The Dutch Labour Market : Preparing for the Future

Mathijs Gerritseni ; Jens Højii iMinistry of Economic Affairs ; NetherlandsiiOECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: wage formation;    allocation of the labour supply;    globalisation;    severance pay;    labour market policies;    labour market;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/5k4dlff4wcwl-en

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

The well performing labour market has delivered low unemployment and relatively stable wage developments. However, it is divided into a small flexible segment and a large more rigid segment, where the adjustment burden of external shocks falls disproportionally on the first group. At the same time, labour utilisation is relatively low, despite a relatively high overall participation rate, due to a high frequency of part-time employment, a low effective retirement age and a high use of disability benefits. Looking ahead, it is unlikely that the organisation of the labour market will allow the economy to continue reaping fully the benefits of globalisation. That would require a labour market that facilitates the allocation of increasingly scarce labour resources to their best use and mobilises underutilised labour resources to counter the ageing related contraction of the labour force.). This Working Paper relates to the 2012 OECD Economic Survey of the Netherlands (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/netherlands