Joop Hartog

University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)

Roetersstraat 11

Amsterdam, 1018 WB

Netherlands

Tinbergen Institute

Burg. Oudlaan 50

Rotterdam, 3062 PA

Netherlands

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Poschinger Str. 5

Munich, DE-81679

Germany

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (43)

1.

On a Simple Survey Measure of Individual Risk Aversion

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Feb 2001
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona and De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
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The Long-Term Fiscal Impact of Immigrants in the Netherlands, Differentiated by Motive, Source Region and Generation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17569
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Jan 2025
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Independent Researcher and CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Downloads 966 (51,676)
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fiscal incidence, immigrants, cultural distance

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Can We Measure Individual Risk Attitudes in a Survey?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4807
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Mar 2010
Xiaohao Ding, Joop Hartog and Yuze Sun
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 630 (90,962)
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risk attitude, survey question, experimental validation

Low Risk Aversion Encourages the Choice for Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Test of a Truism

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 48, No. 1, 2002
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Dec 2001 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2016
University of Amsterdam - Department of EconomicsCopenhagen Business School, Tinbergen Institute, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
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Entrepreneurship, self-employment, risk-taking, occupational choice

Low Risk Aversion Encourages the Choice for Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Test of a Truism

Posted: 23 Feb 2002
University of Amsterdam - Department of EconomicsCopenhagen Business School, Tinbergen Institute, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)

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Entrepreneurship, self-employment, risk-taking, occupational choice

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The Impact of Language on Socioeconomic Integration of Immigrants

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11485
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 May 2018
Aslan Zorlu and Joop Hartog
University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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language skills, immigrants, integration, treatment effects

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How Risky is Investment in Human Capital?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Jul 2004
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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Education, return, earnings dispersion, risk

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If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs versus Employees

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3648
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Aug 2008
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of Amsterdam - Department of EconomicsCopenhagen Business School and University of Amsterdam (UvA)
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(non-)cognitive abilities, intelligence, earnings, entrepreneur(ship), wage employment, income differentials

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Overeducation, Wages and Promotions within the Firm

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Oct 2003
Sandra Groeneveld and Joop Hartog
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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education, wages, overeducation, career mobility, promotions

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Do Wages Really Compensate for Risk Aversion and Skewness Affection?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Feb 2002
Joop Hartog and Wim P.M. Vijverberg
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and CUNY The Graduate Center - Department of Economics
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Wage Variability, Wage Risk Compensation

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Earnings Risk and Demand for Higher Education: A Cross-Section Test for Spain

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Dec 2002
Joop Hartog and Luís Díaz-Serrano
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Downloads 172 (370,397)
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Earnings Risk, Schooling Decisions

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The Effect of Immigration on Wages in Three European Countries

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Dec 2002
Joop Hartog and Aslan Zorlu
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and University of Minho
Downloads 143 (432,700)
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Immigration, Wages, Substitutes and Complements

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Risk Attitude and Wage Growth: Replication and Reconstruction

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4124
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Apr 2009
Universidade da Madeira, Rovira i Virgili University, Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 141 (437,530)

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wage growth, risk, post-school investment

13.

Compensating Wage Differentials for Schooling Risk in Denmark

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Jan 2004
National University of Ireland, Maynooth, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics
Downloads 134 (455,790)
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risk-premium, skewness affection, schooling risk, earnings shocks

14.

Dutch Migrants in New Zealand: Did They Fare Well?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Dec 2000
Rainer Winkelmann and Joop Hartog
University of Zurich - Statistics and Empirical Economic Research and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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Dutch emigration; New Zealand immigration; labour market selection

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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands: Catching Up and the Irrelevance of Education

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3534
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Jun 2008
Aslan Zorlu and Joop Hartog
University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 120 (497,255)
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immigrants, employment, unemployment, job quality

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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands

Tinbergen Discussion Paper TI 2008-057/3
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 10 Jun 2008
Aslan Zorlu and Joop Hartog
University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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immigration, assimilation, education

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Do Wage Expectations Influence the Decision to Enroll in Nursing College?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9120
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Sep 2015
Juerg Schweri and Joop Hartog
Swiss Federal Institute of Vocational Education and Research and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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college choice, fractional regression, healthcare, human capital, nursing, subjective expectations, training, wage

18.

Inter-Industry Wage Dispersion in Portugal: High But Falling

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Feb 2000
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Universidade da Madeira - Gestao e Economica and University of the Azores
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Compensation for Earnings Risk Under Worker Heterogeneity

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2074
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 25 Apr 2006
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of Amsterdam - SEO Economic Research and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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wages, risk, earnings function

Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4768
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 May 2014
Joop Hartog and Luis Diaz-Serrano
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and Rovira i Virgili University
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Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8110
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Apr 2014
Joop Hartog and Luis Diaz-Serrano
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and Rovira i Virgili University
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schooling, risk, human capital, labour supply

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Is There a Risk-Return Trade-Off Across Occupations? Evidence from Spain

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Oct 2004
Luís Díaz-Serrano and Joop Hartog
National University of Ireland, Maynooth and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 95 (588,584)
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risk-aversion, skewness affection, occupational choices, compensating wage differentials

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How Important is Homeland Education for Refugees' Economic Position in the Netherlands?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1753
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Oct 2005
Joop Hartog and Aslan Zorlu
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and University of Amsterdam
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immigrants, refugees, education, earnings, employment

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On Simplifying the Structure of Labour Demand: An Analysis of the Dot Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1809
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Nov 2005
Wim P.M. Vijverberg and Joop Hartog
CUNY The Graduate Center - Department of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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labor demand structure, job requirements, compensating differentials

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Student Earnings Expectations: Heterogeneity or Noise?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6110
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 09 Nov 2016
Rovira i Virgili University, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of the Balearic Islands, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and Peking University
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student expectations, earnings, earnings dispersion, risk attitudes

25.

Mincer Earnings Functions for the Netherlands 1962-2012

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5719
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Mar 2016
Joop Hartog and Sander Gerritsen
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis
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returns to education, Mincer earnings equation, race supply and demand

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A Risk Augmented Mincer Earnings Equation? Taking Stock

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4439
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 15 Oct 2009
Joop Hartog
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 84 (635,109)
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human capital, earnings function, risk

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Safeguarding Quality of Higher Education in the Netherlands. Closing the Gap between Policy and Research

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5706
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 18 Feb 2016
Joop Hartog
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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education, quality monitoring, education policy

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It's the Opportunity Cost, Stupid! How Self-Employment Responds to Financial Incentives of Return, Risk and Skew

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6166
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Dec 2011
University of Amsterdam - SEO Economic Research, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and University of Amsterdam - Department of EconomicsCopenhagen Business School
Downloads 79 (658,154)
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entrepreneurship, self-employment, wage-employment, income distribution, income risk, income skew, income variance, occupational choice, labor market entry, labor market segments, opportunity cost

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Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance: Does Schooling Provide Earnings Insurance?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5531
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Jacopo Mazza, Hans van Ophem and Joop Hartog
University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 79 (658,154)
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selectivity, wage inequality, wage uncertainty, unobserved heterogeneity, education, replication

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Reservation Wages and Starting Wages

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5435
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Jan 2011
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and University of Amsterdam - SEO Economic Research
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reservation wages, starting wages, job search

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Dual Track or Academic Route for Auditors: Does it Matter?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 640
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Dec 2002 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Joop Hartog, Nicole Jonker and Hans van Ophem
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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mobility, human capital formation, wages, auditors

Vocational High School Graduate Wage Gap: The Role of Cognitive Skills and Firms

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7075
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Jul 2018
Joop Hartog, Pedro S. Raposo and Hugo Reis
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Banco de Portugal
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returns to education, vocational wage gap

Vocational High School Graduate Wage Gap: The Role of Cognitive Skills and Firms

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11549
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Jun 2018
Joop Hartog, Pedro S. Raposo and Hugo Reis
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Banco de Portugal
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returns to education, vocational wage gap

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Do They Understand the Benefits from Education? Evidence on Dutch High School Students' Earnings Expectations

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5714
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 23 May 2011
Jacopo Mazza and Joop Hartog
University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 66 (726,329)
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wage expectations, wage risk, risk compensation

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Starting Wages Respond to Employer's Risk

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3026
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Sep 2007
Peter H. G. Berkhout and Joop Hartog
University of Amsterdam - SEO Economic Research and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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wages, risk, ability

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Is Earnings Uncertainty Relevant for Educational Choice? An Empirical Analysis for China

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5679
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 May 2011
Joop Hartog, Xiaohao Ding and Juan Liao
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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educational choice, wage expectations

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Do Students Expect Compensation for Wage Risk?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4069
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Mar 2009
Juerg Schweri, Joop Hartog and Stefan C. Wolter
Swiss Federal Institute of Vocational Education and Research, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education (SKBF)
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wage, expectations, wage risk, risk compensation, skewness

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Nash Bargaining and the Wage Consequences of Educational Mismatches

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7025
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Dec 2012
Joop Hartog and Michael Sattinger
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and University at Albany, SUNY - Department of Economics
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overeducation, undereducation, Nash bargaining, qualitative mismatches, Mincer earnings function, wages

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Risk and Heterogeneity in Benefits from Vocational Versus General Secondary Education: Estimates for Early and Mature Career Stages in Portugal

CESifo Working Paper No. 10538
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Jul 2023
Joop Hartog, Pedro S. Raposo and Hugo Reis
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Banco de Portugal
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risk, vocational education, search models

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Are Starting Wages Reduced by an Insurance Premium for Preventing Wage Decline? Testing the Prediction of Harris and Holmstrom (1982)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9578
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Joop Hartog and Pedro S. Raposo
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Downloads 31 (1,009,159)

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unknown productivity, starting wages, risk premium, wage rigidity

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The Dire Consequences of Untamed Population Growth in the Netherlands

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16987
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 May 2024
Joop Hartog
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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population size, population density, immigration, immigration policies, spatial planning

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If You are so Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur?

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 19, No. 4, 2010, pp. 947-989, TI Discussion Paper No. 08-073/3
Posted: 13 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2021
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of Amsterdam - Department of EconomicsCopenhagen Business School and University of Amsterdam (UvA)

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(Non-)Cognitive abilities, intelligence, earnings, entrepreneur(ship), wage employment, income differentials

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Earning Risk and Demand for Higher Education: A Cross-Section Test for Spain

Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-28, May 2007
Posted: 06 Jun 2007
Joop Hartog and Luis Diaz-Serrano
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and Rovira i Virgili University

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earnings risk, schooling decisions

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Dual Track or Academic Rote for Auditors

Tinbergen Institute Working Paper No. 2002-121/3
Posted: 21 Apr 2003
Nicole Jonker, Hans van Ophem and Joop Hartog
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)

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human capital formation, mobility, wages, auditors