Publications

School dropout rates did not decrease significantly in three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Dutch vocational training colleges. →

The chance to obtain a higher education diploma rises by about 3.6 percentage point for every year that a refugee arrives earlier. →

In the Netherlands, a neighbourhood investment programme was implemented in 2008. →

This paper investigates the effects of higher teacher pay for secondary school teachers on their teacher retention decision and enrollment in additional schooling. →

This paper examines the causal link that runs from classroom quality to student achievement using data on twin pairs who entered the same school but were allocated to different classrooms in an exogenous way. →

This paper evaluates the effects of the raising of the minimum school leaving age (ROSLA) from 14 to 15 in the Netherlands in 1971. →

This study provides the first estimates of the causal effect of time in school on cognitive skills for many countries around the world, for multiple age groups and for multiple subjects. →

This paper investigates the effect of obtaining an individual research grant (Vernieuwingsimpuls or IRI -grant) on the careers of Dutch scientists. →