This paper uses longitudinal test data to analyze the relation between retirement and cognitivedevelopment. Controlling for individual fixed effects, we find that retirees face greater declinesin information processing speed than those who remain employed. However, remarkably, theircognitive...

We document the importance of negatively reciprocal inclinations in labor relationships by showingthat a retrenchment of pension rights, which is perceived as unfair, causes a larger reduction injob motivation the stronger workers’ negatively reciprocal inclinations are. We exploit...

This paper uses a natural experiment approach to identify the effects of an exogenous change in future pension benefits on workers'' training participation. We use unique matched survey and administrative data for male employees in the Dutch public sector who were born in 1949 or 1950. Only the...

This paper explores the relationship between graduates’ skill levels and the risk of overeducationand unemployment in 17 European countries. We distinguish between field-specific and generalskills and between two labour market segments, the occupational domain of a particular field ofstudy and...

This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training (“Employability-miles”)voucher scheme that aims to stimulate employees to develop a more active attitude toward their ownemployability. Using data from two surveys of the firm’s workforce, we find that voucher use...

In this paper, we estimate tenure-performance proles using unique panel data that containdetailed information on individual workers'' performance. We find that a 10 per cent increase intenure leads to an increase in performance of 5.5 per cent of a standard deviation. Thistranslates to an...

This paper analyses the eects of work-related training on worker productivity. To identify thecausal effects from training, we combine a field experiment that randomly assigns workers to treatmentand control groups with panel data on individual worker performance before and after training.We...

Dit werkdocument geeft de methodiek weer die gevolgd is bij het vertalen van de landelijke arbeidsmarktprognoses van het ROA naar 35 regios. De landelijke arbeidsmarktprognoses zijn in december 2013 gepubliceerd in het rapport De arbeidsmarkt naar opleiding en beroep tot 2018. Het rapport biedt...

De HBO-Monitor vierde in 2010 haar 20-jarige bestaan. In de eerste twintig jaar van de HBO-Monitor is op verschillende manieren gerapporteerd over de aansluiting tussen het HBO en de arbeidsmarkt, over de vraag wat de HBO-studenten tijdens hun studie hebben geleerd en over de vraag hoe zij de...

De HBO-Monitor vierde in 2010 haar 20-jarige bestaan. In de eerste twintig jaar van de HBO-Monitor is op verschillende manieren gerapporteerd over de aansluiting tussen het HBO en de arbeidsmarkt, over de vraag wat de HBO-studenten tijdens hun studie hebben geleerd en over de vraag hoe zij de...