In this study we investigate how differential institutions, and their observance within regional labor markets, impact potential earnings realization. We investigate institutional linkages to labor market outcomes by means of cross-nation comparisons between the United States and the...

D<sc>elfmann</sc> H., K<sc>oster</sc> S., M<sc>c</sc>C<sc>ann</sc> P. and <sc>van</sc> D<sc>ijk</sc> J. Population change and new firm formation in urban and rural regions, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Many regions across the European Union, including regions in the Netherlands, face population decline, entailing changing demographics and related social and...

Noback I., Broersma L. and van Dijk J. Gender-specific spatial interactions on Dutch regional labour markets and the gender employment gap, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper analyses gender-specific employment rates and the gender employment gap in Dutch municipalities for 2002. The novelty of this...

This foreword by Jouke van Dijk, president of ERSA, explains why ERSA is publishing REGION.

Although the Netherlands population is increasing, the population growth rate, even if fluctuating considerably, has been declining since the 1960s. The Netherland’s age structure since the 1960s has also experienced change such as declining youth, significant increase in 40 to 65 age group,...

This paper analyses the response of regional labour markets in The Netherlands to region specific labour demand shocks. Whereas previous studies analyse only average patterns of all regions in a country, this paper provides also a more in debt analysis of within country differences in labour...