A Game of Snakes and Ladders: four applied micro-econometric studies of wages and jobs in the Netherlands

The thesis shows that wage-tenure profiles (‘wage-ladders’) in the Netherlands are relatively steep, compared internationally. Moreover, it suggests that low job-to-job mobility of older workers and steep wage-tenure profiles are two sides of the same coin. Steep wage-tenure profiles are partly explained by relatively high wage rises of wages exceeding the highest wage-scale ceilings. A difference-in difference analysis on matched data shows that the consequences of displacement due to firm bankruptcy (of encountering a ‘snake’) are highly contingent on age, especially in terms of employment p... Mehr ...