Frank Corvers

Frank Cörvers is leader of the Dynamics of the Labour Market research programme at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University. The central focus of this research programme is on the modeling of labour demand and supply developments, and includes labour market forecasting. Frank Cörvers has published a large number of commissioned reports for ministries, provinces, European bodies, and educational and branch institutes. His work has been published in different books and journals like Applied Economics, Economic Modelling, Labour and Regional Studies. His recent work is on topics like labour force participation of men and women, migration and brain drain, changes in the occupational structure on the labour market, and the significance of regional labour markets.

 

Publications (a selection)

 

Journal articles

• F. Cörvers and J. Meriküll (2008), Occupational Structures across 25 EU Countries: The Importance of Industry Structure and Technology in Old and New EU Countries, forthcoming in Economic Change and Restructuring.

• F. Cörvers, M. Hensen and D. Bongaerts (2008), The delimitation and coherence of functional and administrative regions, forthcoming in Regional Studies.

• R. Montizaan, F. Cörvers and A. de Grip (2007), Training and early retirement, ROA-RM-2007/3E, Research Memorandum, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market, Maastricht.

• J. Muysken, F. Cörvers en T. Ziesemer (2007), Immigratie als wapen in de strijd tegen de vergrijzing [Immigration as a weapon in the battle against ageing], Kwartaalschrift Economie, Vol. 4, Themanummer Vergrijzing, pp. 475-496.

• F. Cörvers en G. Ramaekers (2006), De regionale betekenis van hogescholen [The regional significance of higher education institutes], Tijdschrift voor Hoger Onderwijs, Vol. 24, pp. 184-192.

• F. Cörvers en R. Montizaan (2006), Hoe voorzien werkgevers in hun flexibiliteitsbehoefte? [How do employers meet their need for flexibility?], Economisch Statistische Berichten, ESB-dossier ICT en economische groei, Vol. 91, september, pp. 27-31.

• F. Cörvers, and A. de Grip (1997), Explaining Trade in Industrialized Countries by Country-Specific Human Capital Endowments, Economic Modelling, Vol. 14, pp. 395-416.

• F. Cörvers, (1997), The Impact of Human Capital on Labour Productivity in Manufacturing Sectors of the European Union, Applied Economics, Vol. 29, pp. 975-987.

• F. Cörvers and A.P. van Veen (1995), On the Measurement of Corporatism, Labour, Vol. 9, pp. 423 442.

 

Books

• B. Kriechel, F. Cörvers and H. Heijke (2008), Regional Labour Market Forecasts in the Netherlands, fortcoming in C. Knobel, B. Kriechel and A. Schmid (eds), Regional Labour Market Forecasting, Rainer Hampp Verlag, Mering.

• F. Cörvers and M. Hensen (2005), Forecasting regional labour market developments by occupation and education, in: F. van Oort, M. Thissen, L. van Wissen (eds), A survey of spatial economic planning models in the Netherlands. Theory, application and evaluation, NAi Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 117-133.

• F. Cörvers (2004), Income mobility of successive generations, in SCP/CBS, The poor side of the Netherlands, Results from the Dutch ‘Poverty Monitor’ 1997-2003, The Hague, pp. 120-124.

• F. Cörvers, A. de Grip and H. Heijke (2002), Beyond manpower planning: a labour market model for the Netherlands and its forecasts to 2006, in: M. Neugart and K. Schömann (eds), Forecasting Labour Markets in OECD countries, Edward Elgar, pp. 185-223.

Webpage http://www.roa.unimaas.nl/cv/Coervers/coervers.htm

 

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