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Tracing the Changing Measures of Unemployment in Dutch Unemployment Statistics 1900-1940
Rodenburg, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001
In the period before the second World War, the Dutch Bureau of Statistics had developed two sets of indicators ofunemployment in the Netherlands. One was based on statistical data of unemployment insurance funds of tradeunions and the other one on statistical data of labour exchanges. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255842
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The Remarkable Place of the UV-Curve in Economic Theory
Rodenburg, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the impact the UV-curve had on economic theory and to provide an account of the subsequent radical changes in its place and role over the decades since its first appearance in 1958. The paper traces the historical development of the UV-curve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257297
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Models as Measuring Instruments
Rodenburg, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
Nancy Cartwright views models as blueprints for nomological machines - machines which, if properly shielded, generate lawlike behaviour or regularities. Marcel Boumans has argued that we can look for devices inside models which enable us to measure aspects of these regularities. So, if models do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257399
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Multiple Causation and the Measurement of Unemployment
Rodenburg, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
The establishment of appropriate policy measures for fighting unemployment has always been difficult since causes of unemployment are hard to identify. This paper analyses an approach used mainly in the 1960s and 1970s in economics, in which classification is used as a way to deal with such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257466
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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
What drives stated preferences about the number of foreigners? Is it self-interest as stressed by the political economy of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with the preference for the aggregate population size? In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136966
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The Remarkable Place of the UV-Curve in Economic Theory
Rodenburg, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the impact the UV-curve had on economic theory and to provide an account of the subsequent radical changes in its place and role over the decades since its first appearance in 1958. The paper traces the historical development of the UV-curve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137010
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Models as Measuring Instruments
Rodenburg, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
Nancy Cartwright views models as blueprints for nomological machines - machines which, if properly shielded, generate lawlike behaviour or regularities. Marcel Boumans has argued that we can look for devices inside models which enable us to measure aspects of these regularities. So, if models do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137112
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Tracing the Changing Measures of Unemployment in Dutch Unemployment Statistics 1900-1940
Rodenburg, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2001
In the period before the second World War, the Dutch Bureau of Statistics had developed two sets of indicators of unemployment in the Netherlands. One was based on statistical data of unemployment insurance funds of trade unions and the other one on statistical data of labour exchanges. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137132
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Multiple Causation and the Measurement of Unemployment
Rodenburg, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
The establishment of appropriate policy measures for fighting unemployment has always been difficult since causes of unemployment are hard to identify. This paper analyses an approach used mainly in the 1960s and 1970s in economics, in which classification is used as a way to deal with such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504957
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Health, Financial Incentives and Retirement in Spain
Erdogan-Ciftci, Esen; Doorslaer, Eddy Van; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
We estimate the impact of health and financial incentives on the retirement transitions of older workers in Spain … derived as changes in a composite health stock measure over time. We examine labour market exits into both old age retirement … and a broader definition of retirement including inactivity, while controlling for unobserved heterogeneity. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255520