Flexible contracts and human capital investments

As suggested by human capital theory, workers with flexible contracts participate lessoften in training than those with permanent contracts. We find that this is merely dueto the fact that flexworkers receive less employer–funded training, a gap they can onlypartly compensate for by their own training investments. Flexworkers particularlyparticipate less in firm–specific training that is meant to keep up with new skilldemands than workers with permanent contracts. However, for those who participatein employer–funded firm–specific training, a temporary contract appears to facilitatethe transition to a permanent contract with the same employer. However, this doesnot hold for participation in self–paid training. This training, which is usually generaltraining, does not help in finding a better job.education, training and the labour market;

Flexible contracts and human capital investments

As suggested by human capital theory, workers with flexible contracts participate less often intraining than those with permanent contracts. We find that this is merely due to the fact thatflexworkers receive less employer–funded training, a gap they can only partly compensate for bytheir own training investments. Flexworkers particularly participate less in firm–specifictraining that is meant to keep up with new skill demands than workers with permanent contracts.However, for those who participate in employer–funded firm–specific training, a temporary contractappears to facilitate the transition to a permanent contract with the same employer. However, thisdoes not hold for participation in self–paid training. This training, which is usually generaltraining, does not help in finding a better job.labour economics ;

Maatschappelijke spin-off van side-events WK CP Voetbal 2011

Onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van het side-event programma bij het wereldkampioenschoep CP Voetbal in Drenthe in 2011. Onderzocht is in welke mate de verschillende side-events een bijdrage leverden aan de doelstellingen van het hoofdevenement. Het onderzoek vond plaats binnen het kader van de pilot van het Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (VWS) om kennis te ontwikkelen over sportevenementen

Should we sort it out later? The effect of tracking age on long-run outcomes

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Community Resilience and Crime Prevention:Applying the Community Engagement Theory to the Risk of Crime

Citizens are increasingly expected to take a more participatory role in society, which increases the need for them to be knowledgeable about a wide range of uncertain risks and to properly prepare themselves in case these risks become reality. To date, most attention regarding risk preparedness has focused on natural hazards. In the past decade, however, human-made safety risks have gained notoriety in the public’s eye. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the psychological drivers on an individual, community and institutional level of the Community Engagement Theory also apply to the context of social safety hazards such as crime. The study was conducted via an online survey. In total, 1245 Dutch citizens who were already a member of the citizen panel of their municipality at the time of data collection participated in the online study. The results of this research show that the Community Engagement Theory is not only applicable for natural hazards, but also for human-made risks such as crime. Psychological drivers of all three levels, individual, community, and marginally institutional level, are relevant in explaining the willingness to report and intervene when witnessing a crime. This research gives insight and guidance for policy makers and practitioners regarding stimulating reporting and intervening behavior of crime, and citizens information-gathering.</p

Citizen participation in the police domain:The role of citizens' attitude and morality

Although there is a large potential of citizen capital in fighting crime and creating safer neighborhoods, in reality, only a small fraction of citizens is actively participating. This study examines the relationship between different types of actual participation behavior in the police domain from a citizen's stance and 3 different but interconnected psychological drivers: the attitude toward citizen participation, moral values, and moral emotions. A total of 217 Dutch citizens filled out an online questionnaire, assessing these drivers and the actual participatory actions they engaged in over the past year. The results show that 4 broad categories of participation behavior can be distinguished: social control (e.g., correcting others regarding their behavior); responsive participation (e.g., calling the police); collaborative participation (e.g., meeting with a police officer); and detection (e.g., joining a neighborhood watch). As expected, moral values had an indirect influence on participation via attitude and moral emotions. The attitude toward citizen participation was positively related to all four types of reported behavior, while the influence of moral emotions only related to social control and responsive behavior. These results can be used in the design and testing of interventions to stimulate citizen participation

Wereldkampioenschap CP Voetbal 2011:maatschappelijke spin-off van side events

Poster van ons onderzoek naar de sociaal-maatschappelijke impact van het Wereldkampioenschap CP voetbal in Drenthe 2011. Gepresenteerd tijdens een symposium van het lectoraat Praktijkgerichte Sportwetenschap

Varenicline attenuates cue-induced relapse to alcohol, but not nicotine seeking, while reducing inhibitory response control

Rationale: Treatment of the most widely abused drugs, nicotine and alcohol, is hampered by high rates of relapse. Varenicline tartrate, an α4β2 nicotinic receptor partial agonist, is currently prescribed as a smoking cessation aid. However, there is emerging evidence that it may also modulate alcohol seeking and cognitive functioning in rats. Objectives: As preclinical data on alcohol taking and relapse are limited, we used a self-administration- reinstatement model to evaluate the effects of varenicline on operant responding for alcohol (12%, v/v), intravenous nicotine (40 μg/kg/inf.), sucrose (10%, w/v) and on cue-induced relapse to alcohol and nicotine seeking in rats. At the cognitive level, we assed varenicline's effects on 5-choice serial reaction time task (5-CSRTT) performance with a focus on correct responses (attention) and premature responding (impulsivity), modalities that have previously been associated with addictive behaviour. Results: Varenicline, at doses of 1.5 and 2.5 mg/kg, reduced alcohol and nicotine self-administration and enhanced operant responding for sucrose. At these doses, varenicline reduced cue-induced relapse to alcohol, but not nicotine seeking. In contrast, at 0.5 mg/kg, varenicline facilitated cue-induced nicotine seeking. Similar to nicotine, varenicline increased premature responding at low doses, but had no effect on any of the other behavioural parameters in the 5-CSRTT. Conclusions: Our data indicate that varenicline specifically reduced responding for nicotine and alcohol, but not for natural reinforcers such as sucrose. Interestingly, varenicline strongly attenuated cue-induced relapse to alcohol seeking, but not nicotine seeking. Varenicline may therefore be a promising aid in the treatment of alcohol addiction. © 2011 The Author(s)