New website E-data launched and February issue out
In February, the new E-data website was launched (in Dutch). Now that the new website is in place, E-data articles can be found and shared as indiviudual items.
Author: Suze Zijlstra
SURF builds new supercomputer
This month, SURF has announced that a new supercomputer will be built. In the future, the OSSC will be transferred to the new supercomputer, to enable social scientists to make use of the enormous amount of extra computing power it offers.
ODISSEI online Lunch Lecture: microdata and geospatial analysis
On Tuesday 9 February 2021 from 12-1 pm, the first ODISSEI Lunch Lecture will take place digitally. Dr. Hannah Roberts (UU) will discuss her recent research on associations between multiple environmental exposures and depressive symptoms in the Netherlands. For this research, Roberts has combined survey data with CBS microdata and GPS data.
Netherlands eScience Center call for Small-Scale Initiatives in Machine Learning
On 1 February, the Netherlands eScience Center opens a call for machine learning projects: Open Call for Small-Scale Initiatives in Machine Learning.
From inside prison to a prison outside: Resocialisation and recidivism during the corona-crisis
This project has received an ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant (MAG) in 2020. Project applicant: Elanie Rodermond (NSCR/VU Amsterdam). Project abstract In the midst of the corona crisis, prisoners are faced with several measures that are meant to avoid a corona-outbreak in prison, such as the suspension of visits and re-integration activities. After release from prison, ex-prisoners…
The influence of regional logics in altering organizational behavior in decentralized states
This project has received an ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant (MAG) in 2020. Project applicant: Koen Kuijpers (UT-BMS) and dr. Michel Ehrenhard (UT-BMS). Project abstract The Participation Act was introduced on the 1th of January 2015, in order to create a more inclusive labor market in The Netherlands. The actual execution of the Act is decentralized.…
Does the lack of collateral prevent the creation and growth of small businesses?
This project has received an ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant (MAG) in 2020. Project applicant: Daniel Kárpáti (TiSEM). Project abstract Small businesses are crucial to the economy: in the Netherlands, they provide over the third of value added and half of the employment. Yet, small firms often face difficulties obtaining bank loans, according to a leading…
New work and the family life course in the Netherlands (NeWFam-NL)
This project has received an ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant (MAG) in 2020. Project applicant: dr. Jennifer Holland (EUR-ESSB). Project abstract Over the last 50 years, macro-economic changes have resulted in the emergence and proliferation of new working conditions. This ‘New Work’ is characterized by an increase in the share of workers with temporary contracts, self-employment…
The 30%-rule for expats: impact on immigration and wages
This project has received an ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant (MAG) in 2020. Project applicants: prof. dr. Massimo Giuliodori (UvA-FEB) and dr. Paul Muller (VU Amsterdam). Project abstract Immigrants that relocate to the Netherlands with the purpose of starting employment that requires skills that are scarce in the Dutch labor force, benefit from a substantial reduction…
Systematic Income Risk
This project has received an ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant (MAG) in 2020. Project applicant: Giuseppe Floccari (TiSEM). Project abstract This project plans to document a set of new facts about the income risk that Dutch households are exposed to and to study its effects on their portfolio choice and savings behavior. On the one hand,…