Maria Zumbuehl

Students from lower income families are entitled to apply for a student grant. Not all entitled students do so. We estimate the non-take-up rate of the need-based student grant in the Netherlands and investigate which student characteristics correlate with the non-take-up. →

De arbeidsmarkttoelage is een aanvulling op het salaris van personeel op scholen waar relatief veel leerlingen zitten met een vergroot risico op onderwijsachterstanden. Het doel van de arbeidsmarkttoelage is om het... →

Tracking early in the school career can influence a student's further educational path significantly. We study the track advice at the end of primary school in the Netherlands, where teachers give a track advice based on a student's previous performance and their impression of the student's ability. →

In 2019 had meer dan de helft van de mbo-studenten die in aanmerking kwamen voor studiefinanciering recht op een aanvullende beurs. Ruim een kwart (26,5%) van deze studenten maakte hiervan echter geen gebruik. →

Dutch retirees – and individuals who are close to retirement – show a clear interest in two alternatives for the default lifelong flat rate annuity. In a survey experiment with over a thousand participants we investigated how appealing these different payout options are to retirees, and what influences their preferences. →