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CURRICULUM VITAE KAREN VAN DER WIEL
(Updated July 2013)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
Nationality:
Marital Status:
19/Aug/1981
Dutch
Cohabitating, two children (born Jul/10, Oct/12)
CURRENT POSITION
Apr/12 – present
Jul/09 – Mar/12
Coordinator Science Policy Research, Sector Labor Market and Education,
Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB), The Hague
Researcher, Sector Competition and Regulation, CPB
EDUCATION
Aug/05 – Dec/09
Feb/08 – Jul/08
Sep/99 – Jul/05
Jan/03 – Jun/03
PhD in economics (econometrics track), Tilburg University
Under supervision of Arthur van Soest and Frederic Vermeulen
Visiting research student, University College London
BSc and MSc in economics (cum laude), Erasmus University Rotterdam
Exchange program MSc, London School of Economics
WORK EXPERIENCE
Aug/05 – Jun/09
Sep/04 – Apr/05
Dec/04 – Jan/05
May/03 – May/04
Researcher (one day a week), Social Insurance Bank (SVB), Amstelveen
Consultant Vulnerability and Poverty Assessment II, United Nations
Development Program (UNDP), Maldives
Member of Tsunami Disaster Relief Taskforce, UNDP, Maldives
Research Assistant International Division, SEOR BV, Erasmus University
FELLOWSHIPS
Mar/13 – present
Aug/05 – present
IZA, Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn
Netspar (Network for the Studies of Pensions, Aging and Retirement), The
Netherlands

PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH
P. Koning and K. van der Wiel, Ranking the Schools: How Quality Information Affects School
Choice in The Netherlands (2013), Journal of European Economic Association, Vol. 11 (2), p.
466-493.
P. Koning and K. van der Wiel, School Responsiveness to Quality Reports: An Empirical Analysis
of Secondary Education in The Netherlands (2012), De Economist, Vol. 160 (4), p. 339-355.
O. Andersson, M. Galizzi, T. Hoppe, S. Kranz, K. van der Wiel and E. Wengström (2010),
Persuasion in Ultimatum Games, Economics Letters, Vol. 108 (1), p. 16-18.
K. van der Wiel (2010), Better Protected, Better Paid: Evidence on how Employment Protection
Affects Wages, Labour Economics, Vol. 17 (1), p. 16-26.
K. van der Wiel (2009), Essays on Expectations, Power and Social Security, CentER PhD Thesis
No. 239.
PUBLICATIONS IN DUTCH
S. van den Enden and K. van der Wiel (2012), Entreetoets Schrikt Pabo-Studenten af,
Economische Statistische Berichten, Vol. 97 (4646), p. 630-632.
M. van ‘t Riet and K. van der Wiel (2012), Publieke Belangen en Marktinterventie, Economische
Statistische Berichten, Vol. 97 (4631), p. 184-186.
M. Bijlsma and K. van der Wiel (2012), Beperkt Vertrouwen in het Depositogarantiestelsel,
Economische Statistische Berichten, Vol. 97 (4629), p. 106-108.
P. Koning and K. van der Wiel (2010), Kwaliteitsinformatie Middelbare Scholen Maakt Verschil,
Economische Statistische Berichten, Vol. 95 (4585), p. 294-297.
K. van der Wiel (2009), Electoraat Klaar voor 67 Jaar, Economische Statistische Berichten, Vol.
94 (4553), p. 77-78.
K. van der Wiel (2008), Lonen Hoger door Ontslagbescherming, Economische Statistische
Berichten, Vol. 93 (4535), p. 309-311.
WORKING PAPERS
S. Gerritsen, E. Plug and K. van der Wiel (2013), Up of Out? How Individual Research Grants
Affect Academic Careers in The Netherlands, CPB Discussion Paper 249, Den Haag.
M. Bijlsma and K. van der Wiel, What Awareness? Consumer Perception of Bank Risk and
Deposit Insurance, CPB Discussion Paper 205, Den Haag.

J. Boone, K. van der Wiel and F. Vermeulen, Kinky Choices, Dictators and Split Might: A Non-
Cooperative Model for Household Consumption and Labor Supply, CEPR Discussion Paper 7367,
London.
K. van der Wiel, Have You Heard the News? How Real-life Expectations React to Publicity, IZA
Working Paper 4064, Bonn.
K. van der Wiel, Preparing for Policy Changes: Social Security Expectations and Pension Scheme
Participation, IZA Working Paper 3623, Bonn.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
K. van der Wiel, B. ter Weel and C. van Ewijk (2013), Beleidsanalyse op gevoel?, mejudice.nl.
K. van der Wiel, B. ter Weel and C. van Ewijk (2013), Klopt, wetenschap levert niets op in model
CPB, June 3rd 2013, NRC Handelsblad.
M. van ‘t Riet and K. van der Wiel (2012), Kinderopvang had niet gebruikt moeten worden voor
inkomenspolitiek, mejudice.nl.
R. van Elk, H. ter Rele and K. van der Wiel (2012), De Economische Effecten van
Internationalisering in het Hoger Onderwijs, CPB Notitie, Den Haag.
R. Faber and K. van der Wiel (2012), Slechte en Goede Prestaties van Scholen: is er een Relatie
met Personeelskenmerken?, CPB Notitie, Den Haag.
M. van ‘t Riet and K. van der Wiel (2011), Kinderopvang in Kaart, CPB Notitie, Den Haag.
CONFERENCES AND INVITED SEMINARS
2013
Workshop Organisation, Economics and Policy of Scientific Research, Collegio Carlo Alberto,
Torino
2012
Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, ESPE Conference Bern
2011
Lunch seminar CPB, EEA-ESEM Oslo, Dutch Ministry of Finance
2010:
Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, Lunch seminar Utrecht University, Labor/Health
seminar Tilburg University
2009:
EEA ESEM Barcelona, ESPE Conference Sevilla, SOLE Annual Meeting Boston, Lunch seminar
CPB

2008:
Nake Research Day Utrecht, Ruhr Graduate School Doctoral Conference Duisberg-Essen, IAB
PhD Workshop Nuremberg, ESPE Conference London, Student lunch seminar University College
London, ENTER Jamboree Madrid
2006/2007:
Lunch seminar CPB, Nake Research Day Utrecht, EALE Conference Oslo, Public Economics UK
Conference Leicester, Netspar Pension Workshop Groningen, Summer School in Social Science
Data Analysis and Collection Essex, IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics Buch am
Ammersee, Mannheim Empirical Research Summer School Mannheim
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
Feb/13 – present
Nov/11 – present
Aug/07 – Feb/09
Sep/05 – June/08
Sep/05 – Dec/07
Chairman Local Organizing Committee Netherlands Economists Day
(N.E.D.)
Editor CPB Discussion Paper Series
Tilburg informal Labor/Health seminars organizer and Netspar Lunch
Activity organizer
Member of board, Labour Party (PvdA), first section Amsterdam Oost, then
section Rotterdam
PhD-representative of Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business, Tilburg
University PhD-council (TOP)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sep/07 – Jan/09
Sep/05 – Dec/06
Lectures Empirical Research in Pension and Retirement Economics (Msc)
Tutorials Introduction to Quantitative Methods and Mathematics 1 (Bsc)
SOFTWARE PROGRAMS
Stata (ado), R, MatLab, Latex
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Dutch, English (fluent), French (good), Spanish and German (basic)