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Matching worker skills to job tasks in the Netherlands: Sorting into cities for better careers

Kok, Suzanne - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 2, pp. 1-36

Matches between workers and jobs are better in thick labour markets than in thin ones. This paper measures match quality by the gap between worker skills and their job tasks in the Netherlands. The smaller the gap, the better the match between skills and tasks. The measured gaps are 14 percent...

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Matching worker skills to job tasks in the Netherlands : sorting into cities for better careers

Kok, Suzanne - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 2, pp. 1-36

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Agglomeration economies in the Netherlands

Gorter, Joeri; Kok, Suzanne - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2009

In this paper we measure the strength of agglomeration economies on the basis of Dutch regional data. The drift to … geographical areas. The advantages of proximity of people and firms go under the name 'agglomeration economies'. We regress … regional labour productivity on a set of agglomeration indices, and find evidence for a productivity effect of concentration of …

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Matching worker skills to job tasks in the Netherlands: Sorting into cities for better careers

Kok, Suzanne - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013

Matches between workers and jobs are better in thick labour markets than in thin ones. This CPB Discussion Paper measures match quality by the gap between worker skills and their job tasks in the Netherlands. The smaller the gap, the better the match between skills and tasks. The measured gaps...

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Returns to communication in specialised and diversified US cities

Kok, Suzanne - 2013

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