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Homeownership and the labour market in Europe
Ewijk, Casper van; Leuvensteijn, Michiel van - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2009
the intriguing hypothesis put forward by Andrew Oswald that homeownership may be a hindrance to the smooth working of the … homeownership rates have been on the increase, often as a result of government policies, making the barriers that homeownership … homeownership limits the likelihood of becoming unemployed and increases the probability of finding a job once unemployed. On the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079139
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The impact of housing market institutions on labour mobility; a European cross-country comparison
Leuvensteijn, Michiel van; Graaff, Thomas de - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2007
that home-ownership reduces job-to-job mobility as well as the probability to become unemployed or economically inactive on … a individual level. However, a comparison between countries reveals that countries with high levels of homeownership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168736
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Regional disparities in a small country? An analysis of regional unemployment and participation differentials in the Netherlands from 1975 to 2003.
Vermeulen, Wouter - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2006
The existence of regional support programs presumes that labour markets in the Netherlands do not clear at the national, but at some local level. From a general equilibrium perspective, it is far from straightforward to identify the regional dimension of labour markets. This study argues that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168835
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The impact of homeownership on unemployment in the Netherlands
Vuuren, Aico van; Leuvensteijn, Michiel van - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2007
We analyze the impact of homeownership on unemployment duration using a theoretical model of job search. Earlier … unemployment to a job in the local labour market. The impact is significant but not very large. Homeownership has a negative but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572677
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Wage inequality in the Netherlands: Evidence, trends and explanations
Groot, Stefan; Groot, Henri de - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2011
Using detailed micro data on the entire wage distribution in the Netherlands, this paper examines trends in Dutch (real pre-tax) wage inequality between 2000 and 2008. For many years, the Netherlands has been considered an exception to the general trend of growing wage inequality that most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216788
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Regional wage differences in the Netherlands: Micro-evidence on agglomeration externalities
Groot, Stefan; Groot, Henri de; Smit, Martijn - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2011
Based on micro-data on individual workers for the period 2000–2005, we show that regional 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216790
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Housing supply and the interaction of regional population and employment
Vermeulen, Wouter; Ommeren, J. van - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2006
Housing markets may significantly affect the relationship between regional population and employment, if housing supply is not fully accommodative to demand. We analyse the relationships between housing supply, regional population and employment empirically in a three-equation dynamic model....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168703
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Compensation of regional unemployment in housing markets
Vermeulen, Wouter; Ommeren, J. van - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2006
Why are regional unemployment differentials in Europe so persistent if, as the wage curve literature demonstrates, there is no compensation in labour markets? We hypothesise that workers in high-unemployment regions are compensated in housing markets. Modelling regional unemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168763
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Matching worker skills to job tasks in the Netherlands: Sorting into cities for better careers
Kok, Suzanne - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013
Matches between workers and jobs are better in thick labour markets than in thin ones. This CPB Discussion Paper measures match quality by the gap between worker skills and their job tasks in the Netherlands. The smaller the gap, the better the match between skills and tasks. The measured gaps...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011031752
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Town and city jobs: Your job is different in another location
Kok, Suzanne - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013
This CPB Discussion Paper shows that a job contains a different task package in a large city than the same job in a small city. We set out a theoretical model of the division of labour across cities, which shows that both the division of labour and the skill demand increase with city size....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011031758