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Many economic decisions involve a substantial amount of uncertainty, andtherefore crucially depend on how individuals process probabilistic information. Inthis paper, we investigate the capability for probability judgment in a representativesample of the German population. Our results show that...
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In this paper we document the wage structure and labor mobility in the Netherlands in the period 1999-2003. We explain the importance of wage-setting institutions in the Netherlands and the main actors. The analyses are based on administrative sources allowing for comparisons between and within...
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result is robust to stratifying by age, sex, education, national origin, and a variety of other demographic characteristics …
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Despite the fact that worker quits are often associated with wage gains and higheroverall job satisfaction, many workers quit once again within one or two years afterchanging jobs initially. Such repeated job quit behavior may arise as a steppingstone to better quality jobs (Burdett, 1978) or as...
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This paper uses longitudinal test data to analyze the relation between retirement andcognitive development. Controlling for individual fixed effects, we find that retirees facegreater declines in information processing speed than those who remain employed.However, remarkably, their cognitive...
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This paper complements the experimental literature that has shown theimportance of reciprocity for behaviour in stylized labour markets or otherdecision settings. We use individual measures of reciprocal inclinations in alarge, representative survey, and relate reciprocity to real world labour...
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In this paper, we study the crime reducing potential of education, presenting causalstatistical estimates based upon a … education canyield significant social benefits and can be a key policy tool in the drive to reduce crime. …
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In dit werkdocument wordt verslag gedaan van een onderzoek naar flexibele arbeid in Nederland. Het onderzoek heeft plaatsgevonden in het kader van het Project Onderwijs-Arbeidsmarkt. Een gedeelte van dit werkdocument is in geactualiseerde vorm terug te vinden in hoofdstuk 4 van De arbeidsmarkt...
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Het Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA) maakt in het kader van het Arbeidsmarktinformatiesysteem (AIS) iedere twee jaar middellangetermijnprognoses naar opleiding en beroep. De laatste prognoses zijn terug te vinden in De arbeidsmarkt naar opleiding en beroep tot 2014 (ROA,...
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Het Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid heeft het ROA gevraagd om een haalbaarheidsonderzoekuit te voeren naar de kwantificering van de inkomensmobiliteit tussen generaties in Nederland en dekwantificering van de factoren die deze mobiliteit beïnvloeden. Het ROA heeft dit...
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