and fertility in rural Thailand
It is widely documented that Thailand's National Family Planning Program (NFPP) has been successful in increasing contraceptive prevalence and reducing fertility. In this paper, we investigate to what extent setting up the NFPP between the mid 1960s and the early 1990s in local communities per se has added to this success. For this, we use data from the 1992/93 Survey on the Status of Women and Fertility in Thailand (SWAFT). We find that presence…
Individual Survival Expectations and Actual Mortality: Evidence from Dutch Survey and Administrative Data
The effects of competition outcomes on health: Evidence from the lifespans of U.S. Olympic medalists
This paper investigates the effects of competition outcomes on health by using U.S. Olympic medalists' lifespans and medal colors as a natural experiment. Whereas the life expectancies of gold and bronze medalists do not differ significantly, life expectancy of silver medalists is about 2.4 and 3.9 years less than these former, respectively. These findings are readily explainable by insights from behavioral economics, psychology, and human biolog…
Early life circumstances and labor market outcomes over the life cycle
Is the accuracy of individuals' survival beliefs associated with their knowledge of population life expectancy
On average, individuals underestimate their survival chances, which could yield suboptimal long-term decisions
Born to be wild: Second-to-fourth digit length ratio and risk preferences
The second-to-fourth digit length ratio of an individual's hand (digit ratio) is a putative biomarker for prenatal exposure to testosterone. We examine the hypothesized negative association between the digit ratio and the preference for risk taking within a large U.S. population survey. Our statistical framework provides a cardinal proxy for the true digit ratio based on ordinal digit ratio measurements and accounts for measurement error under th…
Risk preferences, preventive behaviour, and the probability of a loss: Empirical evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
The findings support the importance of individuals' risk-taking behaviour for contracting COVID-19 and, more generally, the importance of loss prevention as a risk management tool for individuals
Demography (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Demography (8 works) · Global Health Care Issues (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works)