ODISSEI Secure Supercomputer

Met de ODISSEI Secure Supercomputer (OSSC) kunnen onderzoekers CBS Microdata analyseren in een beveiligde omgeving met de Snellius-supercomputer van SURF.

Projecten

The (un-)intended consequences of a ban on commission-based financial advice

MAG 2024-II. Authors: Theresa Spickers, Torsten Jochem (Universiteit van Amsterdam – Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde). This project examines how changes in financial advisor remuneration impact consumers’ financial decisions and outcomes. Advisor remuneration often includes sales commissions, in

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Societal Segregation: Disentangling Choice from Opportunity using Dutch Register Data

MAG 2024-II. Authors: Mathijs de Vaan (Universiteit van Amsterdam – Faculteit der Maatschappij en Gedragswetenschappen), Bas Hofstra (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen – Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen), Arnout van de Rijt (European University Institute). This research aims to illuminate the root ca

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Life with dementia

MAG 2024-II. Authors: Pieter Bakx (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam – Erasmus School of Health Policy Management). Dementia affects many aspects of life over a prolonged period. Yet, when studying dementia, social scientists working with administrative data typically rely on proxy measures for dementi

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The health effects of air pollution in the Netherlands

MAG 2024-II. Authors: Rik Rozendaal (Universiteit Leiden – Rechtsgeleerdheid), Lieke Beekers (Universiteit Leiden – Rechtsgeleerdheid). This project studies the causal effects of air pollution on medication prescriptions, hospitalizations, and health care expenditures. We aim to combine detailed adm

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Socio-economic and health impacts of family planning support for vulnerable women and men in the Netherlands

MAG 2024-II. Authors: Anouk van Veldhoven (Universiteit Utrecht – Faculteit Recht, Economie, Bestuur en Organisatie). Making well-deliberated and informed decisions about family planning and contraceptive use does not come naturally to everyone. Although vulnerable individuals are shown to have lowe

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Building up Employability: Evidence from Curriculum Updates in the Netherlands

MAG 2024-II. Authors: Ziyue Zhu (Universiteit Maastricht – School of Business and Economics). Trends like digitalization and the energy transition are major drivers of changes in the demand for skills in the labor market. Vocational education and training (VET) play a crucial role to train students

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Improving Diagnosis of Memory Decline by assessing the effects of Age, Education and Socio-Economic Status on Forgetting

LISS 2024. Authors: Thomas Wilschut (University of Groningen, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences), Andrea Stocco (University of Washington), Stephan Bakker (University Medical Centre Groningen) Assessing long-term memory function is crucial for diagnosis and treatment in a wide range of clin

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Blueprint or blank slate? Nature-nurture beliefs and parenting

LISS 2024. Authors: Tim Wienand, Hans van Kippersluis, Niels Rietveld (Erasmus University Rotterdam, School of Economics) While it is nowadays well established that both “nature” and “nurture” are important determinants of child development, people differ in their beliefs about the relative importan

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Smartphone Use and Smartphone Addiction in the Netherlands: Attitudes towards Interventions

LISS 2024. Authors: Wendy Wagenaar, Rob Bovens (Tilburg University, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral), Herm Kisjes (Fontys Hogeschol). Smartphone usage has significantly increased in the Netherlands, with the population owning a smartphone rising from 80% in 2017 to 91% in 2022. On average, w

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Identity Heterogeneity and Demand for Redistribution

LISS 2024. Authors: Juliette de Wit, Maite Laméris (University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business). Identity cleavages increasingly drive political outcomes, including the distribution of income and wealth. At the heart of this are people’s preferences regarding the distribution of inco

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On Call, Off Track? The Hidden Career Costs of On-Call Parenthood

LISS 2024 (this project was also awarded a Microdata Access Grant). Authors: Mara Yerkes (Utrecht University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences), Marilou Vlaanderen (Stichting Economisch Onderzoek). This study examines how the role of the “on-call parent”—the parent primarily responsible fo

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Drawing the Line: An Experimental Study on Tolerance and the Limits of Religious Expression in the Netherlands

LISS 2024. Authors: Eva Jaspers (Utrecht University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences), Guido Priem (KU Leuven), David Kretschmer (Nuffield College, University of Oxford) When is a religious expression acceptable, and when is it intolerable? With religious diversity being increasingly a to

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