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A pint a day raises a man's pay; but smoking blows that gain away

Ours, Jan C. van - 2002

This paper studies the wage effects of the use of alcohol and tobacco. The analysis based on a recent survey in the Netherlands shows that for males the use of tobacco has a negative wage effect of about 10% while the use of alcohol has a positive wage effect of about the same size. The wages of...

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The educational consequences of language proficiency for young children

Yao, Yuxin; Ohinata, Asako; Ours, Jan C. van - 2016

dialect-speaking and academic performance of 5-6 year old children in the Netherlands. We find that dialect-speaking has a … neither Dutch-speaking children nor dialect-speaking children are affected by the share of dialect-speaking peers in the …

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'Making Work Pay' : in a rationed labour market

Bargain, Olivier; Caliendo, Marco; Haan, Peter; Orsini, … - 2006

-benefit systems ; microsimulation ; household labour supply ; multinomial logit ; involuntary unemployment ; double-hurdle …

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Drinking is different! : examining the role of locus of control for alcohol consumption

Caliendo, Marco; Hennecke, Juliane - 2020

Unhealthy behavior can be extremely costly from a micro- and macroeconomic perspective and exploring the determinants of such behavior is highly important from an economist's point of view. We examine whether locus of control (LOC) can explain alcohol consumption as an important domain of health...

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How to stimulate single mothers on welfare to find a job : evidence from a natural experiment

Knoef, Marike; Ours, Jan C. van - 2014

We present the results from a natural experiment in which single mothers on welfare were stimulated to find a job. Two policy instruments were introduced: an earnings disregard and job creation. The experiment was performed at the level of municipalities in The Netherlands, a country with...

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Fighting youth unemployment : the effects of active labor market policies

Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Schmidl, Ricarda - 2011

A substantial number of young unemployed participate in active labor market programs (ALMP) in Germany each year. While the aims of these programs are clear - a fast re-integration into employment or enrollment in further education - a comprehensive analysis of their effectiveness has yet to be...

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Youth unemployment and active labor market policies in Europe

Caliendo, Marco; Schmidl, Ricarda - 2015 - Forthcoming in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015

Since the economic crisis in 2008, European youth unemployment rates have been persistently high at around 20% on average. The majority of European countries spends significant resources each year on active labor market programs (ALMP) with the aim of improving the integration prospects of...

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How immigrant children affect the academic achievement of native Dutch children

Ohinata, Asako; Ours, Jan C. van - 2011

In this paper, we analyze how the share of immigrant children in the classroom affects the educational attainment of … native Dutch children. Our analysis uses data from various sources, which allow us to characterize educational attainment in …-over effects from immigrant children to native Dutch children. Immigrant children themselves experience negative language spill …

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Reading to young children : a head-start in life?

Kalb, Guyonne; Ours, Jan C. van - 2013

This paper investigates the importance of parents reading to their young children. Using Australian data we find that … parental reading to children at age 4 to 5 has positive and significant effects on reading skills and cognitive skills of these … children at least up to age 10 or 11. Our findings are robust to a wide range of sensitivity analyses. …

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Immigration : what about the children and grandchildren?

Sweetman, Arthur; Ours, Jan C. van - 2014

whose populations comprise a substantial share of the children and grandchildren of immigrants. In addition to basic …

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