Prof Dr R. van der Velden
Key publications
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van der Velden, R., & Glebbeek, A. (2024). Het MBO in de onderwijswedloop: Kan de ladder ooit een waaier worden? Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, 24(4), 408-435. https://doi.org/10.5117/TVA2024.4.002.VELDMore information about this publication
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Pérez Rodríguez, S., van der Velden, R., Huijts, T., & Jacobs, B. (2024). Identifying literacy and numeracy skill mismatch in OECD countries using the job analysis method. Oxford Economic Papers-New Series, 76(3), 859-876. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpad045More information about this publication
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van der Velden, R., Bijlsma, I., Fregin, M.-C., & Levels, M. (2024). Are general skills important for vocationally educated? Acta Sociologica, 67(3), 387-405. https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993231219135More information about this publication
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Jacobs, M., van der Velden, R., & van Vugt, L. (2024). High-Stakes Testing and Educational Careers: Exploiting the Differences in Cutoffs Between Test Recommendations in The Netherlands. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 17(4), 711–745. https://doi.org/10.1080/19345747.2023.2242342More information about this publication
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Jacobs, B., & van der Velden, R. (2024). Family resources and children’s skills: development of a skills attainment model. European Societies, 26(4), 975-1011. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2023.2275602More information about this publication
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de Leeuw, S., Haelermans, C., Jacobs, M., van der Velden, R., van Vugt, L., & van Wetten, S. (2023). The role of family composition in students' learning growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Marriage and Family, 85(3), 807-828. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12912More information about this publication
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Haelermans, C., Korthals, R., Jacobs, M., de Leeuw, S., Vermeulen, S., van Vugt, L., Aarts, B., Breuer, T., van der Velden, R., van Wetten, S., & de Wolf, I. (2022). Sharp increase in inequality in education in times of the COVID-19-pandemic. PLOS ONE, 17(2), Article e0261114. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261114More information about this publication
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van der Velden, R., & Bijlsma, I. (2019). Effective skill: a new theoretical perspective on the relation between skills, skill use, mismatches, and wages. Oxford Economic Papers-New Series, 71(1), 145-165. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpy028More information about this publication
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Humburg, M., & van der Velden, R. K. W. (2015). Skills and the graduate recruitment process: Evidence from two discrete choice experiments. Economics of Education Review, 49, 24-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2015.07.001More information about this publication
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Levels, M., van der Velden, R. K. W., & Allen, J. P. (2014). Educational mismatches and skills: new empirical tests of old hypotheses. Oxford Economic Papers-New Series, 66(4), 959-982. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpu024More information about this publication
Recent publications
Other publications
Kovačević, M., T. Dekker, R. van der Velden (2024), Liberal Arts Graduates in the Labour Market: A Comparative Study of Dutch University Colleges and Conventional Bachelor’s Programmes, Research in Higher Education, 65, 1911–1933. Published online 30 July 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-024-09813-7)
Vugt, L. van, M. Levels, R. van der Velden (2024), The Low Skills Trap: The Failure of Education and Social Policies in Preventing Low-Literate Young People from being Long-Term NEET, Journal of Youth Studies 27(2): 217-251. Published online: 9 September 2022.(https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2022.2118036) (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13676261.2022.2118036)
Kovačević, M., T. Dekker, R. van der Velden (2023), Employability Development in Undergraduate Programmes: How Different Is Liberal Arts Education? Teaching in Higher Education, (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/13562517.2023.2212602?needAccess=true&role=button).
Haelermans, C., M. Jacobs, R. van der Velden, L. van Vugt, l., S. van Wetten (2022), Inequality in the effects of primary school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic: evidence from the Netherlands. In AEA papers and proceedings (vol. 112, pp. 303-307). American Economic Association.(https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20221107)
Dicks, A., M. Levels, R. van der Velden, M. Mills (2021), How young mothers rely on kin networks and formal childcare to avoid becoming NEET in the Netherlands, Frontiers in Sociology, section Sociological Theory, Vol 6. Published online: 27 January 2022, (https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.787532)
Jacobs, M., Huijts, T., van Broekhoven, K., Straetmans, S., Meng, C., & van der Velden, R. (2021). Effects of participation in Excellence Programmes on cognitive and non-cognitive skills among higher education students in the Netherlands. European Journal of Higher Education, 11(1), 44-63. (https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2020.1850315)
Broekhoven, K. van, B. Belfi, I. Hocking, R. van der Velden (2020), Fostering University Students’ Idea Generation and Idea Evaluation Skills With a Cognitive-Based Creativity Training. Creativity. Theories–Research-Applications, 7(2), 284-308. doi: 10.1080/03057925.2019.1695197 (https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/ctra-2020-0015)
Haelermans, C., T. Huijgen, M. Jacobs, M. Levels, R. van der Velden, L. van Vugt and S. van Wetten (2020), Using Data to Advance Educational Research, Policy and Practice: Design, Content and Research Potential of the Netherlands Cohort Study on Education, European Sociological Review 36 (4): 643–662 (https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaa027) or (https://academic.oup.com/esr/article/36/4/643/5871552?guestAccessKey=beb34fb7-3e49-476e-9f7b-9ae9a0b03a9a)
Bijlsma, I., J. van de Brakel, R. van der Velden, J. Allen (2020), Estimating literacy levels at a detailed regional level: an application using Dutch data. Journal of Official Statistics, 36, (2): 251–274, (https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2020-0014)
Cornelisz, I., R. van der Velden, I. de Wolf, C. van Klaveren (2020), The Consequences of Academic Dismissal for Academic Success, Studies in Higher Education 45 (11): 2175-2189, Published online: 30 Mar 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1596076)
Fregin, M-C, M. Levels, R. van der Velden (2020), Labour market institutions and the challenge of allocating the right people to the right jobs: Evidence on the relation between labour market institutions and optimal skill matching from 28 industrial countries, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 50, 2: 257-275 | Published online: 06 Dec 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2019.1695197)
Ferreira Sequeda, M., A. de Grip, R. van der Velden (2018), Does on-the-job informal learning in OECD countries differ by contract duration? Labour Economics, 55, 18-40 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537118300903)
Humburg, M., A. de Grip, R. van der Velden (2017), Which Skills Protect Graduates Against a Slack Labour Market?, International Labour Review, Vol. 156, 1, pp. 25-43, DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00046.x (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00046.x/epdf)
Verhaest, D., S. Sellami, R. van der Velden (2017), Differences in horizontal and vertical mismatches across countries and fields of study, International Labour Review, Vol. 156, 1, pp. 1-23. DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00031.x (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00031.x/epdf)
Velden, R. van der, I. Bijlsma (2016), College wage premiums and skills: a cross-country analysis, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 32 (4): 497-513, doi: 10.1093/oxrep/grw027 (https://academic.oup.com/oxrep/article/32/4/497/2236422/College-wage-premiums-and-skills-a-crosscountry?guestAccessKey=46cb63ad-e05a-4f97-b6df-f6e0f2f79bb1)
Humburg, M., R. van der Velden (2015), Self-assessments or tests? Comparing cross-national differences in patterns and outcomes of graduates’ skills based on international large-scale surveys, Studies in Higher Education, 40, 3, pp. 482-504 (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2015.1004237)
Levels, M., R. van der Velden, V. Di Stasio (2014), From school to fitting work: How education-to-job matching of European school leavers is related to educational system characteristics, Acta Sociologica, 57 (4), pp. 341-361, DOI: 10.1177/0001699314552807 (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0001699314552807 )
Verhaest, D., R. van der Velden (2013), Cross-Country Differences in Graduate Overeducation, European Sociological Review, 29, 642-653. DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcs044 (http://esr.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/3/642.abstract.html?etoc)
Dronkers, J., R. van der Velden, A. Dunne (2012), Why are Migrant Students Better off in Certain Types of Educational Systems or Schools than in Others? European Educational Research Journal, 11, 1, 11-44. (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2304/eerj.2012.11.1.11)
Traag, T., R. van der Velden (2011), Early school-leaving in the Netherlands: The role of family resources, school composition and background characteristics in early school-leaving in lower secondary education, Irish Educational Studies, 30,1, 45-62. DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2011.535975 (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03323315.2011.535975)