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The short-term effect of the COVID-19 crisis on employment probabilities of labour-market entrants in the Netherlands
Bussink, Henri; Vervliet, Tobias; Weel, Bas ter - 2022
This research documents employment opportunities of labour-market entrants during the COVID-19 crisis in the Netherlands. Two recent cohorts of graduates are studied and compared to two preCOVID-19 cohorts: the 2019 cohort was unexpectedly hit by the COVID-19 crisis about six months after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013185250
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Regional clusters of innovative activity in Europe : are social capital and geographical proximity the key determinants?
Dominicis, Laura de; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Groot, … - 2011
effectiveness and efficiency of national and European innovation policies. Building on the literature on the knowledge production … regions. Our main research question is whether geographical proximity and social capital are important vehicles of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382705
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The firms behind the regions : analysis of regional innovation performance in Portugal by external logistic biplots
Noronha, Teresa de; Galinde, Purificación Vicente; … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191269
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Modelling R&D and innovation support systems : analysis of regional cluster structures in innovation in Portugal
Noronha, Teresa de; Galindo, Purificación Vicente; … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191338
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Regional wage differences in the Netherlands : micro-evidence on agglomeration externalities
Groot, Stefan P. T.; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Smit, Martijn - 2011
Based on micro-data on individual workers for the period 2000-2005, we show that wage differentials in the Netherlands are small but present. A large part of these differentials can be attributed to individual characteristics of workers. Remaining effects are partially explained by variations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386135
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The golden age of Nobel economists
Dalen, Hendrik P. van - 1997
Nobel laureates in economics make their most important and creative contributionsbetween the ages of 29 and 38. The average creative age of Nobel economists is slightly belowthat of laureates in physics, and considerably younger than that of laureates in chemistry andmedicine/physiology. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371109
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Costs and benefits of an Individual Learning Account (ILA) : a simulation analysis for the Netherlands
Bussink, Henri; Weel, Bas ter - 2022
This study analyses costs and benefits of a public-private funded individual learning account (ILA) for the labour force in the Netherlands. We consider an ILA that is funded by subsidies targeted at low- and medium-educated workers and co-funded by training levies as a share of the wage bill....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013413539
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Space and knowledge spillovers in European regions : the impact of different forms of proximity on spatial knowledge diffusion
Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191225
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Institutional capacity to dynamically innovate : an application to the Portuguese case
Galindo, Purificacíon Vicente; Noronha, Teresa de; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720773
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Agglomeration, innovation and regional development : theoretical perspectives and meta-analysis
Groot, Henri L. F. de; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - 2007
Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally …-connected knowledge-driven economy, the relevance of agglomeration forces that rely on proximity continues to increase, paradoxically … structure characterised by its extent of specialisation, competition and diversity, to yield innovation and productivity growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372972