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Thought for Food: Understanding Educational Disparities in Food Consumption
Koç, Hale; Kippersluis, Hans van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2015
the education disparity in diet. However, when faced with the most explicit health information regarding diet, lower … theoretical prediction that part of the education differences across health behaviours is driven by the "marginal value of health …" rising with education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257451
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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands
Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
irrelevance of education for socio-economic position of immigrants once the country of origin has been controlled for. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504936
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The Value of an Educated Population for an Individual's Entrepreneurship Success
Millan, Jose Maria; Congregado, Emilio; Roman, Concepcion; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship …. The value of other input factors, such as (knowledge) capital and labor is likely to be affected by the education level of … the possible stakeholders in the entrepreneur’s venture. The education distribution of the (local) population may thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008916007
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The Value of an Educated Population for an Individual's Entrepreneurship Success
Millan, Jose Maria; Congregado, Emilio; Roman, Concepcion; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
> Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship performance … value of other input factors, such as (knowledge) capital and labor is likely to be affected by the education level of the … possible stakeholders in the entrepreneur’s venture. The education distribution of the (local) population may thus shape the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256412
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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands
Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
considerable difficulties in the Dutch labour market. The most remarkable conclusion is the irrelevance of education for socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256701
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Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, Wim - Tinbergen Institute - 2003
entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144501
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Are Education Subsidies an Efficient Redistributive Device?
Dur, Robert A.J.; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Institute - 2003
This discussion paper has resulted in ch. 4 of <A href="http://books.google.nl/books?hl=nl&lr=&id=edksC0nRPZYC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=allesintitel:+%22Labor+Market+Institutions+and+Public+Regulation%22&ots=-umxBkjdnT&sig=oeFDTjhnSeo-w-4nuTjTJpuaUr8#v=onepage&q=&f=false">'Labor Market Institutions and Public Regulation'</A>, pp. 123-61, (Jonas Agell, Michael Keen, Alfons Weichenrieder (eds.)), 2004, MIT Press, 228 p.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136877
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Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance: Does Schooling provide Earnings Insurance?
Mazza, Jacopo; Ophem, Hans van; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
We apply a recently proposed method to disentangle unobserved heterogeneity from risk in returns to education. We … college education cannot universally be considered an insurance against unpredictability of wages. One conclusion is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008867507
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Are Education Subsidies an Efficient Redistributive Device?
Dur, Robert A.J.; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
We argue that promoting education may be a means to reduceincome inequality. When workers of different skill levels … areimperfect substitutes in production, an increase in the level ofhuman capital in the economy reduces the return to education … atrade-off between the distortions of taxes on effort and the distortionsof education subsidies on the investment in human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256508
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Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance: Does Schooling provide Earnings Insurance?
Mazza, Jacopo; Ophem, Hans van; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
We apply a recently proposed method to disentangle unobserved heterogeneity from risk in returns to education. We … college education cannot universally be considered an insurance against unpredictability of wages. One conclusion is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256636