“...To study the long-term effects of school-starting-age rules in a setting with early ability tracking, we exploit the birth month threshold used in the...”

“...In this paper we focus on the role of caseworkers in the assignment and take-up of welfare-to-work programs. We conduct a field experiment that generates...”

“...We exploit admission lotteries to estimate the payoffs to the dentistry study in the Netherlands. Using data from up to 22 years after the lottery, we find...”

“...In the Netherlands, the average exit rate out of welfare is dramatically low. Most welfare recipients have to comply with guidelines on job search effort that...”

“...This paper focuses on the relation between health shocks and the onset of a disability and employment outcomes. We estimate an event-history model using data...”

“...We investigate whether interventions by (a) medical doctors and (b) occupational specialists are effective in reducing sick leave durations among self-employed...”

“...We investigate the effect of counseling and monitoring on the individual transition rate to employment. We theoretically analyze these policies in a job search...”

“...In housing markets with asymmetric information list prices may signal unobserved properties of the house or the seller. Asymmetric information is the starting...”

“...The paper develops a structural model for the labor market behavior of students entering the labor market. We explicitly model the trade-off between devoting...”

“..."We focus on the dynamic relation between wage increases, promotions and job changes. In the empirical analyses, we use the Portuguese-matched...”