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1“...In this study, we examine whether socioemotional skills have become more important in the labor market within the past 14 years. To this end, we analyze data...”
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2by Muskens, M.M.E Frankenhuis, W.E Borghans, A.H Published in Journal of youth and adolescence (2019)“...It is undesirable when students attend institutions that are less selective than their academic credentials would permit (i.e., undermatching) because of the...”
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3by Haelermans, Carla Borghans, Lex Published in British journal of industrial relations (01.09.2012)“...A meta-analysis is used to study the average wage effects of on-the-job training. This study shows that the average reported wage effect of on-the-job...”
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4by Urlings, Corrie C Coppens, Karien M Borghans, Lex Published in Computers in the schools (02.10.2019)“...We explored the potential of a robotics application in education as a measurement tool of child executive functioning skills. Sixty-five kindergarteners...”
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5by LEX BORGHANS BAS TER WEEL BRUCE A. WEINBERG Published in Industrial & labor relations review (01.04.2014)“...In this article, the authors show that people skills are important determinants of labor-market outcomes, including occupational choice and wages...”
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6by de Neubourg, Elise Borghans, Lex Coppens, Karien Jansen, Maria Published in Child indicators research (01.10.2018)“...The goal of the present paper is to introduce a dynamic life cycle model that explains the reproduction of wealth and health over generations by introducing...”
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7by van der Sluis, Margriet E Reezigt, Gerry J Borghans, Lex Published in Educational policy (Los Altos, Calif.) (01.05.2017)“...This article describes how the Dutch Department of Education incorporates New Public Management (NPM) principles in educational policy, and whether conflicts...”
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8by Borghans, Lex Golsteyn, Bart H.H Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.09.2015)“...•This paper analyzes the tendency of people to choose default options when offered courses to acquire job related skills.•People generally have a strong...”
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9by Lex Borghans Anne C. Gielen Erzo F. P. Luttmer Published in American economic journal. Economic policy (01.11.2014)“...We exploit a cohort discontinuity in the stringency of Dutch disability reforms to estimate the effects of decreased DI (disability insurance) generosity on...”
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10by Borghans, By Lex Diris, Ron Smits, Wendy de Vries, Jannes Published in Economics of education review (01.04.2020)“...•We estimate the effect of the school tracking age on long-run outcomes.•We exploit variation in tracking age by municipality, for a sample of Dutch...”
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11“...This article examines whether noncognitive skills—measured both by personality traits and by economic preference parameters—influence cognitive tests’...”
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12by Lex Borghans Bart H. H. Golsteyn James J. Heckman John Eric Humphries Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22.11.2016)“...Intelligence quotient (IQ), grades, and scores on achievement tests are widely used as measures of cognition, but the correlations among them are far from...”
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13by Asselmann, Eva Borghans, Lex Montizaan, Raymond Seegers, Philipp Published in PloS one (30.11.2020)“...We examined how the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of 6,957 students from Germany, assessed between March 16 and April 21, 2020, when COVID-19 became a...”
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14“...This article analyzes whether defaults affect the choice for courses followed at work. In addition, we analyze whether the size of the default effect varies...”
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15“...There exists substantial variation in how schools allocate instruction time to school subjects. The effectiveness of that allocation depends on the immediate...”
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16“..."Computer technology is most prominently used by skilled, high-wage workers. This suggests that computer use requires skills to take full advantage of the...”
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17“...Evidence about job mobility outside the united states is scarce and difficult to compare cross-nationally because of non-uniform data. We document job mobility...”
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18“...Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore whether interlock ties between the board of directors and the external auditors facilitate the cross-firm...”
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19by Borghans, Lex Diris, Ron Smits, Wendy de Vries, Jannes“...This study analyzes the long-run effects of secondary school track assignment for students at the achievement margin. Theoretically, track assignment maximizes...”
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20by Lex Borghans Bart H. H. Golsteyn James J. Heckman Huub Meijers Published in Journal of the European Economic Association (01.04.2009)“...This paper demonstrates gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. It also contributes to a growing literature relating economic preference...”