In flow models of the labor market, wages are determined by negotiations between workers and employers on the surplus value of a realized match. From this perspective, this paper presents an econometric analysis of the influence of labor market flows on wage formation as an alternative to the...

This paper develops a national accounting system for the construction of consistent time series data for worker and job flows at the macro level. The construction method is applied for The Netherlands, and is based on the availability of actual time series and a number of additional assumptions....

In flow models of the labor market, wages are determined by negotiations between workers and employers on the surplus value of a realized match. From this perspective, this paper presents an econometric analysis of the influence of labor market flows on wage formation as an alternative to the...

This paper develops a national accounting system for the construction of consistent time series data for worker and job flows at the macro level. The construction method is applied for The Netherlands, and is based on the availability of actual time series and a number of additional assumptions....

This study presents an explorative econometric analysis of the influence of labour market flows on wage formation. It applies the vector cointegration and common trends methodology of Johansen (Likelihood-based Inference in Cointegrated Vector Autoregresssive Models, OUP, Oxford, 1995)....

We argue that although halal certification could potentially reduce the high transaction costs related to buying Islamic financial products, in practice these costs are just replaced by transaction costs relating to the certification itself. It takes considerable time (2–3 months) and money...

In dit artikel onderzoeken we of de averechtse effecten van de huidige werkloosheidsverzekeringen kunnen worden omzeild door de WW te vervangen door individuele spaarfondsen. Deze spaarfondsen worden door werknemers opgebouwd uit verplichte stortingen en WW-uitkeringen worden op individuele...

De Nederlandse woningmarkt is sterk gereguleerd. In dit artikel wordt geanalyseerd wat onder de gegeven omstandigheden de gevolgen van dere gulering zijn voor huur- en koopprijzen en voor de verdeling van woningen over huishoudens. We bekijken de effecten van individuele huursubsidie, sociale...

Recently some authors have proposed to introduce a system of individual unemployment savings accounts as an alternative to traditional public unemployment insurance. In this paper we investigate the feasibility of individual accounts as a possible alternative route to address the...