Non-standard employment and mobility in the Netherlands (original) (raw)

Labour Market Flexibility in the Netherlands

Work, Employment and Society, 2002

Almost two decades have passed since Dutch employers, unions and the government, in their struggle against unemployment, agreed on a policy to increase labour market flexibility. Over the years the share of flexible jobs in the Netherlands has gradually increased to around ten percent. According to some parties the introduction of more labour market flexibility would lead to more inequality and a division in the labour market between workers with permanent employment and an underclass of women, immigrant workers and poorly educated workers with temporary contracts. The Dutch government has always claimed that a special set of legal rules regarding labour market flexibility would prevent the development of such an underclass. In this article three questions are addressed: Who has a flexible labour contract and who is in permanent employment? What is the pattern of transition to permanent contracts? What are the consequences for wage rates for those on permanent or flexible contracts ...

Employment Position of Temporary Workers in the Netherlands

2014

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Is there more to the Dutch miracle than a lot of part-time jobs?

1999

The Netherlands is known for its rapid growth of part-timejobs, its strong wage moderation, and its low level of wage inequality. At the same time, the rate of unemployment has become favourably low, even below that of the US now. This is known as the 'Dutch miracle', in particular whilst in the carly 1980s the Dutch labour market performed much worse than elsewhere. The Netherlands is also known for its 'model', that is its institutions and the policies pursued. The consensus in policy making - involving government, trade unions and employers - appears to have enabled the prolonged wage moderation. The two aspects are often claimed to be systematically related, the miracle being the result of the model This paper aims to question Dutch performance and its relation to the model. We will examine the claims being made, having a good look at both the transformation of labour market and the evolution of the economy. Starting from the miracle the paper works its way v...

Unequal Chances on the Transitional Labor Market: The Case of the Netherlands

2007

The emergence of a transitional labor market offers new opportunities to workers, but at the same time bears the risk of (new) inequalities. This paper deals with unequal chances on the transitional labor market in the Netherlands, in particular for workers from the four largest immigrant groups: Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese and Antilleans. The data used are from the SPVA, the