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The Gendered Consequences of Unemployment Insurance Reforms
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Mooi-Reci, Irma; Mills, Melinda – Social Forces, 2012
This study examines whether a series of unemployment insurance benefit reforms that took place over a 20-year period in the Netherlands had a gendered effect on the duration of unemployment and labor market outcomes. Using longitudinal data from the Dutch Labor Supply Panel (OSA) over the period 1980-2000, and adopting a quasi-experimental design,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Insurance, Gender Differences
Social Insurance as a Collective Resource: Unemployment Benefits, Job Insecurity and Subjective Well-Being in a Comparative Perspective
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Sjoberg, Ola – Social Forces, 2010
This article argues that unemployment benefits are providing a crucial but often overlooked function by reducing the insecurity associated with modern labor markets. Because job insecurity is associated with concerns about future financial security, economic support during unemployment may lessen the negative effects of job insecurity on employed…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Insurance, Welfare Services, Job Security
Item Randomized-Response Models for Measuring Noncompliance: Risk-Return Perceptions, Social Influences, and Self-Protective Responses
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Bockenholt, Ulf; Van Der Heijden, Peter G. M. – Psychometrika, 2007
Randomized response (RR) is a well-known method for measuring sensitive behavior. Yet this method is not often applied because: (i) of its lower efficiency and the resulting need for larger sample sizes which make applications of RR costly; (ii) despite its privacy-protection mechanism the RR design may not be followed by every respondent; and…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Social Control, Item Response Theory, Research Problems
Study in the Netherlands: Small Countries Have To Be Smarter.
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Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education, The Hague. – 1995
This booklet describes opportunities for higher education study in the Netherlands along with information, addresses, and practical tips for foreign students who are considering taking a course or earning a degree at a Dutch institution of higher education. Six sections cover: (1) the investment of study abroad, (2) background on contemporary…
Descriptors: College Housing, College Students, Dutch, Dutch Culture
Study in the Netherlands: Small Countries Have To Be Smarter. General Edition.
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Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education, The Hague. – 1996
This booklet describes opportunities for higher education study in the Netherlands along with information, addresses, and practical tips for foreign students who are considering taking a course or earning a degree at a Dutch institution of higher education. Six sections cover: (1) the rewards of the investment in study abroad; (2) background on…
Descriptors: College Housing, College Students, Dutch, Dutch Culture