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Working Papers

2009

1. Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity
   Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin
2. Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
   Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (2009)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2009)
3. Male and female labour force participation: the role of dynamic adjustments to changes in labour demand, government policies and autonomous trends
   Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
4. The Americanization of European Higher Education and Research
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2009)
5. Understanding the Technology of Computer Technology Diffusion
   CPB Discussion Papers, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

2008

6. The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits
   Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market View citations
   Also in Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin (2008) View citations
   UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology (2008) View citations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2008) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2008)
7. Understanding the Technology of Computer Technology Diffusion: Explaining Computer Adoption Patterns and Implications for the Wage Structure
   Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2008)
8. Verkenning van de mogelijkheden van het gebruik van administratieve data voor het Project Onderwijs-Arbeidsmarkt
   Technical Reports, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
   Also in Working Papers, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (2008)

2007

9. Are Courses Chosen to Reduce Skill-Deficiences? An Experimental Approach
   Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
10. Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006) View citations
    UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology (2006) View citations
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (2007) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2008)
11. Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the Netherlands 1999-2003
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2007)

2006

12. Is there a link between economic outcomes and genetic evolution? Cross-country evidence from the major histocompatibility complex
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2005) View citations
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (2005)
13. People People: Social Capital and the Labor-Market Outcomes of Underrepresented Groups
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (2005)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2005) View citations
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (2005) View citations
14. Skill Transferability Regret and Mobility
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006)
    See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2007)
15. The Role of Noncognitive Skills in Explaining Cognitive Test Scores
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006) View citations
    UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology (2006) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2008)

2005

16. The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (2005) View citations
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (2005) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2006)
17. Time Discounting and the Body Mass Index
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (2005) View citations

2004

18. The Diffusion of Computers and the Distribution of Wages
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (2003) View citations
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (2002) View citations
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2007)

2003

19. Are Computer Skills the New Basic Skills? The Returns to Computer, Writing and Math Skills in Britain
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (2003)
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2004)
20. Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (2003)
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (2002)
    See also Journal Article in LABOUR (2006)
21. Supply and Demand, Allocation and Wage Inequality: An International Comparison
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (2003)
    See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2005)
22. Training, Task Flexibility and Low-Skilled Workers' Employability
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
23. What Happens When Agent T Gets a Computer? The Labor Market Impact of Cost Efficient Computer Adoption
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2004)

2002

24. De invloed van computers op de vraag naar vaardigheden
    Working Papers, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
25. Do Older Workers Have More Trouble Using a Computer Than Younger Workers?
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market View citations

2001

26. Computers, Skills and Wages
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (2001) View citations
27. What happens when agent T gets a computer?
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market View citations
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (2001) View citations

2000

28. Alice in prognoseland Over de zin van arbeidsmarktprognoses
    Working Papers, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
29. Hoe computerisering de arbeidsmarkt verandert: de feiten op een rij vanuit een nieuw raamwerk
    Working Papers, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
30. How computerizaton changes the UK Labour Market: The Facts viewed from a new Perspective
    Working Papers, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market View citations
31. Wage Elasticities of the Supply of R & D Workers in the Netherlands
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations

1999

32. Educational presorting as a cause of occupational segregation
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
33. Skills and low pay: upgrading or overeducation?
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market View citations

1997

34. Methodiek arbeidsmarktprognoses en -indicatoren 1997-2002
    Working Papers, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market View citations
35. Methodiek werkgelegenheid en scholing 1996
    Working Papers, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market View citations
36. The Dutch Observatory on Employment and Training
    Working Papers, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market View citations
37. The Occupational Structure of Further and Higher Education in Ireland and the Netherlands
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market

1996

38. Mobiliteit op de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt
    Working Papers, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market

Journal Articles

2009

1. Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7, (2-3), 649-658
   See also Working Paper (2009)

2008

2. Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes
   Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43, (4) View citations
   See also Working Paper (2007)
3. THE ROLE OF NONCOGNITIVE SKILLS IN EXPLAINING COGNITIVE TEST SCORES
   Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46, (1), 2-12 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
4. The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits
   Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43, (4) View citations
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

5. Skill transferability, regret and mobility
   Applied Economics, 2007, 39, (13), 1663-1677 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
6. The diffusion of computers and the distribution of wages
   European Economic Review, 2007, 51, (3), 715-748 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2006

7. Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain
   LABOUR, 2006, 20, (3), 505-532
   See also Working Paper (2003)
8. The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change
   Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (509), F45-F72 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)
9. Time discounting and the body mass index: Evidence from the Netherlands
   Economics and Human Biology, 2006, 4, (1), 39-61 View citations

2005

10. Supply and demand, allocation and wage inequality: an international comparison
    Applied Economics, 2005, 37, (9), 1073-1088 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)
11. The production and use of human capital: Introduction
    Education Economics, 2005, 13, (2), 133-142

2004

12. Are computer skills the new basic skills? The returns to computer, writing and math skills in Britain
    Labour Economics, 2004, 11, (1), 85-98 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)
13. What happens when agent T gets a computer?: The labor market impact of cost efficient computer adoption
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 54, (2), 137-151 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2001

14. Descrepancies between Supply and Demand and Adjustment Processes in the Labour Market
    LABOUR, 2001, 15, (1), 33-56 View citations
15. Skills Measurement and Economic Analysis: An Introduction
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2001, 53, (3), 375-84 View citations

1999

16. Educational presorting and occupational segregation
    Labour Economics, 1999, 6, (3), 375-395 View citations

1998

17. Superstardom and Monopolistic Power: Why Media Stars Earn More Than Their Marginal Contribution to Welfare
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 1998, 154, (3), 546- View citations

1996

18. Labor market information and the choice of vocational specialization
    Economics of Education Review, 1996, 15, (1), 59-74 View citations
19. The use of RAS in manpower forecasting: A microeconomic approach
    Economic Modelling, 1996, 13, (2), 257-287 View citations

1993

20. Errors in rational expectations matter
    Economics Letters, 1993, 41, (1), 25-28