The educational attainment of the Dutch labour force is lower than in neighbouring countries. Despite this worrying picture, and the fact that financial resources devoted to education are relatively small, it is argued that increasing public expenditure is not the obvious answer. As the social...

Dutch Abstract: Het is onduidelijk of verticale integratie van schoolbesturen gunstig of ongunstig is. Dit is theoretisch onderzocht op basis van de transactiekostentheorie en vervolgens empirisch. Hierbij is gebruik gemaakt van in- en uitstroomgegevens van verticale en niet-verticale besturen,...

Dutch Abstract: Schuldeisers en aandeelhouders hebben een verschillende aanspraak op het vermogen van de vennootschap. Schuldeisers hebben als eerste recht op uitbetaling uit het vermogen. En hun aanspraak - en bij faillissement hun verlies - bedraagt maximaal het bedrag van hun vordering....

In cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) it is usually assumed that a QALY is of equal value to everybody, irrespective of the patient's age. However, it is possible that society assigns different social values to a QALY according to who gets it. In this paper we discuss the possibility of weighting...

This study investigated whether earnings inequality is associated with social capital as measured by active membership in organizations and interpersonal trust. Pearson product-moment correlation analysis showed that greater earnings inequality was associated with lower values on both measures...

This study aims to analyse the effects of the decentralization level of collective wage bargaining on the wage level and the wage dispersion in Belgium. For this purpose, we have constructed a composite indicator of collective bargaining decentralization, based on variables that determine...

In order to reduce unemployment, it is often recommended that industry-level wage bargaining in Germany should be replaced by a more decentralized system. This paper provides a critical assessment of the current wage bargaining institutions and reexamines the case for a more decentralized...