Abstract
The thesis consists of four chapters in economics of language and family economics. Chapter 2 studies how language problems in Dutch affect labor market performance on immigrants. Chapter 3 investigates the effect of dialect-speaking on native Dutch residents. Chapter 4 studies the effects of dialect-speaking on academic performance in Dutch primary schools and its spillover effects among classmates. Chapter 5 investigates the relationship between sex ratio (number of males to females) and timing of first marriage by exploiting exogenous shocks of family planning policies.
| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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| Award date | 5 Sept 2017 |
| Place of Publication | Tilburg |
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| Print ISBNs | 978 90 5668 522 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |