Posts tagged with 'Netherlands'
April 12, 2018
Is dependency on disability insurance benefits transmitted from parents to children?
Disability benefits provide an essential safety net for many people of working age whose health prevents them from engaging in […]
October 24, 2017
Teenage daughters as a risk factor for divorce
Sullen exchanges, inexplicable silences and broken curfews can be part of life for parents of teenagers, but could this period […]
October 9, 2017
How tax policy can promote lifelong learning
In the face of demographic and technological change, people will have to work longer and are more likely to switch […]
November 11, 2016
What a difference a day makes
Family stability is a prerequisite for a number of social outcomes that policy makers care about, not the least being […]
August 15, 2016
Backlash against Muslim immigrants after terrorist attacks harms integration and the economy
The recent rise in the number and intensity of fundamentalist Islamic terrorist attacks occurring in several Western cities could, as […]
December 3, 2015
Happy birthday, you’re fired! Effects of the age-dependent minimum wage in the Netherlands
The effects of the minimum wage on youth employment flows are at the focal point of the current policy debate […]
November 17, 2015
Demanding occupations and the retirement age
With populations aging in across most developed countries, governments are under pressure to reform pension schemes to guarantee their fiscal […]
July 27, 2015
Home births lead to higher infant mortality: Dutch mothers in poorer areas at risk
The safety of home births for low-risk women is a hotly debated topic in the Western world. In this context, […]
September 17, 2014
Flexible working hours improve job satisfaction
Temporal and locational flexibility (TLF) is an important element in current policy debates about working conditions and the combination of […]
July 11, 2014
Having a successful start-up: How your team should be composed
Entrepreneurship is an important source of innovation and technological change. And as standard macro theory suggests, these are main drivers […]
June 23, 2014
Encouraging single mothers to work – evidence from the Netherlands
Welfare benefits are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the poor need them to survive, on the other hand […]
January 10, 2014
More midwives, fewer doctors: a safe way to cut medical costs?
Medical expenditures increased tremendously over the last few decades throughout the entire developed world. This is especially true for spending […]
October 25, 2013
Relative bonus payment schemes do not increase performance
Many firms run employee-of-the-month or job promotion contests. Stock brokers get additional money if they beat the index. Bonus payment […]
September 11, 2013
High testosterone, high wages?
Does the level of testosterone, which is associated with more aggressive and competitive behavior, explain why men earn more than […]
September 6, 2013
Early retirement makes men live longer
Does early retirement affect how long people live? In a new IZA Discussion Paper, Hans Bloemen, Stefan Hochguertel and Jochem […]
June 24, 2013
Do people discriminate others or favor their ownkind?
Discrimination is omnipresent in today’s labor markets: women receive lower wages, foreigner are less likely to be hired. While the […]
May 31, 2013
Seek and ye shall find: how search requirements affect job finding rates of older workers
Older workers often have difficulties to find a new job after becoming unemployment. While this problem is often attributed to […]