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Interaction of Regional Population and Employment
Vermeulen, Wouter; Ommeren, Jos van - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
We investigate the interaction of regional population and employment in a simu1taneous model, allowing for interregional commuting. The proposed dynamic specification distinguishes between short-run and equilibrium adjustment effects and it encompasses the lagged-adjustment specification that is...
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Does Land Use Planning shape Regional Economies?
Vermeulen, Wouter; Ommeren, Jos van - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
Why has job growth over the past decades been weaker in the Dutch Randstad area than in surrounding regions? In a simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment adjusts to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration is predominantly determined by regional housing supply and...
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Regional Wage Differences in the Netherlands: Micro-Evidence on Agglomeration Externalities
Groot, Stefan P.T. de; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Smit, Martijn - Tinbergen Institute - 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...
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Diffusion of a Social Norm: Tracing the Emergence of the Housewife in the Netherlands, 1812-1922
Poppel, Frans W.A. van; Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Walhout, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2006
The emergence of the housewife in the Netherlands over the period 1812-1922 was strongly influenced by the social norm that women should withdraw from the labour market on the eve of marriage. Adherence to this norm is most clearly reflected in the emergence of the housewife among the lower...
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Decomposing the Gender Wage Gap in the Netherlands with Sample Selection Adjustments
Albrecht, James; Vuuren, Aico van; Vroman, Susan - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
In this paper, we use quantile regression decomposition methods to analyze the gender gap between men and women who …, sample selection is a serious issue. In addition to shedding light on the sources of the gender gap in the Netherlands, we … experience with the remainder due to unobservables. Our decompositions show that the majority of the gender log wage gap is due …
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Multitasking: Productivity Effects and Gender Differences
Buser, Thomas; Peter, Noemi - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
We examine how multitasking affects performance and check whether women are indeed better at multitasking. Subjects in our experiment perform two different tasks according to three treatments: one where they perform the tasks sequentially, one where they are forced to multitask, and one where...
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Are Workers with A Long Commute Less Productive? An Empirical Analysis of Absenteeism
Ommeren, Jos van; Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
We hypothesize, and test for, a negative effect of the length of the commute on worker’s productivity, by examining whether the commute has a positive effect on worker’s absenteeism. Our estimates for Germany indicate that commuting distance induces absenteeism with an elasticity of about...
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Dynamics of Chinese Comparative Advantage
Hinloopen, Jeroen; Marrewijk, Charles van - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
We analyze the dynamics of Chinese comparative advantage as measured by export shares and the Balassa index using 3-digit and 4-digit sectors for the period 1970 – 1997. We use novel tools to identify periods of rapid structural change and the persistence of comparative advantage, such as...
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Seeing the World with Different Eyes
Koellinger, Philipp; Minniti, Maria; Schade, Christian - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
Across countries, women own significantly fewer businesses than do men. We show that this is due, in large part, to the fact that the propensity to start businesses of women is significantly lower than that of men. The lower propensity of women, in turn, appears to be highly correlated to...
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Gender Differences, HIV Risk Perception and Condom Use
Lammers, Judith; Wijnbergen, Sweder van; Willebrands, Daan - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
We analyze how HIV-knowledge influences condom use across the sexes. The empirical work is based on a household survey conducted among 1,979 households of a representative group of market persons in Lagos in 2008. Last-time-condom-use is analyzed based on a Probit model while correcting for...
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