International journals

2010

Sectoral variation in collectively agreed employment protection: Evidence from Dutch flexicurity (with Hester Houwing), in European Journal of Industrial Relations, forthcoming June 2010.

2009

The effects of early retirement incentives on the training participation of older workers (with Didier Fouarge), Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 23: 85-109.

2008

Early retirement in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: A longitudinal analysis of individual factors and institutional regimes, European Sociological Review, 24(3): 315-329.  [PDF]

Dutch journals

2009

Flexicurity in Nederlandse CAO’s: een strategie om de arbeidsparticipatie te verhogen? (with Hester Houwing), TPEDigitaal, 3(2):  126-141. [PDF]

Crisis op de arbeidsmarkt, Zeggenschap, maart 2009: 6-8.

2008

Flexicurity en de gouden driehoek van sociaal beleid (with Paul de Beer), Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsverhoudingen, 24(4): 363-380.

Concurrentie tussen arbeidsmarktparticipatie en maatschappelijke participatie (with Ronald Dekker and Didier Fouarge), Economisch Statistische Berichten, 93(4538): 404-407.

2007

Enkele overwegingen omtrent evenwicht in het ontslagrecht en de arbeidsmarkt (with Ferdinand Grapperhaus), Sociaal Recht, November 2007: 351-358. [PDF]

Participatietop of participatieflop (with Anne Gielen), Economisch Statistische Berichten, 92(4514): 438-439. [PDF]

Ontslagbescherming in CAOs, Economisch Statistische Berichten, 92(4509): 274-276. [PDF]

2006

Vervroegd pensioen in Europa, Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, 22(2): 109-125. [PDF]

2004

Vervroegd uittreden of doorwerken? (with Didier Fouarge and Bart Huynen), CBS Sociaal-Economische Trends, 2004-III: 41-49. [PDF]

Books

2009

The labour market triangle: Employment protection, unemployment compensation and activation in Europe (with Paul de Beer), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

Wie zorgt voor Zekerheid? (with Paul de Beer, Marcel Hoogenboom, and Lucy Kok) Den Haag: SDU.

2005

Early retirement patterns in Europe: A comparative panel study, Dissertation Tilburg University, Dutch University Press, Amsterdam.

Book chapters

2009

Introduction: Achieving an optimal social policy mix (with Paul de Beer). In de Beer, P.T. and Schils, T. (eds.), The labour market triangle: Employment protection, unemployment compensation and activation in Europe, Chapter 1, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 1-25.

The Netherlands. In de Beer, P.T. and Schils, T. (eds.), The labour market triangle: Employment protection, unemployment compensation and activation in Europe, Chapter 5, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 96-118.

Conclusion: Is there a golden triangle? (with Paul de Beer). In de Beer, P.T. and Schils, T. (eds.), The labour market triangle: Employment protection, unemployment compensation and activation in Europe, Chapter 9, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 198-220.

2006

Vervroegde uittreding: determinanten en inkomensgevolgen (with Didier Fouarge and Bart Huynen), in Ester, P. and Muffels, R. (eds.) Dynamiek en levensloop: Arbeidsmarkt in transitie, Institute of Labour Studies, Tilburg. [Dutch introduction]

2004

Labour market mobility patterns (with Ruud Muffels), in Berthoud, R. and Iacovou, M. (eds.) Social Europe: Living arrangements and welfare states, pp. 120-145, Cheltenham: Edward-Elgar. [PDF]

Reports

2009

Prikkels voor postinitiele scholing van laagopgeleiden (with Didier Fouarge and Andries de Grip), Report written for ECBO, Expertcentre for Vocational Education, ‘s Hertogenbosch, in press.

2008

Training older workers. Does it help make them work longer? (with Didier Fouarge) OSA Report A230, Institute of Labour Studies, Tilburg. [Dutch summary]

2006

The new trade union: another 100 years? (with Roos van Os van den Abeelen), Conference Report, Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies, Amsterdam. [PDF]

Loon en werk na werkloosheid (with Didier Fouarge and Marcel Kerkhofs), OSA Report A221, Institute of Labour Studies, Tilburg. [Dutch introduction]

2004

To retire or continue working? An analysis of early retirement behaviour of Dutch workers (with Didier Fouarge and Bart Huynen), OSA Report A207, Institute of Labour Studies, Tilburg. [Dutch summary]

Working papers

2009

Flexicurity in Dutch collective agreements (with Hester Houwing), AIAS working paper no. 68, Amsterdam institute of Advanced Labour Studies, Amsterdam.

2007

Does it matter who takes responsibility? The distribution of responsibility for social security and labour market policy in five countries (with Paul de Beer), AIAS working paper no. 57, Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies, Amsterdam. [PDF]

Employment protection in collective labour agreements, AIAS working paper no. 56, Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies, Amsterdam. [PDF]

Distribution of responsibility for social security and labour market policy: The Netherlands, AIAS working paper no. 49, Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies, Amsterdam. [PDF]

2006

Early retirement in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, AIAS working paper no. 44, Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies, Amsterdam. [PDF]

2003

The ageing workforce and labour market mobility: Do mobility patterns differ between age groups and welfare regimes? (with Ruud Muffels), EPAG working paper no. 44, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex. [PDF]

Other

2010

Flexicurity: het nieuwe arbeidsmarktdenken, Boekreview, Socialisme en Democratie, Forthcoming March 2010.

2009

‘Pensioenprikkels en arbeidsmarktparticipatie van oudere werknemers’, bijdrage Arbeidsmarkt Statistiek, Economisch Statische Berichten, 94(4555): 144.

2007

Activation and social exclusion in the Netherlands, paper prepared for the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Bonn. [PDF]

Book review on Dornan, P., Delivering benefits in old age: the take-up of the Minimum Income Guarantee, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., in Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie, 38: 157. [PDF]

2006

‘Voorjaar in Nederland’, Column in AIAS Nieuwsbrief, 8: 12. [PDF]