scholarly journals Vignettes and Self-Reports of Work Disability in the United States and the Netherlands

2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 461-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arie Kapteyn ◽  
JamesP. Smith ◽  
Arthur van Soest
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Reports

scholarly journals Vignettes and Self-Reports of Work Disability in the United States and the Netherlands

2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 461-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arie Kapteyn ◽  
James P Smith ◽  
Arthur van Soest
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lower Threshold ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Partial Resolution ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Self Reports

In contrast to the believed similarity in their health outcomes, workers in different Western countries report very different rates of work disability. Using new data from the United States and the Netherlands, we offer a partial resolution to this paradox. We find that observed differences in reported work disability largely stem from the fact that Dutch respondents have a lower threshold in reporting whether they have a work disability than American respondents. For those who do not suffer from pain, work disability is similar in both countries once thresholds are the same. For respondents with pain, however, a significant difference remains. (JEL J14, J28)

scholarly journals Work Disability is a Pain in the *****, Especially in England, The Netherlands, and the United States

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Banks ◽  
Arie Kapteyn ◽  
James P. Smith ◽  
Arthur H. O. van Soest
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals A perfect symbiosis: Curaçao, the Netherlands and financial offshore services, 1951–2013

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Tijn van Beurden ◽  
Joost Jonker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Tax Treaties ◽  
Gradual Decline ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Financial Centre ◽  
The One

Analysing Curaçao as an offshore financial centre from its inception to its gradual decline, we find that it originated and evolved in close concert with the demand for such services from Western countries. Dutch banks and multinationals spearheaded the creation of institutions on the island facilitating tax avoidance. In this they were aided and abetted by their government, which firmly supported the Antilles in getting access to bilateral tax treaties, notably the one with the United States. Until the mid 1980s Curaçao flourished, but then found it increasingly difficult to keep a competitive advantage over other offshore centres. Meanwhile the Curaçao connection had enabled the Netherlands to turn itself into a hub for international revenue flows that today still feed both Dutch tax income and specialised financial, legal and accounting services.

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