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OECD Economic Surveys: Netherlands 2012
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- Table of contents
- Basic statistics of the Netherlands, 2011
- Executive summary
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Assessment and recommendations
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The government is facing both short- and long-term challenges
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Sizeable fiscal consolidation is under way
- Box 3. The Spring 2012 fiscal consolidation package
- Figure 8. The fiscal stance is pro-cyclical in 2012
- Figure 9. Imbalances in the euro area countries
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The main long-term fiscal challenge is to close the large sustainability gap
- Figure 10. Sustainability gaps in European countries
- Box 4. Global warming and flood protection
- Figure 11. Public debt path before and after the crisis
- Figure 12. Population ageing
- + Box 5. The ambitiousness of the Dutch social model induces high ageing costs
- Box 6. Main fiscal policy recommendations
- + Globalisation and policies for the business sector
- + Preparing the labour market for further globalisation and population ageing
- + Promoting competition and cost control in the health care sector
- Bibliography
- Annex A1. Progress in structural reform
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The government is facing both short- and long-term challenges
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Chapter 1. Reforming policies for the business sector to harvest the benefits of globalisation
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The benefits and challenges of globalisation
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Benefiting from globalisation by strengthening the business environment
- + Box 1.2. New policies for the business sector
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Targeted policies pose challenges
- Figure 1.8. Services exports specialised in professional business, communication as well as royalties
- Box 1.3. Top Consortia for Knowledge and Innovation (TKIs)
- Figure 1.9. The share of graduates with a science or engineering degree is low
- Figure 1.10. High explicit barriers to trade and investment in emerging markets
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Improving framework conditions should be key
- Table 1.3. Tax measures to foster innovative activities (main features per scheme)
- Box 1.4. The design of R&D tax credits
- Figure 1.11. Dutch R&D tax incentives have strong SME focus
- Figure 1.12. Business R&D by size class of firms
- Figure 1.13. Excellent research system but mediocre business linkages
- Figure 1.14. Venture capital market is relatively small
- Box 1.5. Reducing red tape
- Figure 1.15. Administrative burdens on start-up
- Figure 1.16. Entry regulation for a selection of sectors
- Table 1.4. Top 10 problematic factors for doing business in the Netherlands
- Figure 1.17. Fast growing (innovative SME) enterprises
- Box 1.6. Recommendations to strengthen the business environment
- Notes
- Bibliography
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The benefits and challenges of globalisation
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Chapter 2. The Dutch labour market: Preparing for the future
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The effect of globalisation on labour demand
- Figure 2.1. Labour market indicators
- Figure 2.2. Beveridge curve
- Figure 2.3. Employment shifts to knowledge intensive services
- Figure 2.4. Employment of high-skilled workers increased
- Figure 2.5. Wage dispersion is relatively small
- Figure 2.6. Labour productivity growth
- Figure 2.7. Population ageing
- Figure 2.8. Job mobility is low
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Policies to foster labour mobility
- + Easing employment protection legislation
- + Reducing tenure-based pay
- + Greater wage flexibility can support better allocation of increasingly scarce labour resources
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Mobilising underutilised labour resources
- Figure 2.12. Immigrants in high-skill jobs
- Box 2.3. Polices to attract high-skilled workers
- Figure 2.13. High incidence of female part-time employment
- Figure 2.14. Low average annual hours actually worked per worker
- Figure 2.15. The average retirement age is increasing
- Figure 2.16. The number of disability recipients remains high1
- Box 2.4. Integrating the disabled in the labour market
- Table 2.2. Lowest collective agreement wage per age category
- Box 2.5. Recommendations to support labour reallocation and activation of underutilised labour resources
- Notes
- Bibliography
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The effect of globalisation on labour demand
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Chapter 3. Health care reform and long-term care in the Netherlands
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Performance of the health care system
- + The health care sector was substantially reformed in the second half of the 2000s
- + The next wave of reform
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Population ageing will put pressure on a costly long-term care system
- Box 3.4. A comprehensive public long-term care system
- Box 3.5. The decentralisation of home help has improved cost-efficiency
- + Further decentralisation of home care has the potential to enhance efficiency
- Health insurers should not be given a bigger role without adequate financial incentives
- The cash benefits boom has exposed targeting problems
- + Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
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Performance of the health care system
OECD's 2012 survey of the Dutch economy examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects and takes a special look at harvesting the benefits of globalisation, the labour market, and health care reform.
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Publication year : 2012
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