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Compensation of On-call and Fixed-term Employment: the Role of Uncertainty

Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

In this paper I analyse the use and compensation of fixed-term and on-call employment contracts in the Netherlands. I use an analytical framework in which wage differentials result from two types of uncertainty. Quantity uncertainty originates from imperfect foresight in future product demand. I...

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Transformations of Industrial Heritage: Insights into External Effects on House Prices

Duijn, Mark van; Rouwendal, Jan; Boersema, Richard - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

Local policy makers seek ways to deal with abandoned industrial heritage in their jurisdictions. Much is demolished, but in some cases considerable investments are made to preserve the cultural aspects of industrial sites. The renewal plans are usually designed to stimulate urban renewal in the...

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Making Work pay for the Indebted. The Effect of Debt Services on the Exit Rates of Unemployed Individuals

Koning, Pierre - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

This paper investigates the effectiveness of an intervention that was targeted at a specific group of Dutch Social Assistance (SA) recipients with debt problems. With a large share of the income gains of work resumption were transferred to the creditors, these individuals experienced a strong a...

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The Use of Spatial Filtering Techniques: The Spatial and Space-time Structure of German Unemployment Data

Patuelli, Roberto; Griffith, Daniel A.; Tiefelsdorf, Michael - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

Socio-economic interrelationships among regions can be measured in terms of economic flows, migration, or physical … favour a similar economic performance among adjacent regions. Therefore, proper forecasting of socio-economic variables, such … particular geographic configuration of a system of regions. Several spatial econometric techniques have been developed in recent …

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Exponential or Power Distance-decay for Commuting? An Alternative Specification

Vries, Jacob J. de; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

In this paper we determine the effect of transport cost on commuting flows, on the basis of an analysis of home-to-work journeys between municipalities in Denmark. Special attention is given to a proper estimation method and the form of the distance-decay function. It appears that neither an...

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Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level

Motamed, Mesbah J.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Masters, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

This paper addresses the timing of a location's historical transition from rural to urban activity. We test whether urbanization occurs sooner in places with higher agricultural potential and comparatively lower transport costs, using worldwide data that divide the earth's surface at half-degree...

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Multilevel Approaches and the Firm-Agglomeration Ambiguity in Economic Growth Studies

Oort, Frank G. van; Burger, Martijn J.; Knoben, Joris; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

may be a source of the uneven distribution of economic activities and economic growth across cities and regions. Both …

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Cognitive Capital and Islands of Innovation: The Lucas Growth Model from a Regional Perspective

Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

, determining an advantage for innovative regions and a challenge for lagging ones. We address the role of knowledge in shaping … increasing returns to knowledge, favouring the emergence of islands of innovation; regions with a high endowment of cognitive …

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Spatial Patterns of Technology Diffusion: An Empirical Analysis using TFP

Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

In this paper we employ techniques developed in spatial econometrics to analyse spatial patterns of technology diffusion, to detect clusters and to estimate theoretical models that incorporate space explicitly. These techniques correct for misspecifications resulting from the omission of spatial...

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Carrot and Stick: How Reemployment Bonuses and Benefit Sanctions affect Job Finding Rates

Klaauw, Bas van der; Ours, Jan C. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010

This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the 'Journal of Applied Econometrics', 2013, 28, 275-296.<P> To increase their transition from welfare to work, benefit recipients in the municipality of Rotterdam were exposed to various financial incentives, including both carrots to sticks. Once...</p>

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