Jesper van Thor
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Jesper van Thor is researcher at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Marktet (ROA), Maastricht University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Commercial Economics, obtained at the HEAO in Sittard. After that, he obtained his master’s degree in International Business (Maastricht University). He wrote his master thesis at ROA. Title master thesis: ‘Unemployment duration and successful job search method of recent graduates in the Netherlands: A comparison on race’. During his study he has already worked at ROA as student assistant. He also worked for Yacht as recruiter. The fields of interest are the relationship between ethnicity and job search methods and unemployment duration. The role of flexible work on the labour market. The relationship between distance deterrence and study (location) choice.
Work in progress
In Dutch: ‘Belang van flexwerk op de arbeidsmarkt’ (met Frank Cörvers)
In Dutch: ‘Optimale locatie van beroepsopleidingen’ (met Frank Cörvers)
In Dutch: ‘Scenarioanalyse van het regionale aanbod van gediplomeerden van bètatechnische opleidingen’ (met Frank Cörvers)
Recent Dutch publications
D. Bertrand-Cloodt, F. Cörvers, J. van Thor (2013), Woon-werkmobiliteit onder mbo-schoolverlaters, Economisch Statistische Berichten, Vol. 98 (4656), p. 177.
Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (2009). De arbeidsmarkt naar opleiding en beroep tot 2014, ROA-R-2009/5, Maastricht.
Christoph Meng, Johan Coenen, Timo Huijgen Ger Ramaekers, Jesper van Thor (2009). VMBO: Tevredenheid en aansluiting met vervolgonderwijs, ROA-R-2009/6, Maastricht.
Recent papers
Daniëlle Bertrand-Cloodt, Frank Cörvers, Ben Kriechel, Jesper van Thor (2011), Why do recent graduates enter into flexible jobs?, ROA -RM-2011/10, Maastricht University.
Daniëlle Bertrandt-Cloodt, Frank Cörvers, Hans Heijke, Jesper van Thor (2009). The impact of distance deterrence on the choice of field of study in vocational education in the Netherlands, paper presented at 49th European Congress of the Regional Science Association, 25th - 29th August, Lódz, Poland.
