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A Policy Theory Evaluation of the Dutch SME and Entrepreneurship Policy Program between 1982 and 2003
Full text linkThe present paper reconstructs and analyses the assumptions – i.e. the policy theory – underlying the development of the SME and Entrepreneurship Policy Program in general and the Establishment Act and the Loan Guarantee (BBMKB) in particular between 1982-2003. The analysis links these assumptions to policy output results and policy effects. We find that the foundation of the policy theories of the Establishment Act and the Loan Guarantee requires improvement with respect to implicit assumptions and lacking warrants. We also find that the implied policy effects cohere with formal policy objectives.
The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
Full text linkAlphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more often than Professor Z, will have published more articles and experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility. Moreover, authors know that name ordering matters and indeed take ordering seriously: Several characteristics of an author group composition determine the decision to deviate from the default alphabetic name order to a significant extent.performance measurement, incentives, economists, name ordering
First Author Determinants: An Empirical Analysis
No full textAlphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers_new, which is the convention in theeconomics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose lastname initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been afirst author more often than Professor Z, will have published more articles and experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility.Moreover, authors know that name ordering matters and indeed take ordering seriously:Several characteristics of an author group composition determine the decision to deviate fromthe default alphabetic name order to a significant extent.performance measurement, incentives, economists, name ordering
Beloon wetenschap vertalen naar praktijk
No full textDe vaak gesuggereerde tegenstelling tussen fundamenteel en toegepast onderzoek is vals, stellen Mirjam van Praag, Camiel Selker en Paul Tang. Maar de prikkel van 'publish or perish' is te eenzijdig. Daarom moet de maatschappelijke betekenis van onderzoek een sterkere factor worden bij de toekenning van onderzoeksgelden. En onderzoeksinstellingen moeten wetenschappers motiveren meer in teams te werken
Beloon wetenschap vertalen naar praktijk
Full text linkDe vaak gesuggereerde tegenstelling tussen fundamenteel en toegepast onderzoek is vals, stellen Mirjam van Praag, Camiel Selker en Paul Tang. Maar de prikkel van 'publish or perish' is te eenzijdig. Daarom moet de maatschappelijke betekenis van onderzoek een sterkere factor worden bij de toekenning van onderzoeksgelden. En onderzoeksinstellingen moeten wetenschappers motiveren meer in teams te werken
ACE research vignette 007 : what is the value of entrepreneurship?
No full textThis series of research vignettes is aimed at sharing current and interesting research findings from our team and other international Entrepreneurship researchers. In this vignette, we summarise the findings from a paper written by Mirjam van Praag and Peter Versloot that examines the research relating to the value of entrepreneurship
Beloon wetenschap vertalen naar praktijk
Full text linkDe vaak gesuggereerde tegenstelling tussen fundamenteel en toegepast onderzoek is vals, stellen Mirjam van Praag, Camiel Selker en Paul Tang. Maar de prikkel van 'publish or perish' is te eenzijdig. Daarom moet de maatschappelijke betekenis van onderzoek een sterkere factor worden bij de toekenning van onderzoeksgelden. En onderzoeksinstellingen moeten wetenschappers motiveren meer in teams te werken
Education, Aspirations and Life Satisfaction
Full text linkThe idea that expanding work and consumption opportunities always increases people’s wellbeing is well established in economics but finds no support in psychology. Instead, there is evidence in both economics and psychology that people’s life satisfaction depends on how experienced utility compares with expectations of life satisfaction or decision utility. In this paper I suggest that expanding work and consumption opportunities is a good thing for decision utility but may not be so for experienced utility. On this premise, I argue that people may overrate their socioeconomic prospects relative to real life chances and I discuss how systematic frustration over unfulfilled expectations can be connected to people’s educational achievement. I test the model’s predictions on Italian data and find preliminary support for the idea that education and access to stimulating environments may have a perverse impact on life satisfaction. I also find evidence that the latter effect is mediated by factors such as gender and age. Indeed, the model seeks to go beyond the Italian case and provide more general insights into how age/life satisfaction relationships can be modelled and explained.education, opportunities, aspirations, life satisfaction, regret
Second follow-up Mathijssen-Sonnemans cohort, 1952-1993 : Brabant-data
No full textDetermination of relations between intelligence, social background, school career and occupation, level of occupation and income on the basis of a survey held in 1952 ( by the authorities of the province of Noord-Brabant ) of pupils of 6th grade of primary schools. Follow-ups in 1957, 1983 and 1993. School career and occupational career from 6th grade of primary school / kind of primary school / family situation / advice from teacher and wish of parents for secondary education / results of tests / for each year: type of education plus results / looking for job, expectations / wishes regarding no. working hours / fitting of r's job and r's education / r's position on the labour market / components of income. Specific items in 1993: changes in labour market position after age of 40 / percentages of working, out of work, disabled, non-working and self-employed / amounts of time and money still spent on company-schooling and courses / changes of employer / unemployment / educational level partner and children / satisfaction with work and life in general / health / risk avoidance. Background variables: basic characteristics/ household characteristics/ characteristics of parental family/household/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ religion
Brabant cohort - derived student file
No full textThe data contains a derived and cleaned file with selected variables from the "Brabantse zesdeklassers, 1952-2010" file prepared by Mars Cramer and Mirjam van Praag, Persistent identifier: urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-z1p-xu6
The data contains information on a cohort of Dutch students who were in the final grade of primary school in 1952 in the province of Noord-Brabant. These students were later followed-up in 1983 and 1993. The variables in this project include information on intelligence and parental background from 1952, and socioeconomic and health outcomes measured in 1983 and 1993
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