Joop Hartog

Research Fellow

University of Amsterdam

jhartog@contact.uva.nl

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Joop Hartog retired from the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam as professor of micro-economics in 2011 qnd as a guest researcher in 2021.
He graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1970, received an M.A. in economics from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada in 1971 and his Ph.D. from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1978.
He is founder and former editor (1994-1999) of Labour Economics and has been a member of the editorial board of the Economics of Education Review.
He has published widely in such economics journals as European Economic Review, De Economist, Economics Letters, Applied Economics, Economics of Education Review and European Journal of Political Economy.
His current research interests are still in labor markets and economics of education.

Joop Hartog joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 1999.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17569

The Long-Term Fiscal Impact of Immigrants in the Netherlands, Differentiated by Motive, Source Region and Generation

Jan van de Beek, Joop Hartog, Gerrit Kreffer, Hans Roodenburg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16987

The Dire Consequences of Untamed Population Growth in the Netherlands

Joop Hartog

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11549

Vocational High School Graduate Wage Gap: The Role of Cognitive Skills and Firms

Joop Hartog, Pedro Raposo, Hugo Reis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11485

The Impact of Language on Socioeconomic Integration of Immigrants

Aslan Zorlu, Joop Hartog

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9578

Are Starting Wages Reduced by an Insurance Premium for Preventing Wage Decline? Testing the Prediction of Harris and Holmstrom (1982)

Joop Hartog, Pedro Raposo

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48, 105-119

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9120

Do Wage Expectations Influence the Decision to Enroll in Nursing College?

Jürg Schweri, Joop Hartog

published as 'Do wage expectations predict college enrollment? Evidence from healthcare' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 141, 135 - 150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8110

Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?

Joop Hartog, Luis Diaz-Serrano

published in: De Economist, 2015, 163, 125-153

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7025

Nash Bargaining and the Wage Consequences of Educational Mismatches

Joop Hartog, Michael Sattinger

published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 23, 50-56

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6166

It's the Opportunity Cost, Stupid! How Self-Employment Responds to Financial Incentives of Return, Risk and Skew

Peter Berkhout, Joop Hartog, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 40 (2), 249-268