OECD economic surveys : Netherlands.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

OECD economic surveys, 0376-6438 ; v. 2008/1 (Jan. 2008)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Netherlands--Economic conditions.

Netherlands.

Netherlands--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Other Title:

Netherlands

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2007 Economic Survey looks at how, after a long stagnation during the first half of the decade, the Dutch economy has made a successful comeback. Living standards in the Netherlands are among the highest in the OECD, and over recent years growth has strengthened and unemployment has fallen. This most recent survey focuses on labour utilisation, which has been the main source of growth in the past decade, but which is likely to slow sharply with the ageing of the Dutch population. Improving work incentives is therefore a key imperative. Although labour-market participation rates are high,

Contents:

Table of contents; Basic statistics of the Netherlands, 2006; Executive Summary; Assessment and recommendations; Chapter 1. Challenges facing the Dutch economy; Chapter 2. Securing fiscal sustainability; Chapter 3. Coping with labour shortages: How to bring outsiders back to the labour market?; Chapter 4. Increasing working hours: Helping reconcile work and family; Chapter 5. Reaping the economic benefits of immigration

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-71945-5

9786611719456

92-64-04109-5

OCLC:

437219746