Human Capital Depreciation during Family-related Career Inter¬ruptions in Male and Female Occupations This study investigates the relation between human capital depreciation during family-related career interruptions and occupational choice of women in the (West) German labour market. In...

In this paper we analyse whether the training participation and task flexibility of low-skilled workers contribute to their firm-internal and external mobility. We find that both workers’ training participation and task flexibility merely contribute to workers’ firm-internal employability....

This paper analyses the effects of work-related training on worker productivity. Toidentify the causal effects from training, we combine a field experiment that randomlyassigns workers to treatment and control groups with panel data on individual workerperformance before and after training. We...

This paper assesses the impact of a dramatic reform of the Dutch pension system on mental health, savings behavior and retirement expectations of workers nearing retirement age. The reform means that public sector workers born on January 1, 1950 or later face a substantial reduction in their...

In this paper, we estimate tenure-performance profiles using unique panel data thatcontain detailed information on individual workers’performance. We find that 10per cent increase in tenure leads to an increase in performance of 5.5 per cent of astandard deviation. This translates to an...

This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training (“Employabilitymiles”)voucher scheme that aims to stimulate employees to develop a more activeattitude toward their own employability. Using data from two surveys of the firm’sworkforce, we find that voucher use is...

In deze notitie zal een globaal overzicht worden gegeven van de wijze waarop het in het ka der van het Project Onderwijs Arbeidsmarkt (POA) opgezette ROA informatiesysteem onderwijs-arbeidsmarkt zich vanaf de start in 1986 heeft ontwikkeld. In aansluiting daarop zal ook worden ingegaan op de...

In dit rapport1 wordt ingegaan op de vraag in welke mate werknemers reageren opeen versobering in hun pensioenrechten en in hoeverre organisaties binnen de sectoroverheid en het onderwijs succesvol zijn in het stimuleren van het (productief ) langerdoorwerken van hun werknemers. Daarbij wordt...

This paper greatly enriches the discussion on the determinants of lifelong learning of scientists and engineers (S&Es). In our analysis, which is based on a survey among S&Es in the Netherlands, we take account of both formal training and different modes of informal learning. We find that S&Es...

We analyze whether technological change induces skill obsolescence and early labor market exit, and to what extent lifelong learning reduces these risks. Using panel data on older workers, we find that workers report skill obsolescence more often in jobs in which learning is a structural...