The labour supply of married and cohabiting women in the Netherlands, 1981?1989

1993 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
K�ne Henkens ◽  
Liana Meijer ◽  
Jacques Siegers
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Supply

A labour-supply function for females in the Netherlands

De Economist ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. van der Veen ◽  
G. H. M. Evers
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Supply Function

scholarly journals Daalt in Nederland de arbeidsmoraal? Een alternatieve verklaring voor tijdsschaarste

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudi Wielers ◽  
Dennis Raven
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Alternative Explanation ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Important Conclusion

Are work values in the Netherlands decreasing? An alternative explanation for time scarcity Are work values in the Netherlands decreasing? An alternative explanation for time scarcity During the 1990's, complaints about a lack of time have increased in the Netherlands. Popular explanations of time scarcity, like an increased workload and an increase of the labour force participation, do not seem satisfactory for the Netherlands. In this article, the hypothesis that work values in the Netherlands are declining will be tested using the OSA Labour Supply Panel for the period 1988-2004. The results show time scarcity has increased during this period, as the decrease of preferred working hours exceeded the decrease of actual working hours. They also show that work is taking an increasingly less central position in people's lives. Furthermore, regression analyses show centrality of work has, next to the effect of some situational factors, a moderate but stable effect on preferred working hours in the period 1988-1996. The most important conclusion is that work plays a decreasingly central role in the life of the Dutch, and as a consequence working hours are decreasing.

scholarly journals Unpaid overtime in the Netherlands: forward- or backward-looking incentives?

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter H. van der Meer ◽  
Rudi Wielers
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Wage Growth ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Personnel Policies ◽  
Forward Looking

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test forward-looking incentives against backward-looking incentives. Design/methodology/approach – Wage growth model to estimate forward-looking effects of unpaid overtime and a probit model of participation in unpaid overtime controlling for excessive pay to estimate backward-looking effects. The authors use data form the OSA labour supply panel (years 1994, 1996 and 1998). Findings – The importance of backward-looking incentives is demonstrated in an empirical analysis of participation in unpaid overtime. The authors show that employees who have relatively good wages now or who have had relatively good wages in the recent past participate more often in unpaid overtime. The authors also show that participation in unpaid overtime does not lead to extra wage growth. Research limitations/implications – These results imply that involvement in unpaid overtime is to be explained from backward-looking incentives, not from forward-looking incentives. The paper concludes that backward-looking incentives deserve more attention in the economic literature, especially as they are well-accepted as work motivation devices by employees. Limitations are the length of the panel study (four years) and the fact that the data are restricted to one country (the Netherlands). Social implications – Personnel policies should focus more on the intrinsic motivation of personnel rather than on extrinsic motivation. Originality/value – This is the first paper to test both forward- and backward-looking incentives simultaneously.

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