De Nederlandse economie kromp in ieder kwartaal van 2012. Ook de Metalektro ishierdoor geraakt. De sector kende in elk kwartaal een dalende omzet, die met name in het derde en vierde kwartaal fors was. Het percentage bedrijven dat met een terugvallende afzet te kampen heeft stijgt al vanaf begin...

Het kabinet Rutte-Asscher heeft afspraken gemaakt over een versnelde verhoging vande AOW-leeftijd, zodat deze in 2018 op 66 jaar zal liggen en in 2021 op 67 jaar.Werknemers zullen zich daarom moeten instellen op een situatie waarin zij langermoeten doorwerken. Tegelijkertijd zorgt de verhoging...

We develop a measure of hybrid defined benefit DB pension risk and show how this pension risk affects individual portfolio decisions. We find that people in riskier DB plans are, on average, not only less likely to hold equity but also hold a smaller share of their wealth in equity. This...

Using representative household panel data, we show that the investment behavior ofhouseholds is related to the economic locus of control of household heads. A households internal locus of control in economic issues is positively related to its decision to hold risky assets as well as its share...

Using data from the UK Skills Surveys, we show that the part-time pay penalty for female workers within low- and medium-skilled occupations decreased significantly over the period 1997-2006. The convergence in computer use between part-time and full-time workers within these occupations explains...

In dit rapport brengen wij het formele en informele leren en de kennisontwikkeling in Nederland in kaart aan de hand van vier peilingen van de ROA Levenslang Leren Enqute voor de jaren 2004, 2007, 2010 en 2013. Aangezien het monitorgedeelte van de vragenlijst gedurende deze jaren ongewijzigd is...

In this paper, we develop a general equilibrium overlapping generations model which is based on the view that education makes workers more productive by increasing their ability to learn from work experience, rather than providing skills that directly increase productivity. This assumption is...

This paper uncovers conspicuous work as a new form of status seeking that can explain social interactions in labour supply. We analyse how peer working time relates to both labour supply and happiness for Dutch male workers. Using a unique measure of peer weekly working time, we find that mens...

This article investigates whether New Ways of Working NWW are related to employee work engagement in the Netherlands. We test our hypotheses using a sample of 656 employees from 14 industry sectors and 12 occupational fields. Our study reveals that three facets of NWW positively affect work...