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Joop Hartog
Joop Hartog
Research Fellow
University of Amsterdam
jhartog@contact.uva.nl External Homepage

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.

IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18211
The Labor Market in the Netherlands 2001–2024: The Long Demise of a Centralized Model
Wiemer Salverda, Joop Hartog
shortened version published as 'The Labor Market in the Netherlands 2001–2024' in: IZA World of Labor, 2025
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5714
Do They Understand the Benefits from Education? Evidence on Dutch High School Students’ Earnings Expectations
Jacopo Mazza, Joop Hartog
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5679
Is Earnings Uncertainty Relevant for Educational Choice? An Empirical Analysis for China
Joop Hartog, Xiaohao Ding, Juan Liao
published in: Education Economics, 2014 , 22 (5), 471-483
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5531
Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance: Does Schooling Provide Earnings Insurance?
Jacopo Mazza, Hans van Ophem, Joop Hartog
published as 'Unobserved heterogeneity and risk in wage variance: Does more schooling reduce earnings risk?' in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 323 - 338
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5435
Reservation Wages and Starting Wages
Hans van Ophem, Joop Hartog, Peter Berkhout
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4807
Can We Measure Individual Risk Attitudes in a Survey?
Xiaohao Ding, Joop Hartog, Yuze Sun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4439
A Risk Augmented Mincer Earnings Equation? Taking Stock
Joop Hartog
Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 33, 129-173
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4124
Risk Attitude and Wage Growth: Replication and Reconstruction
Santiago Budría, Luis Diaz-Serrano, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Joop Hartog
published as "Risk-Aversion and Income Growth: Replicating Shaw (1996)" in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 44 (2), 981-1004
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4069
Do Students Expect Compensation for Wage Risk?
Jürg Schweri, Joop Hartog, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (2), 215-227
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3648
If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs versus Employees
Joop Hartog, Mirjam C. van Praag, Justin van der Sluis
published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2010, 19 (4), 947-989
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3534
Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands: Catching Up and the Irrelevance of Education
Aslan Zorlu, Joop Hartog
published in: International Journal of Population Research, 2012, Article ID 634276
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3026
Starting Wages Respond to Employer’s Risk
Peter Berkhout, Joop Hartog
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 61 (3), 229-260
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2074
Compensation for Earnings Risk under Worker Heterogeneity
Peter Berkhout, Joop Hartog, Dinand Webbink
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2010, 76 (3), 762–790
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1809
On Simplifying the Structure of Labour Demand: An Analysis of the DOT Data
Wim P. Vijverberg, Joop Hartog
published in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42(13), 1747-1760
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1753
How Important Is Homeland Education for Refugees' Economic Position in The Netherlands?
Joop Hartog, Aslan Zorlu
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (1), 219-246
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1355
Is There a Risk-Return Trade-Off across Occupations? Evidence from Spain
Luis Diaz-Serrano, Joop Hartog
published as 'Is there a risk-return trade-off in educational choices? Evidence from Spain' in: Investigaciones Economicas, 2006, 30 (2), 353-380
IZA Discussion Paper No. 963
Compensating Wage Differentials for Schooling Risk in Denmark
Luis Diaz-Serrano, Joop Hartog, Helena Skyt Nielsen
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110(4), 711-731
IZA Discussion Paper No. 883
Overeducation, Wages and Promotions within the Firm
Sandra Groeneveld, Joop Hartog
published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (6), 701-714
IZA Discussion Paper No. 642
The Effect of Immigration on Wages in Three European Countries
Joop Hartog, Aslan Zorlu
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18 (1), 113-151
IZA Discussion Paper No. 641
Earnings Risk and Demand for Higher Education: A Cross-Section Test for Spain
Joop Hartog, Luis Diaz-Serrano
published in: Journal of Applied Economics, 2007, 10 (1) , 1-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 640
Dual Track or Academic Route for Auditors: Does It Matter?
Joop Hartog, Nicole Jonker, Hans van Ophem
published in: Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (9), 1019-1035
IZA Discussion Paper No. 426
Do Wages Really Compensate for Risk Aversion and Skewness Affection?
Joop Hartog, Wim P. Vijverberg
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14(6), 926-937
IZA Discussion Paper No. 208
Dutch Migrants in New Zealand: Did they Fare Well?
Joop Hartog, Rainer Winkelmann
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2003, 16 (4), 683-705
IZA Discussion Paper No. 53
Inter-industry Wage Dispersion in Portugal: high but falling
Joop Hartog, Pedro T. Pereira, José António Cabral Vieira
published as 'Inter-industry Wage Dispersion in Portugal' in: Empirica, 2000, 27 (4), 353-364
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The labor market in the Netherlands, 2001–2016
Joop Hartog
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