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Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) @roamaastricht.bsky.social · Mar 12

Congrats to Tim Huijts et al. with an A-publication in Social Science & Medicine: “Informal employment as a social determinant of health: A conceptual framework and research agenda accounting for context”

Read the article: edu.nl/cwdfw

Informal employment as a social determinant of health: A conceptual framework and research agenda accounting for context

Despite most workers globally being informally employed, our understanding of the role of informal employment as a social determinant of health and he…

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Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) @roamaastricht.bsky.social · Apr 7

ROA is recruiting a researcher/project leader.
Are you passionate about doing research on skills, health, education, and the labour market? Do you have good project management skills? Then our vacancy would be a good match for you!

View the #vacancy: edu.nl/cg6jx

Researcher / project leader

Are you passionate about doing research on skills, health, education, and the labour market? Are you a social scientist, economist, sociologist, or health scientist with strong quantitative skills? Do...

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Didier Fouarge @dfouarge.bsky.social · May 20

In an RCT, we treat job seekers in slack occupations with information about the better prospects in other suitable jobs. Effects are large: employment, hours of work and labor income all improve by 5%/6% after 18 months, with limited externalities to other job seekers. docs.iza.org/dp17905.pdf

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Didier Fouarge @dfouarge.bsky.social · May 20

Yesterday, I presented our Skills2Capabilities research on skills in VET curricula at the Belgian Day for Labour Economists. With Ziyue Zhu, Melline Somers and Barbara Belfi, we show that curricula updates are conducive to better labour market outcomes. skills2capabilities.eu/results.html

Results - Skills2Capabilities

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Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) @roamaastricht.bsky.social · May 16

@ROA hosted the workshop on challenges for labour market forecasts: navigating the future, celebrating 39 years of ROA labour market forecasts. Researchers, policy makers and educational institutions discussed the use and future of labour market forecasts.

👉 edu.nl/rn44j

#labormarket #forecasts

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Didier Fouarge @dfouarge.bsky.social · May 16

Kleine impressie van onze @roamaastricht.bsky.social workshop van gisteren rond de #POA prognoses en toekomstige uitdagingen in de aansluiting onderwijs-arbeidsmarkt.

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Didier Fouarge @dfouarge.bsky.social · Apr 7

We are hiring !

Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) @roamaastricht.bsky.social · Apr 7

ROA is recruiting a researcher/project leader.
Are you passionate about doing research on skills, health, education, and the labour market? Do you have good project management skills? Then our vacancy would be a good match for you!

View the #vacancy: edu.nl/cg6jx

Researcher / project leader

Are you passionate about doing research on skills, health, education, and the labour market? Are you a social scientist, economist, sociologist, or health scientist with strong quantitative skills? Do...

edu.nl

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Didier Fouarge @dfouarge.bsky.social · Apr 7

@roamaastricht.bsky.social is hiring a research/project leader in the field of skills, health, education, and the labour market. www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3509...

Researcher / project leader

Are you passionate about doing research on skills, health, education, and the labour market? Are you a social scientist, economist, sociologist, or health scientist with strong quantitative skills? Do...

www.academictransfer.com

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Didier Fouarge @dfouarge.bsky.social · Mar 31

Op 15 mei houdt @roamaastricht.bsky.social een workshop met presentaties van prognoses voor NL, D en EU en een panel discussie met Sandra Phlippen, Janneke Pieters, Adnan Tekin, Rob Witjes en Maurice Limmen.

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Didier Fouarge @dfouarge.bsky.social · Mar 28

@eale-office.bsky.social is now on BlueSky!

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Jan Sauermann @jansauermann.bsky.social · Mar 28

EALE @eale-office.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. Let’s give it a warm welcome!
#EconSky 📉📈

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Didier Fouarge @dfouarge.bsky.social · Mar 21

Congrats, @timhuijts.bsky.social !

Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) @roamaastricht.bsky.social · Mar 12

Congrats to Tim Huijts et al. with an A-publication in Social Science & Medicine: “Informal employment as a social determinant of health: A conceptual framework and research agenda accounting for context”

Read the article: edu.nl/cwdfw

Informal employment as a social determinant of health: A conceptual framework and research agenda accounting for context

Despite most workers globally being informally employed, our understanding of the role of informal employment as a social determinant of health and he…

edu.nl

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Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) @roamaastricht.bsky.social · Mar 20

In MeJudice schrijven ROA/SEO over het belang van werktaken in beroepen en de effectiviteit waarmee deze door werkenden worden uitgevoerd. De arbeidsvraag groeit met name in beroepen waarin interpersoonlijke vaardigheden en probleemoplossend vermogen van belang zijn.

read more here 👉 edu.nl/jgv94

Werktaken als indicator van vraag en aanbod op de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt

De Nederlandse Skills Survey (NSS) biedt een uniek en integraal beeld van de ontwikkelingen in de arbeidsvraag en het arbeidsaanbod. Deze survey meet sinds 2012 het belang van werktaken en de effectiv...

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Didier Fouarge @dfouarge.bsky.social · Mar 20

In MeJudice schrijven wij over het belang van werktaken in beroepen en de effectiviteit waarmee deze door werkenden worden uitgevoerd. De arbeidsvraag groeit met name in beroepen waarin interpersoonlijke vaardigheden en probleemoplossend vermogen van belang zijn. www.mejudice.nl/artikelen/de...

Werktaken als indicator van vraag en aanbod op de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt

De Nederlandse Skills Survey (NSS) biedt een uniek en integraal beeld van de ontwikkelingen in de arbeidsvraag en het arbeidsaanbod. Deze survey meet sinds 2012 het belang van werktaken en de effectiv...

www.mejudice.nl

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Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) @roamaastricht.bsky.social · Mar 18

Recent rapport: Taken en vaardigheden op het werk 2012-2024. SEO & ROA hebben, dankzij financiering van de LLO Katalysator, o.a. laten zien dat de werkgelegenheid in beroepen waar veel belang wordt gehecht aan interpersoonlijke vaardigheden relatief sterk is toegenomen.

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Grafiek: Ontwikkeling in aantal werkenden 1996-2023, naar belang van taken.

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Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) @roamaastricht.bsky.social · Mar 17

Policy Brief 9b explores how organisations can shape AI innovations through co-creative learning, AI literacy, and sharing both successes and failures. Collaboration with independent research is key to sustainable adoption.

Read more here 👉 edu.nl/trb8n

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Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) @roamaastricht.bsky.social · Mar 12

Proud of our colleague! Marie-Christine Fregin recognized as one of Germany’s most important women in AI by Manager Magazin.

Being listed among these 23 inspiring women is a great acknowledgment of the crucial role that research and science play in shaping the #FutureOfWork with #AI.

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(m+) Künstliche Intelligenz 2025: Diese KI-Frauen sollten Sie unbedingt kennen

Wer treibt KI in Deutschland voran? Diese aktuelle Liste präsentiert 23 Frauen, die maßgeblich die Entwicklung und Anwendung der Zukunftstechnologie prägen. Als Managerinnen, Unternehmerinnen oder Weg...

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Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) @roamaastricht.bsky.social · Feb 24

ROA is now also on Bluesky!

We are a research institute at Maastricht University, specialized in applied social scientific research on of education and the labour market. We do both high-level scientific research and policy research.

Follow us to learn more about our research and institute!

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