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Economic survey of the Netherlands 2008: Increasing working hours: Helping reconcile work and family

31-Jan-2008

About two-thirds of Dutch female workers opt for part-time jobs, bringing down the country’s average working time to one of the lowest levels in the OECD. Thus, increasing working hours depends on reconciling work and family responsibilities.

Economic survey of the Netherlands 2008: Reaping the economic benefits of immigration

31-Jan-2008

Poor economic integration and weak labour market performance of immigrants have induced policy changes aimed at making immigration policy more selective. Nevertheless, their labour market performance remains poor, pointing the need for immigration policy better reflect labour market requirements.

Public spending efficiency: institutional indicators in primary and secondary education

08-Feb-2007

This paper presents composite indicators of the institutional characteristics of primary and lower secondary educational systems for 26 OECD countries collated from a questionnaire. Economics Department working paper 543 by Frédéric Gonand, Isabelle Joumard and Robert Price.




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