This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the <A href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecoj.12074/abstract;jsessionid=368B56AE8F9F0C1A8F686B9FB93B1CCC.f01t02">'Economic Journal'</A>, 2014, 124(579), 1086-1105.<P> We examine the causal effect of commuting distance on workers' wages in a quasi-natural experiments setting using information on all workers in Denmark. We account for endogeneity of distance by...</p></a>

This paper employs survey data on the reasons to quit of Dutch job changers who entered or left a public sector job in 2001. We show that workers' reasons to quit their public sector job influence their decision to stay in or leave their industry of employment. A bad experience with, for...

This paper has resulted in a publication in <I>Labour Economics</I> (2013), 23, 50-56.<P> The paper provides a theoretical foundation for the empirical regularities observed in estimations of wage consequences of overeducation and undereducation. Workers with more education than required for their jobs...</p></i>