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Van trainee tot big data expert

© Sjoerd van der Hucht Fotografie.   Diane Confurius werkt bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam aan promotieonderzoek over de situatie van migranten uit de Afrikaanse sub-Sahara op de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt. Ook richtte ze haar eigen big data bedrijf op. ‘Ik heb altijd een passie voor cijfers gehad en wil daarmee iets doen dat relevant is…
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Big Data Tool Challenge Noord-Holland 2018

Project: Developing data tools for bridging the gap between supply and demand in labour market workforce in the field of energy transition. With our partner City Solutions, and local stakeholders, our participation consisted in developing tools: 1. for collecting, analysing and visualizing job offers. 2. for matching existing vacancies with the potential of the labour…
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Labour market participation of Sub-Saharan Africans in the Netherlands: the limits of the human capital approach.

This paper focuses on the labour disparities between Sub-Saharan African immigrants in the Netherlands, a hitherto undescribed ethnic group, and the native Dutch population. Using unique data with nationwide coverage, the analysis reveals that the labour market position of Sub-Saharan Africans displays an exceptionally large disparity with the native Dutch, compared with discrepancies found in…
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