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International Migration Outlook 2008: Netherlands country note

10-Sep-2008

This country note together with a standardised table describes recent trends in migration movements and policies.

Coping with labour shortages: How to bring outsiders back to the labour market

10-Jul-2008

Ekkehard Ernst

The Dutch labour market is functioning well, with employment and labour participation rates above OECD averages. Reintegrating benefit recipients would help to reduce spending on labour market programmes, which is among the highest in the OECD.

OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Netherlands

22-May-2008

Rural areas in the Netherlands are characterised by their proximity to cities. This is not surprising considering that the Netherlands is the most urbanised country in the OECD, having the second highest population density in the OECD.

Thematic Review of Tertiary Education - Update of the Country Background Report - The Netherlands

15-Apr-2008

This paper gives an update of the Country Background Report of the Netherlands that was prepared in the framework of the OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2008 - Netherlands Country Note

04-Mar-2008

This note, taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2008, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2007 priorities for the Netherlands . ...

Economic survey of the Netherlands 2008

31-Jan-2008

The Dutch economy is making a successful comeback, but is now facing labour shortages, The main challenge to improve living standards is to boost hours worked by females, increase the effective retirement ...

Economic survey of the Netherlands 2008: Challenges facing the Dutch economy

31-Jan-2008

The overall concern of this is to investigate measures to boost the effective labour supply.