Prof Dr R. van der Velden

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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)