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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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Job Mobility in Europe, Japan and the U.S.
Lex, Borghans; Bart, Golsteyn - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2011
Evidence about job mobility outside the U.S. is scarce and difficult to compare crossnationallybecause of non-uniform data. We document job mobility patterns of collegegraduates in their first three years in the labor market, using unique uniform datacovering 11 European countries and Japan....
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Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain
Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2003
Using data from the 1997 Skills Survey of the Employed British Workforce, we examine the returns to computer skills in Britain. Many researchers, using information on computer use, have concluded that wage differentials between computer users and non-users might, among others, be due to...
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The effects of higher education programme characteristics on allocation and performance of the graduates: a European view
Hans, Heijke; Christoph, Meng - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2006
transition from education to the labour market. Using a unique data set on the labour market situation of graduates in nine … European countries, we investigate the significance of five characteristics of the higher education programmes: (1) The … occupations.First, our results reveal in particular the importance of the competence orientation of the education programme …
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What affects lifelong learning of scientists and engineers?
de, Grip Andries; Wendy, Smits - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2009
This paper greatly enriches the discussion on the determinants of lifelong learning of scientists and engineers (S&Es). In our analysis, which is based on a survey among S&Es in the Netherlands, we take account of both formal training and different modes of informal learning. We find that S&Es...
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Are Courses Chosen to Reduce Skill-Deficiences? An Experimental Approach
Lex, Borghans; Bart, Golsteyn - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2007
Do people choose courses to reduce work-related skill-deficiencies, and do theychoose courses deliberately? We measure the skill-deficiency for six skills andperform an experiment in which workers are offered three courses related tothese skills. They may exchange these courses for other...
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Determinants of dropout behaviour in a job training programme for disadvantaged youths
de, Crombrugghe Denis; Henry, Espinoza; Hans, Heijke - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2010
A general conclusion of the youth job training programme (YJTP) evaluationliterature is that these programmes are more effective when completed. Yet,YJTPs suffer from substantial dropout problems. This paper studies the extent ofthe dropout phenomenon and under which circumstances dropout is...
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