Herman van de Werfhorst

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A comparative chapter in the recent volume edited by Heath and Brinbaum, for the British Academy:

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G., Van Elsas, Erika, and Heath, Anthony (2014). Origin and Destination Effects on the Educational Careers of Second-generation Minorities. Pp. 245-272 in Heath, Anthony & Brinbaum, Yaël (eds.). Unequal Attainments. Ethnic Educational Inequalities in Ten Western Countries. Proceedings of the British Academy 196, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

A chapter in the volume by the Scientific Council for Government Policy on economic inequality (Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid, WRR):

Van de Werfhorst, H. (2014) ‘Politieke en sociale gevolgen van inkomensongelijkheid’, in M. Kremer, M. Bovens, E. Schrijvers en R. Went (red.) Hoe ongelijk is Nederland? Een verkenning van de ontwikkeling en gevolgen van economische ongelijkheid, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Our new books on changing income inequality and its effects, from the GINI project:

Salverda, Wiemer, Nolan, Brian, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (eds.). (2014). Changing Inequalities in Rich Countries: Analytical and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687435.001.0001

Nolan, Brian, Salverda, Wiemer, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (eds.). (2014). Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries: Thirty Countries’ Experiences. Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687428.003.0001

Journal articles:

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Fleischmann, F, C. Kristen, A. F. Heath, Y. Brinbaum, P. Deboosere, N. Granato, J. O. Jonsson, E. Kilpi-Jakonen, G. Lorenz, A. C. Lutz, D. Mos, R. Mutarrak, K. Phalet, C. Rothon, F. Rudolphi, and H. G. van de Werfhorst. 2014. Gender Inequalities in the Education of the Second Generation in Western Countries,” Sociology of Education, vol. 87, no. 3, pp. 143–170.

Notten, Natascha, Bram Lancee, Herman G. van de Werfhorst, and Harry B. G. Ganzeboom. 2014. “Educational Stratification in Cultural Participation: Cognitive Competence or Status Motivation?” Journal of Cultural Economics 1–27. DOI: 10.1007/s10824-014-9218-1.

Breen, Richard, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G., Jaeger, Mads Meier. (2014). Deciding under Doubt: A Theory of Risk Aversion, Time Discounting Preferences and Educational Decision Making. European Sociological Review, 30(2): 258-270.

Bol, Thijs, Witschge, Jacqueline, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. and Dronkers, Jaap. (2014). Curricular Tracking and Central Examinations: Counterbalancing the Impact of Social Background on Student Achievement in 36 Countries. Social Forces, 92(4): 1545-1572.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2014). Changing societies and four tasks of schooling: Challenges for strongly differentiated educational systems. International Review of Education, 60(1):123–44. DOI 10.1007/s11159-014-9410-8.

Veerman, Gert Jan, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. and Dronkers, Jaap (2013). Ethnic composition of the class and educational performance in primary education in the Netherlands. Educational Research and Evaluation, 19(5): 370-401.

Bol, Thijs, en Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2013). Educational Systems and the Trade-off Between Labor Market Allocation and Equality of Educational Opportunity. Comparative Education Review, 57(2): 285-308.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. & Salverda, Wiemer (2012). Consequences of Economic Inequality: Introduction to a Special Issue. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 30: 377–387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2012.08.001

Koçer, Rüya Gökhan & Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2012). Does Education Affect Opinions on Economic Inequality? A Joint Mean and Dispersion Analysis. Acta Sociologica, 55: 251-272.

Lancee, Bram & Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2012). Income Inequality and Participation: A Comparison of 24 European Countries. Social Science Research, 41: 1166–1178.

Klarita Gërxhani and Herman G. van de Werfhorst (2012). The Effect of Education on Informal Sector Participation in a Post-Communist Country. European Sociological Review. 29(3): 464-476. DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcr087

Koçer, Rüya Gökhan & Van de Werfhorst, Herman (2012). Education Systems and the Formation of Societal Consensus on Justice. Quality and Quantity, 46:451–470

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2011). Skills, Positional Good, or Social Closure? The Role of Education across Structural-Institutional Labour Market Settings. Journal of Education and Work, 24, 5, 521–548.

Huisman, Chip, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. & Monshouwer, Karin (2011). Adolescent Tobacco Use in the Netherlands: Social Background, Education and School Organization. Youth & Society, 44: 567-586. DOI: 10.1177/0044118X11407642.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2011). Selectie en differentiatie in het Nederlandse onderwijsbestel. Gelijkheid, burgerschap en onderwijsexpansie in vergelijkend perspectief. Pedagogische Studiën, 88: 283-297.

Bol, Thijs, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2011). Signals and Closure By Degrees: The Education Effect Across 15 European Countries. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 29(1): 119-132.

Netjes, Justine E., Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. Dijkstra, Anne Bert, & Geboers, Ellen A. M. (2011). Eenheid of verdeeldheid? Burgerschap in een gedifferentieerd voortgezet onderwijssysteem. Mens & Maatschappij, 86 (1): 34-65.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2011). Skill and Education Effects on Earnings in 18 Countries: The Role of National Educational Institutions. Social Science Research, 40: 1078–1090.

Barone, Carlo & Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2011). Education, Cognitive Skills and Earnings in Comparative Perspective. International Sociology, 26(4) 483–502.

Van de Werfhorst, H.G. & Luijkx, R. (2010). Educational Field of Study and Social Mobility: Disaggregating Social Origin and Education. Sociology, 44(4): 695–715.

Van de Werfhorst, H.G. & Mijs. J.J.B. (2010). Achievement inequality and the institutional structure of educational systems: A comparative perspective. Annual Review of Sociology, 36, 407-428.

Andersen, R. & Van de Werfhorst, H.G. (2010). Education and Occupational Status in 14 Countries: The Role of Educational Institutions and Labour Market Coordination. British Journal of Sociology, 61, 2, 336-355.

Van de Werfhorst, H.G. (2010). Cultural Capital, Strengths, Weaknesses and Two Advancements. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 31(2):157–69.

Checchi Daniele, Jelle Visser, and Herman G. Van de Werfhorst (2010). Inequality and Union Membership: The Impact of Relative Earnings Position and Inequality Attitudes. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 48 (1): 84-108.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2009). Credential Inflation and Educational Strategies: A Comparison of the United States and the Netherlands. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 27, 269-284

Dörfler, Laura and Herman G. van de Werfhorst (2009). Employers' Demand For Qualifications And Skills: Increased merit selection in Austria, 1985-2005. European Societies, 11: 5, 697-721.

Michelle Jackson, Ruud Luijkx, Reinhard Pollak, Louis-André Vallet, and Herman G. Van de Werfhorst (2008). Educational Fields of Study and the Intergenerational Mobility Process in Comparative Perspective. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 49 (4-5): 369-388.

Van de Werfhorst, HG. (2008). Educational Fields of Study and European Labour Markets. Introduction to a Special Issue. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 49 (4-5): 227-231.

Van Tubergen, Frank & Herman van de Werfhorst (2007). Postimmigration investments in education: A study of immigrants in the Netherlands. Demography, 44 (4), 883-898

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. & Saskia Hofstede (2007). Cultural Capital or Relative Risk Aversion? Two Mechanisms for Educational Inequality Compared. British Journal of Sociology, 58, 391-415.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. & Frank van Tubergen (2007). Ethnicity, Merit and Schooling in the Netherlands. Ethnicities, 7(3), 416-444.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2007). Scarcity and Abundance. Reconciling trends in the effects of education on social class and earnings in Great Britain 1972-2003. European Sociological Review, 23, 2, 239-261.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. & Robert Andersen (2005). “Social Background, Credential Inflation, and Educational Strategies”. Acta Sociologica, 48(4): 321-340.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2005). “Diploma-inflatie en onderwijsongelijkheid”. Mens & Maatschappij, 80 (1), 25-47.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2004). “Systems of Educational Specialization and Labour Market Outcomes in Norway, Australia and the Netherlands”. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 45, 5, 315-335.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. & De Graaf, Nan Dirk (2004). “The Sources of Political Orientations in Post-Industrial Society: Social Class and Education Revisited”. British Journal of Sociology, 55, 2, 211-235.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G., Alice Sullivan & Sin Yi Cheung (2003). “Social Class, Ability and Choice of Subject in Secondary and Tertiary Education in Britain”. British Educational Research Journal, 29 (1), 41-62.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2002). “Fields of Study, Acquired Skills, and the Wage Benefit from a Matching Job”. Acta Sociologica, 45 (4), 287-303.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G (2002). “Onderwijs en sociale klassemobiliteit. Studiekeuzes als onderdeel van mobiliteitsstrategieën”. Sociale Wetenschappen, 45 (1), 62-83.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2002). “A Detailed Examination of the Role of Education in Social Class Mobility”. Social Science Information, 41 (3), 407-438.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2001). “Avkastning av utdanning: Hva betyr en god match mellom fagområde og jobbtype?”. Søkelys på Arbeidsmarkedet, 18: 195-204.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. & Gerbert Kraaykamp (2001). “Four Field-Related Educational Resources and Their Impact on Labor, Consumption and Sociopolitical Orientation”. Sociology of Education, 74 (4), 296-317.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G., Nan Dirk de Graaf & Gerbert Kraaykamp (2001). “Intergenerational Resemblance in Field of Study in the Netherlands”. European Sociological Review, 17 (3), 275-294.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G., Gerbert Kraaykamp & Nan Dirk de Graaf (2000). “Intergenerational transmission of educational field resources: The impact of parental resources and socialisation practices on children’s fields of study in the Netherlands”. The Netherlands' Journal of Social Sciences, 36 (2), 188-210.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2000). “Schoenmaker, blijf bij je leest? Over de invloed van opleidingsrichting op type beroep en de financiële bonus van een goede aansluiting”. Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, 16 (3), 228-244.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. & Gerbert Kraaykamp (2000). “Culturele, economische, communicatieve en technische hulpbronnen van onderwijsrichtingen: de WK-indeling”. Mens & Maatschappij, 75 (1), 62-74.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman, Gerbert Kraaykamp & Nan Dirk de Graaf (1997). “Opleidingsrichting en leefstijl. Het belang van opleidingshulpbronnen versus beroepskenmerken voor leefstijlkeuzes”. Mens & Maatschappij,72 (4), pp. 335-351.

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Books, book chapters, reports, edited volumes, other publications

Van de Werfhorst, H.G. (2015). Institutional Contexts for Socio-Economic Effects on Schooling Outcomes, To appear in Robert Scott, Steve Kosslyn and Nancy Pinkerton (Eds.). Emerging Trends in the Social Sciences, New York: Wiley (forthcoming).

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G., Van Elsas, Erika, and Heath, Anthony (2014). Origin and Destination Effects on the Educational Careers of Second-generation Minorities. Pp. 245-272 in Heath, Anthony & Brinbaum, Yaël (eds.). Unequal Attainments. Ethnic Educational Inequalities in Ten Western Countries. Proceedings of the British Academy 196, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Andersen, Robert, Burgoon, Brian, and Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2014). Inequality, Legitimacy and the Political System. Pp. in Salverda, Wiemer, Nolan, Brian, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (eds.). Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries: Analytical and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press.

Checchi, Daniele, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G., Braga, Michela, Meschi, Elena (2014). The Policy Response to Educational Inequalities. Pp. in: Salverda, Wiemer, Nolan, Brian, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (eds.). Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries: Analytical and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press.

Salverda, Wiemer, Nolan, Brian, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2014). Introduction. Pp. In: Salverda, Wiemer, Nolan, Brian, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (eds.). Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries: Analytical and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press.

Salverda, Wiemer, Nolan, Brian, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2014). Conclusions. Pp. In: Salverda, Wiemer, Nolan, Brian, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (eds.). Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries: Analytical and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press.

Nolan, Brian, Salverda, Wiemer, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2014). Introduction. Pp. In: Nolan, Brian, Salverda, Wiemer, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (eds.). Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries: Thirty Countries’ Experiences. Oxford University Press.

Nolan, Brian, Salverda, Wiemer, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2014). Conclusions: Learning from Diversity about Increasing Inequality, is Impacts and Responses? Pp. 718-734 In: Nolan, Brian, Salverda, Wiemer, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (eds.). Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries: Thirty Countries’ Experiences. Oxford University Press.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G., Bergstra, Machteld, Veenstra, René. 2012. School Disciplinary Climate, Behavioral Problems, and Academic Achievement in the Netherlands. In: Arum, Richard & Velez, Melissa (eds.). Improving Learning Environments in Schools: Lessons from Abroad. Stanford University Press.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. and Wiemer Salverda (2012). (eds.). Consequences of Economic Inequality. Special issue of Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, vol. 30. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02765624/30 .

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G., István György Tóth, Dániel Horn, Márton Medgyesi, Natascha Notten, Christina Haas and Brian Burgoon (2012). Political and Cultural Impacts of Growing Inequalities. Report of Work Package 5 of the EU FP7 project Growing Inequalities’ Impacts (GINI), 87 pp. See also www.gini-research.org.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. & Tóth, István György (2012). Political and cultural impacts of economic inequalities. International Labor Brief, 10,5: 24-39 (in Korean).

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. 2011. Is onderwijs een positioneel goed? [Is education a positional good?] Pp. 119-132 in: G. Kraaykamp, M. Levels, A. Need (eds.). Problemen en theorieën in onderzoek. Een staalkaart van de hedendaagse Nederlandse empirisch-theoretische sociologie. (Liber amicorum to Wout Ultee). Assen: Van Gorcum.

Van de Werfhorst, Herman G. (2012). Breng leerlingen bij elkaar. Bij de Les, vakblad van de Vereniging voor schooldecanen en leerlingbegeleiders, jaargang 8, mei 2012, pp. 28-29.

Netjes, J., Van de Werfhorst, HG, Karsten, S. & Bol, T. (2011). Onderwijsstelsels en non-cognitieve uitkomsten van onderwijs. Burgerschap, deviant gedrag en welzijn in landenvergelijkend perspectief. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies. 67 pp.

Van de Werfhorst, H.G. (2008). Leren of ontberen? Over onderwijsinstituties en ongelijkheid. (“Learning or yearning? On educational institutions and inequality”). Inaugural lecture for the acceptance of the Chair of Sociology, in particular Social Science Research Methodology, University of Amsterdam. 10 October 2008.

Van de Werfhorst, HG. 2001. Field of Study and Social Inequality. Four Types of Educational Resources in the Process of Stratification in the Netherlands. Nijmegen: ICS Dissertation. ISBN: 90-9014527-3.

Van de Werfhorst, HG & J.J.M. Mijs. 2007 Onderwijsdifferentiatie en ongelijkheid. Nederland in vergelijkend perspectief. Report for the Kenniskamer van het Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen (OCW). Amsterdam: AIAS.

Van de Werfhorst, H.G. (2009). Education, Inequality, and Active Citizenship: Tensions in a Differentiated Schooling System. Report for the Knowledge Chamber of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences.

Van de Werfhorst, H.G. (2008) (ed.). Educational Fields of Study and European Labour Markets. Special Issue of the International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 49 (4-5).

Publish and cherish. In March 2011 I carried out a small research project to assess output of Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, compared with other UvA faculties and sectors within the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences. For the Publish and Cherish report see here.