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A structural analysis of labour supply elasticities in the Netherlands

Mastrogiacomo, Mauro; Bosch, Nicole M.; Gielen, Miriam … - 2013

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The duration of Dutch export relations : decomposing firm, country and product characteristics

Lejour, Arjan - 2013

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Optimal fiscal policy

Lukkezen, Jasper; Teulings, Coen - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013

This paper derives and estimates rules for fiscal policy that prescribe the optimal response to changes in unemployment and debt. We combine the reduced-form model of the economy from a linear VAR with a non-linear welfare function and obtain analytic solutions for optimal policy. The variables...

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How much do children learn in school? International evidence from school entry rules

Gerritsen, Sander; Webbink, Dinand - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013

This study provides the first estimates of the causal effect of time in school on cognitive skills for many countries around the world, for multiple age groups and for multiple subjects. These estimates enable a comparison of the performance of education systems based on gain scores instead of...

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Up or out? How individual research grants affect academic careers in the Netherlands

Gerritsen, Sander; Wiel, Karen van der; Plug, Erik - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013

Discussion Paper 248</a> We evaluate the causal effect of an IRI-grant on labor-market outcomes by taking advantage of … Discussion Paper 248</a>). …-grant enhances the probability of a successful career in science. Read also: <a href="http://www.cpb.nl/en/publication/the-effects-of-research-grants-on-scientific-productivity-and-utilisation">CPB …

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The effects of technology and offshoring on changes in employment and task-content of occupations

Akcomak, Semih; Kok, Suzanne; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013

Combining employment data with the British Skill Survey (BSS) â€“which has comparable within-occupation task data for three waves: 1997, 2001 and 2006â€“ we analyse employment changes between occupations (extensive margin) and within occupations (intensive margin). First, we find...

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The effects of research grants on scientific productivity and utilisation

Lanser, Debby; Dalen, Ryanne van - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013

This CPB Discussion Paper investigates the effect of receiving a grant from the Dutch Technology Foundation STW on the … Discussion Paper 249</a> STW funds application-oriented research by equally weighting academic quality and utilisation … Discussion Paper 249</a>). …

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Financial Shocks and Economic Activity in the Netherlands

Broer, Peter; Antony, Jürgen - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013

We analyse the effects of financial shocks on economic development in the euro area and the Netherlands in particular. We develop VAR models that take account of feedback loops between financial-market conditions and the real economy. These feedback loops operate via the aggregated euro-area...

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Access to External Finance and Innovation: A Macroeconomic Perspective

Mehmood, Sultan - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013

This article takes a macroeconomic perspective in studying innovation as one of the channels by which better access to financial markets affects economic development. The GMM difference and system estimators which accommodate country specific heterogeneity, endogenous explanatory variables and...

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Fiscal Equalization and Capitalization: Evidence from a Policy Reform

Vermeulen, Wouter; Allers, Maarten - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2013

Fiscal equalization through the allocation of central government grants may have adverse distributional implications if these grants capitalize into house values. We investigate the impact of changes in grants induced by a reform of the Dutch grant system. Since this reform was implemented...

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