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Education and growth with learning by doing
Marconi G.; de, Grip A. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2014
In this paper, we develop a general equilibrium overlapping generations model which is based on the view that education … directly increase productivity. This assumption is discussed and compared with the dominant Mincerian view on the education …-productivity relationship. One important implication of the model is that the enrolment rate to education has a negative effect on the GDP in …
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Parental investment and the intergenerational transmission of economic preferences
Zumbühl M.A.; Pfann G.A.; Pfann G.A.; Dohmen T.J. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
We study empirically whether there is scope for parents to shape the economicpreferences and attitudes of their children through purposeful investments. Weexploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children, as well as rich information about parental efforts in the...
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Economic uncertainty, parental selection, and the criminal activity of the 'children of the wall'
Chevalier A.; Marie O.; Marie O. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
We explore the link between parental selection and criminality of children in a newcontext. After the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, East Germany experienced a very large, but temporary, drop in birth rates mostly driven by economic uncertainty. We exploit this natural experiment in a...
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Causal effects on employment after first birth - A dynamic treatment approach -
Sommerfeld K.; Fitzenberger B.; Steffes S. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for the case of Germany, a country with a long maternity...
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The relation between maternal work hours and cognitive outcomes of young school-aged children
Fouarge D.; Künn-Nelen A.C.; de, Grip A. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
This paper is the first that analyzes the relation between maternal work hours and the cognitive outcomes of young school-going children. When children attend school, the potential time working mothers miss out with their children, is smaller than when children do not yet attend school. At the...
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Can gender differences in the educational performance of 15-year old migrant pupils be explained by the gender equality in the countries of origin and destination?
Kornder N.; Dronkers J.; Dronkers J. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
We try to explain the differences between the performance (in both reading and math) of 8430 15-year-old daughters and 8526 15-year-old sons in 17 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development destination countries across Europe and Oceania with the PISA 2009 data from 45 origin...
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Verkenning van de mogelijkheden van het gebruik van administratieve data voor het Project Onderwijs-Arbeidsmarkt
Lex, Borghans; Ben, Kriechel - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2008
In dit werkdocument wordt verslag gedaan van een verkennend onderzoek naar de mogelijkheden van het gebruik van administratieve data voor het Project Onderwijs-Arbeidsmarkt. Een aantal onderdelen van het onderzoek zijn gepubliceerd in het rapport De arbeidsmarkt naar opleiding en beroep tot 2012...
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An evaluation of the forecast of the indicator of the labour market gap
Arnaud, Dupuy - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2009
Th is evaluation study has been conducted within the framework of the Education andLabour Market Project (POA). Th e … project is funded by the Ministry of Education,Culture and Science (OCW), the Institute for Employee Benefi t Schemes (UWV … Education andLabour Market Project for their comments on an earlier version. …
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Measuring Skill-upgrading in the Dutch Labor Market
Arnaud, Dupuy - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2006
An important factor of shifts in the skills composition of the workforceis the upgrading of the qualifications demanded in the variousjobs in the economy, the so-called skill-upgrading. This skill-upgradingis principally caused by the development of new technologies that demandmore or different...
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How computerizaton changes the UK Labour Market: The Facts viewed from a new Perspective
Borghans L.; ter, Weel B. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2000
The digitisation of the world as a result of the introduction of computers, chips, and ICT, has undoubtedly been the most important technological development of the past few decades. The fact that more and more workers use computers has led to the conclusion that computer skills are becoming a...
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