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The effects of immigration on wages in three European countries

Hartog, Joop; Zorlu, Aslan - 2002

three labour types and estimate reduced form wage equations for The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Norway. We find very …

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Demanding occupations and the retirement age

Vermeer, Niels; Mastrogiacomo, Mauro; Soest, Arthur van - 2015

In several countries where pensions are reformed and the retirement age is increased, the issue came up to make an exception for workers with demanding occupations, since health considerations may make it unreasonable to expect them to work longer. We analyze unique Dutch survey data on the...

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A structural labour supply model with nonparametric preferences

Soest, Arthur van; Das, Marcel; Gong, Xiaodong - 2000

Nonparametric techniques are usually seen as a statistic device for data description and exploration, and not as a tool for estimating models with a richer economic structure, which are often required for policy analysis. This paper presents an example where nonparametric flexibility can be...

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International comparisons of work disability

Banks, James; Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; Soest, … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Life satisfaction

Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; Soest, Arthur van - 2009

We analyze the determinants of global life satisfaction in two countries (The Netherlands and the U.S.), by using both … determinant of global life satisfaction, it is more important in the U.S. than in The Netherlands. Indeed life satisfaction varies … substantially more with income in the U.S. than in The Netherlands. -- Happiness ; life satisfaction ; vignettes ; reporting bias …

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Heterogeneity in risky choice behaviour in a broad population

Gaudecker, Hans-Martin von; Soest, Arthur van; … - 2009

We analyse risk preferences using an experiment with real incentives in a representative sample of 1,422 Dutch respondents. Our econometric model incorporates four structural parameters that vary with observed and unobserved characteristics: Utility curvature, loss aversion, preferences towards...

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How sensitive are retirement decisions to financial incentives : a stated preference analysis

Voòková, Hana; Soest, Arthur van - 2009

We study effects of financial incentives on the retirement age using stated preference data. Dutch survey respondents were given hypothetical retirement scenarios describing age(s) of (partial and full) retirement and replacement rate(s). A structural model is estimated in which utility is the...

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Ethnic disparities in the graduate labour market

Zorlu, Aslan - 2011

This paper examines ethnic wage differentials for the entire population of students enrolled in 1996 using unique administrative panel data for the period 1996 to 2005 from the Dutch tertiary education system. The study decomposes wage differentials into two components: a component which can be...

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Ethnic disparities in degree performance

Zorlu, Aslan - 2011

Using unique administrative individual data, this paper examines ethnic differences in degree performance in Dutch colleges and universities. The paper estimates parametric duration models and accounts for unobserved heterogeneity to assess the sources of ethnic disparities. The analysis shows...

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Location choices of migrant nest-leavers : spatial assimilation or continued segregation?

Zorlu, Aslan; Mulder, Clara Helena - 2010

using administrative data for the entire birth cohort 1983 living in the Netherlands. The analysis provides little evidence …

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