As suggested by human capital theory, workers with flexible contracts participate lessoften in training than those with permanent contracts. We find that this is merely dueto the fact that flexworkers receive less employer–funded training, a gap they can onlypartly compensate for by their own...

This paper greatly enriches the discussion on the determinants of lifelong learning of scientists and engineers (S&Es). In our analysis, which is based on a survey among S&Es in the Netherlands, we take account of both formal training and different modes of informal learning. We find that S&Es...

The effects of educational systems, school-composition, track-level, parentalbackground and immigrants’ origins on the achievement of 15-years old native andimmigrant students. A reanalysis of PISA 2006.The main research question of this paper is the combined estimation of the effectsof...

Het Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid heeft het ROA gevraagd om een haalbaarheidsonderzoekuit te voeren naar de kwantificering van de inkomensmobiliteit tussen generaties in Nederland en dekwantificering van de factoren die deze mobiliteit beïnvloeden. Het ROA heeft dit...

This paper explores the relationship between graduates’ skill levels and the risk ofovereducation and unemployment in 17 European countries. We distinguish betweenfield-specific and general skills and between two labour market segments, theoccupational domain of a particular field of study and...