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Lex Borghans

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Working papers

  1. Lex Borghans & Bart H.H. Golsteyn & James J. Heckman & Huub Meijers, 2009. "Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity," Working Papers 200903, Geary Institute, University College Dublin. [Downloadable!]

  2. Lex Borghans & Frank Cörvers, 2009. "The Americanization of European Higher Education and Research," NBER Working Papers 15217, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Lex Borghans & Bart H.H. Golsteyn & James J. Heckman & Huub Meijers, 2009. "Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion," NBER Working Papers 14713, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Lex Borghans & Bas ter Weel, 2009. "Understanding the Technology of Computer Technology Diffusion," CPB Discussion Papers 117, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis. [Downloadable!]

  5. Borghans Lex & Kriechel Ben, 2008. "Verkenning van de mogelijkheden van het gebruik van administratieve data voor het Project Onderwijs-Arbeidsmarkt," Working Papers 001, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Borghans, Lex & ter Weel, Bas, 2008. "Understanding the Technology of Computer Technology Diffusion: Explaining Computer Adoption Patterns and Implications for the Wage Structure," IZA Discussion Papers 3792, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  7. Lex Borghans & Angela Lee Duckworth & James J. Heckman & Bas ter Weel, 2008. "The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits," NBER Working Papers 13810, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Borghans Lex & Weel Bas ter & Weinberg Bruce A., 2007. "Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes," Research Memoranda 001, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  9. Borghans Lex & Golsteyn Bart, 2007. "Are Courses Chosen to Reduce Skill-Deficiences? An Experimental Approach," Research Memoranda 003, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]

  10. Lex Borghans & Ben Kriechel, 2007. "Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the Netherlands 1999-2003," NBER Working Papers 13210, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  11. Borghans Lex & Meijers Huub & Weel Bas ter, 2006. "The Role of Noncognitive Skills in Explaining Cognitive Test Scores," Research Memoranda 006, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  12. Lex Borghans & Bart H.H. Golsteyn, 2006. "Skill Transferability, Regret and Mobility," IZA Discussion Papers 2021, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  13. Borghans,Lex & Golsteyn,Bart H.H., 2005. "Time Discounting and the Body Mass Index," Research Memoranda 006, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  14. José A. M. Borghans & Lex Borghans & Bas ter Weel, 2005. "Is There a Link between Economic Outcomes and Genetic Evolution? Cross-Country Evidence from the Major Histocompatibility Complex," IZA Discussion Papers 1838, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  15. Borghans,Lex & Weel,Bas,ter & Weinberg,Bruce, 2005. "People People: Social Capital and the Labor-Market Outcomes of Underrepresented Groups," Research Memoranda 002, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  16. Borghans,Lex & Weel ,Bas ,ter, 2005. "The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change," Research Memoranda 022, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology. [Downloadable!]
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  17. Borghans,Lex & Weel,Bas,ter, 2003. "Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain," Research Memoranda 002, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  18. Dupuy,Arnaud & Borghans,Lex, 2003. "Supply and Demand, Allocation and Wage Inequality: An International Comparison," Research Memoranda 009, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  19. Borghans,Lex & Weel,Bas,ter, 2003. "Are computer skills the new basic skills? The returns to computer, writing and math skills in Britain," Research Memoranda 005, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology. [Downloadable!]
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  20. Sanders Jos & Grip Andries de, 2003. "Training, Task Flexibility and Low-Skilled Workers' Employability," Research Memoranda 007, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  21. Borghans, Lex & ter Weel, Bas, 2003. "What Happens When Agent T Gets a Computer? The Labor Market Impact of Cost Efficient Computer Adoption," IZA Discussion Papers 792, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  22. Borghans,L. & Weel,B.,ter, 2002. "De invloed van computers op de vraag naar vaardigheden," Working Papers 002, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]

  23. Borghans,Lex & Weel,Bas,ter, 2002. "Do Older Workers Have More Trouble Using a Computer Than Younger Workers?," Research Memoranda 003, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]

  24. Borghans,Lex & Weel,Bas,ter, 2002. "The Diffusion of Computers and the Distribution of Wages," Research Memoranda 039, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology. [Downloadable!]
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  25. Borghans,Lex & Weel,Bas,ter, 2001. "Computers, Skills and Wages," Research Memoranda 019, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology. [Downloadable!]
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  26. Borghans,Lex & Weel,Bas,ter, 2001. "What happens when agent T gets a computer?," Research Memoranda 017, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology. [Downloadable!]
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  27. Borghans,L. & Grip,A.,de & Heijke,H., 2000. "Alice in prognoseland Over de zin van arbeidsmarktprognoses," Working Papers 006, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]

  28. Borghans L. & Weel B. ter, 2000. "How computerizaton changes the UK Labour Market: The Facts viewed from a new Perspective," Working Papers 010, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  29. Lex Borghans, 2000. "Wage Elasticities of the Supply of R & D Workers in the Netherlands," Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers 1175, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]

  30. Borghans,L. & Weel,B.,ter, 2000. "Hoe computerisering de arbeidsmarkt verandert: de feiten op een rij vanuit een nieuw raamwerk," Working Papers 007, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]

  31. Borghans,L. & Groot,L., 1999. "Educational presorting as a cause of occupational segregation," Research Memoranda 003, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]

  32. Borghans,L. & Grip,A.,de, 1999. "Skills and low pay: upgrading or overeducation?," Research Memoranda 005, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]

  33. Borghans,L. & Grip,A.,de & Smoorenburg,M.,van, 1997. "The Dutch Observatory on Employment and Training," Working Papers 002, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]

  34. Borghans,L. & Grip,A.,de & Delmee,J. & Loo,J.,van & Matheeuwsen,A. & Smits,W., 1997. "Methodiek arbeidsmarktprognoses en -indicatoren 1997-2002," Working Papers 006, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  35. Grip,A.,de & Smoorenburg,M.,van & Borghans,L. & Jonker,N., 1997. "Methodiek werkgelegenheid en scholing 1996," Working Papers 001, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  36. Borghans,L. & Hughes,G. & Smits,W., 1997. "The Occupational Structure of Further and Higher Education in Ireland and the Netherlands," Research Memoranda 003, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]

  37. Borghans,L., 1996. "Mobiliteit op de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt," Working Papers 003, Maastricht : ROA,Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]

Articles

  1. Lex Borghans & Bart H. H. Golsteyn & James J. Heckman & Huub Meijers, 2009. "Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 7(2-3), pages 649-658, 04-05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Lex Borghans & Angela Lee Duckworth & James J. Heckman & Bas ter Weel, 2008. "The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 43(4). [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Lex Borghans & Huub Meijers & Bas Ter Weel, 2008. "The Role Of Noncognitive Skills In Explaining Cognitive Test Scores," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 46(1), pages 2-12, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Lex Borghans & Bas ter Weel & Bruce A. Weinberg, 2008. "Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 43(4). [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Lex Borghans & Bart H. H. Golsteyn, 2007. "Skill transferability, regret and mobility," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 39(13), pages 1663-1677. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Borghans, Lex & ter Weel, Bas, 2007. "The diffusion of computers and the distribution of wages," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 51(3), pages 715-748, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Borghans, Lex & Golsteyn, Bart H.H., 2006. "Time discounting and the body mass index: Evidence from the Netherlands," Economics and Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 4(1), pages 39-61, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  8. Lex Borghans & Bas Weel, 2006. "The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 116(509), pages F45-F72, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  9. Lex Borghans & Bas ter Weel, 2006. "Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain," LABOUR, CEIS, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, vol. 20(3), pages 505-532, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  10. Lex Borghans & Hans Heijke, 2005. "The production and use of human capital: Introduction," Education Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 13(2), pages 133-142, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  11. Arnaud Dupuy & Lex Borghans, 2005. "Supply and demand, allocation and wage inequality: an international comparison," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 37(9), pages 1073-1088, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  12. Borghans, Lex & ter Weel, Bas, 2004. "What happens when agent T gets a computer?: The labor market impact of cost efficient computer adoption," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 54(2), pages 137-151, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  13. Borghans, Lex & ter Weel, Bas, 2004. "Are computer skills the new basic skills? The returns to computer, writing and math skills in Britain," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(1), pages 85-98, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  14. Borghans, Lex & Green, Francis & Mayhew, Ken, 2001. "Skills Measurement and Economic Analysis: An Introduction," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 53(3), pages 375-84, July.

  15. Myra Wieling & Lex Borghans, 2001. "Descrepancies between Supply and Demand and Adjustment Processes in the Labour Market," LABOUR, CEIS, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, vol. 15(1), pages 33-56, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  16. Borghans, Lex & Groot, Loek, 1999. "Educational presorting and occupational segregation," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 375-395, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  17. Lex Borghans & Loek Groot, 1998. "Superstardom and Monopolistic Power: Why Media Stars Earn More Than Their Marginal Contribution to Welfare," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 154(3), pages 546-, September.

  18. Borghans, Lex & De Grip, Andries & Heijke, Hans, 1996. "Labor market information and the choice of vocational specialization," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 15(1), pages 59-74, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  19. van Eijs, Patrick & Borghans, Lex, 1996. "The use of RAS in manpower forecasting: A microeconomic approach," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 13(2), pages 257-287, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  20. Borghans, Lex, 1993. "Errors in rational expectations matter," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 25-28. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

NEP Fields

51 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
  1. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (7) 2005-02-27 2005-04-03 2005-09-11 2006-02-26 2006-03-18 2007-01-28 2009-04-25 Author is listed
  2. NEP-CBE: Cognitive & Behavioural Economics (4) 2005-12-01 2006-12-09 2008-03-08 2009-02-22
  3. NEP-EDU: Education (8) 2005-04-03 2005-10-04 2006-03-18 2006-04-22 2007-01-23 2009-08-08 2009-08-16 2009-10-10 Author is listed
  4. NEP-EEC: European Economics (3) 2003-12-14 2007-07-07 2009-08-16
  5. NEP-EFF: Efficiency & Productivity (2) 2005-09-11 2005-10-04
  6. NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (1) 2009-02-22
  7. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2009-03-22
  8. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2005-05-23 2005-10-15
  9. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic & Financial History (5) 2003-02-24 2003-02-24 2004-04-18 2009-08-16 2009-10-10 Author is listed
  10. NEP-HRM: Human Capital & Human Resource Management (1) 2008-03-08
  11. NEP-ICT: Information & Communication Technologies (3) 2008-11-11 2009-01-03 2009-02-22
  12. NEP-INO: Innovation (5) 2003-06-25 2003-12-14 2005-09-11 2005-09-29 2005-10-04 Author is listed
  13. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (24) 2003-02-24 2003-02-24 2003-04-21 2003-11-30 2003-11-30 2004-04-18 2005-02-27 2005-04-03 2005-09-11 2006-02-26 2006-03-18 2006-04-22 2006-12-09 2006-12-16 2007-01-23 2007-07-07 2007-07-07 2008-03-08 2008-11-11 2009-01-03 2009-02-22 2009-04-25 2009-08-16 2009-10-10 Author is listed
  14. NEP-LAM: Central & South America (1) 2003-11-03
  15. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty (1) 2005-02-27
  16. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (1) 2003-11-03
  17. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (2) 2008-02-16 2008-03-08
  18. NEP-SOC: Social Norms & Social Capital (3) 2006-02-26 2006-12-09 2006-12-16
  19. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (2) 2009-08-08 2009-10-10
  20. NEP-TID: Technology & Industrial Dynamics (2) 2002-12-17 2002-12-17
  21. NEP-UPT: Utility Models & Prospect Theory (2) 2009-02-22 2009-03-22
  22. NEP-URE: Urban & Real Estate Economics (3) 2005-02-13 2005-02-27 2005-04-03
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