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I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Economics of Lancaster University and a research affiliate at IZA. My research focuses on the interplay between (mental) health, employment and social insurance policies using linked administrative data and causal inference methods.
I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Economics of Lancaster University and a research affiliate at IZA. My research focuses on the interplay between (mental) health, employment and social insurance policies using linked administrative data and causal inference methods.
Ongoing research projects
(Mental) health
A second go at life: The impacts of a doubling of life expectancy among cystic fibrosis patients
(Not) Talking Through Mental Health Problems: How Talk Therapy Impacts Healthcare Utilization, Health and Employment
Is delayed mental health treatment always detrimental to life? Differences between the US and the Netherlands
The long-term consequences of mental health screening in high school
Disability insurance
Sick or Unemployed? Examining Transitions into Sickness Insurance at Unemployment Benefit Exhaustion
Joint with Pierre Koning.
News (and older news)
July 2026: Published a new IZA Discussion Paper and an ESB Dutch policy article on the impact of talk therapy in GP practices.
March 2026: I have been invited to join IZA as a research affiliate
November 2025: New IZA working paper and discussion article out in IZA WoL. We show that spikes in SI inflow at UI exhaustion are unlikely to be driven by moral hazard but are a catch-up of non-take-up.
May 2025: My paper on the detrimental impact of mental healthcare waiting times has been accepted for publication in the Review of Economics and Statistics.
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