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Dual Track or Academic Route for Auditors

Jonker, Nicole; Ophem, Hans van; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Institute - 2002

In the Netherlands auditors can be trained in a part-time educational track in which students combine working and studying or in a full-time educational track. The former training is relatively firm-specific whereas the latter training is relatively general. Applying human capital theory, we...

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The Urban Growth Potential of Second-Generation Migrant Entrepreneurs - A Sectoral Study on Amsterdam

Baycan-Levent, Tüzin; Nijkamp, Peter; Sahin, Mediha - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

This study focuses on the external orientations of the second-generation migrant entrepreneurs by addressing in particular the way – and the extent to which – the choice for entrepreneurship is made by higher-educated young ethnic generations. The empirical data of our study is based on...

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Migrant Entrepreneurship and New Urban Economic Opportunities

Nijkamp, Peter; Sahin, Mediha; Baycan-Levent, Tüzin - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

Nowadays, migrants form a significant share of the urban population, and their business is critical for urban economic growth. This paper addresses the key factors determining the position of migrant entrepreneurs in the urban economy in the Netherlands. In order to develop a solid assessment of...

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Migration and Immigrants: The Case of the Netherlands

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Institute - 2001

-war period. Existing studies on the labour market performance of immigrants and ethnic minorities are considered and some new …

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Starting Wages Respond To Employer's Risk

Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Ophem, Hans van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

Firms hiring fresh graduates face uncertainty on the future productivity of workers. Theory suggests that starting wages reflect this, with lower pay for greater uncertainty. We use the dispersion of exam grades within a field of education as an indicator of the unobserved heterogeneity that...

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If you are so smart, why aren't you an Entrepreneur?

Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs’ incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math...

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Wages and the Bargaining Regime in a Corporist Setting: The Netherlands

Hartog, Joop; Leuven, Edwin; Teulings, Coen - Tinbergen Institute - 2000

In a corporatist country, of which the Netherlands is an example, wages should not be distinguished by union membership status, but by the bargaining regime. Four bargaining regimes can be distinguished: (i) company level bargaining, (ii) industry level bargaining, (iii) mandatory extension of...

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Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance: Does Schooling provide Earnings Insurance?

Mazza, Jacopo; Ophem, Hans van; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

We apply a recently proposed method to disentangle unobserved heterogeneity from risk in returns to education. We replicate the original study on US men and extend to US women, UK men and German men. Most original results are not robust. A college education cannot universally be considered an...

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The Effect of Immigration on Native Earnings

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Institute - 2000

national survey of the SEO and the Population statistics of the CBS. Firstly, the direct effect of immigrants on local labour … immigrants are less skilled than natives. In the case that immigration flow is mainly composed of high skilled workers … cases, medium skilled natives are a little adversely affected by immigrants. <BR><BR> …

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