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The chapters of this thesis focus on policy-relevant research questions in economics of education and labor economics. All chapters make use of randomized experiments in order to answer these questions. The second chapter studies the returns to medical school in a regulated labor market, by exploiting that admittance to medical school in the Netherlands is determined by a lottery. The returns to medical school are of particular interest because in the Netherlands, and in most countries, the medical profession is highly regulated. In chapter three the sunk-costs fallacy in education is investigated, by conducting a field experiment with university students. Finally, the third chapter is based on a large-scale field experiment that was conducted at the welfare agency in Amsterdam. The experiment was set up to evaluate the effect of welfare-to-work programs on benefit dependency

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VU Research PortalEmpirical Studies in Labor and Education EconomicsKetel, N.2016document versionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication in VU Research Portalcitation for published version (APA)Ketel, N. (2016). Empirical Studies in Labor and Education Economics. [PhD-Thesis - Research and graduationinternal, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]. Tinbergen Institute.General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.            • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.            • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain            • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ?Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediatelyand investigate your claim.E-mail address:vuresearchportal.ub@vu.nlDownload date: 03. Mar. 2023VRIJE UNIVERSITEITEMPIRICAL STUDIES IN LABOR ANDEDUCATION ECONOMICSACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFTter verkrijging van de graad Doctoraan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam en de Universiteit van Amsterdamop gezag van de rector magnificusprof.dr. V. Subramaniam,in het openbaar te verdedigenten overstaan van de promotiecommissievan de Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde,op donderdag 21 januari 2016, te 13.45 uurin de aula van de universiteit,De Boelelaan 1105doorNadine Ketelgeboren te Amsterdampromotoren: prof.dr. B. van der Klaauwprof.dr. H. OosterbeekEMPIRICAL STUDIES IN LABOR ANDEDUCATION ECONOMICSACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFTter verkrijging van de graad van doctoraan de Universiteit van Amsterdam en Vrije Universiteit Amsterdamop gezag van de Rector Magnificusprof. dr. D.C. van den Boomten overstaan van een door het college voor promotiesingestelde commissie,in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Aula van de Vrije Universiteitop donderdag 21 januari 2016, te 13:45 uurdoorNadine Ketelgeboren te AmsterdamPromotiecommissiePromotoren: Prof. dr. H. Oosterbeek (University of Amsterdam)Prof. dr. B. van der Klaauw (VU Amsterdam)Overige leden: Prof. dr. M. Belot (University of Edinburgh)Prof. dr. R.J. Hjalmarsson (University of Gothenburg)Prof. dr. E.J.S. Plug (University of Amsterdam)Prof. dr. M.P. Pradhan (VU Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam)dr. A.C. Gielen (Erasmus University Rotterdam)Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde

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