Due to a tax law implemented in 1998, Dutch employers can claim an extra tax deduction when they train employees aged 40 years or older. This causes a discontinuity in a firm's cost of training an employee. We exploit this discontinuity to identify two effects: the effect of the tax deduction on...

This paper reports about a randomized field experiment in which first year economics and business students at the University of Amsterdam could earn financial rewards for passing the first year requirements within one year. Participants were assigned to a high, low and zero (control) reward...

The purpose of this thesis is to study the mentoring functions exercised by apprenticeship masters in the craft industry. This issue echoes the difficulties small business leaders may have to retain new staff trained through apprenticeship in a trade suffering from a structural shortage of...

L’apprentissage : un monde morcelé L’élargissement du domaine de l’apprentissage : de la marginalisation à la promotion volontariste de l’apprentissage salarié - Apprentissage traditionnel et « nouveau territoire de l’apprentissage » : deux univers cloisonnés ? Évolution de...

Malgré le développement des formations en alternance et leur promotion politique, l’apprentissage souffre d’une image encore très dévalorisée auprès du grand public. Souvent associé à l’échec scolaire et à la « relégation » sociale, il constitue de fait pour l’élève et sa...

This study estimates the effect of expanding enrollment possibilities in early eduction on the achievement of young children. To do so it exploits two features of the Dutch schooling system. First, children are allowed to enroll in school on their fourth birthday. Second, children having their...