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Evaluating the effect of tax deductions on training

Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - EconWPA - 2002

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...

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The e ect of financial rewards on students achievement: Evidence from a randomized experiment

Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Klaauw, Bas van der - EconWPA - 2004

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...

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Investment in Tertiary Education : Main Determinants and Implications for Policy

Boarini, Romina; Strauss, Hubert; de la Maisonneuve, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008

Many OECD countries are aiming to reform their tertiary education (TE) systems. This work explores the determinants of the investment in TE, with a focus on institutional setting of TE systems and private incentives to undertake years of schooling beyond upper-secondary degree level. For this...

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Patterns and Trends in Services Related Activities in OECD Regions

Oliveira Martins, Joaquim; Mouradian, Florence; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013

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The Policy Determinants of Investment in Tertiary Education

de la Maisonneuve, Christine; Strauss, Hubert; Boarini, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009

The purpose of this article is to discuss how policies can affect investment in tertiary education in ways that would eliminate some of the perceived shortcomings of existing systems, while preserving or (preferably) enhancing equality of access to higher education. To this end, the analysis...

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New evidence on the effect of time in school on early achievement

Leuven, Edwin; Lindahl, Mikael; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - EconWPA - 2004

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...

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OECD Productivity Growth in the 2000s : A Descriptive Analysis of the Impact of Sectoral Effects and Innovation

Dupont, Julien; Guellec, Dominique; Oliveira Martins, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

construction and market services. Looking for possible explanations of the decline, a marked slowdown in innovation emerged as the … most likely cause. It concludes that, if no new wave of innovation materialises, comparable in size to the one of the late …. Only a recovery in innovation itself could trigger a sustainable recovery in productivity in the major OECD countries. …

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