The origin and insignificance of labour market imperfections in the Netherlands: Another note on the specification of the UV curve 1955–1980

De Economist ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 133 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris De Neubourg
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Imperfections

scholarly journals Citizenship acquisition and spatial stratification: Analysing immigrant residential mobility in the Netherlands

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802110060
Author(s):  
Christophe Leclerc ◽  
Maarten Vink ◽  
Hans Schmeets
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Residential Mobility ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Register Data ◽  
Median Income ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Spatial Stratification

Whereas the so-called ‘citizenship premium’ in the labour market has been widely studied, we know little about how naturalisation affects immigrants’ lives beyond work and income. Focusing on the Netherlands, this paper analyses the relationship between citizenship acquisition and immigrant residential mobility, in particular the propensity of immigrants to move away from areas with high concentrations of migrants. We draw on register data from Statistics Netherlands ( N = 234,912). We argue that possessing Dutch citizenship reduces spatial stratification by diminishing the risk of housing market discrimination, thereby facilitating mobility outside of migrant-concentrated areas. Our findings show that naturalised immigrants are 50% more likely to move out of concentrated neighbourhoods, all else constant. The effect of naturalisation is especially relevant for renting without housing benefits and for home ownership, and for mid-risk immigrants who earn around the median income and hold permanent jobs, whose applications face strong scrutiny from landlords, rental agencies and mortgage lenders.

Heeft de evaluatie van reïntegratiebeleid nog toekomst?

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Koning
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Welfare To Work ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
Proper Account

Does the evaluation of active labour market policies have any future? Does the evaluation of active labour market policies have any future? The literature on the effectiveness of welfare-to-work services (i.e. schooling and job counseling) in the Netherlands provides a gloomy picture. First, only a few studies take proper account of selectivity and endogeneity biases. Second, the results of this (subset of) studies suggest that both schooling and counseling have only a modest, or no significant impact. In this article, I discuss various explanations for these findings. Furthermore, I describe various avenues for future research in this area, as well as the organization of more sound evaluation studies.

scholarly journals Choice or constraint? Women’s weekly working hours in comparative perspective

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mara Yerkes
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Individual Preferences ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Individual Household

This article analyses the influence of individualworking preferences onwomen’s labour market behaviour in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom, addressingthe question: to what extent do individual preferences have a causal effect onwomen’s averageweeklyworking hours? Using longitudinal panel data from all three countries, a fixed-effects model is applied to measure the effect of individual preferences in year t-1 onwomen’s averageweeklyworking hours in year t. The data is pooled from 1992 to 2002. After controlling for a number of individual, household and job characteristics we see that individual preferences are most influential in the Netherlands. However, the data do not support the idea that choice is more important than constraint because individual, household and job characteristics remain significant. In addition, the results demonstrate that it is important to understand individual preferences within the institutional context. Therefore, within the theoretical and policy debates aboutwomen’s labour market participationwe must consider possible barriers that hinder women when making labour market “choices”.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Output and Unemployment with Efficiency Wages

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Malley ◽  
Hassan Molana
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Efficiency Wages ◽  
Market Imperfections ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Shock ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
German Data ◽  
Stabilisation Policies

Abstract We construct a stylised model of the supply side with goods and labour market imperfections to show that an economy can rationally operate at a low-effort state in which the relationship between output and unemployment is positive. We examine data from the G7 countries over 1960-2001 and find that only German data strongly favour a persistent negative relationship between the level of output and rate of unemployment. The consequence of this is that circumstances exist in which market imperfections could pose serious obstacles to the smooth working of expansionary and/or stabilisation policies and a positive demand shock might have adverse effects on employment.

Flexibel werken tijdens laagconjunctuur

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian Dekker ◽  
Peter Achterberg
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Transition Rates ◽  
Labour Market Flexibility ◽  
Labour Market Position ◽  
Unemployment Data

Working flexible during unfavorable economic conditions Working flexible during unfavorable economic conditions In the Netherlands, working in a flexible job implies higher risks of job loss and insecurity at work. As most flexible workers eventually switch to a permanent job, labour market flexibility does not really function as an individual 'trap'. However, most studies on the consequences of flexible labour were carried out during more favorable economic conditions. In this article we study flexible workers' labour market position in a period of declining economic growth and rising unemployment. Data from the Dutch Institute for Labour Studies (OSA), ranging from 1998 to 2004, are analyzed with respect to 'unemployment', 'job insecurity' and the 'transition rates' from flexible contracts. Our main finding is that flexible employees cannot be regarded as a segmented workforce.

Which countries perform best and why?

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-90
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Labour Market Situation ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Market Situation ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
The Uk

This chapter examines countries' performance regarding youth unemployment. Although the labour market situation of young people has started to improve in a number of countries since the Great Recession of 2007–8, youth unemployment still remains very high across Europe. High youth unemployment rates reflect young people's difficulties in securing employment, or the inefficiency of the labour market. Germany and the Netherlands have established the most effective institutions to achieve a high integration of 15–19 year-olds in education and employment. Indeed, both Germany and the Netherlands are amongst the highest performing countries in the EU for making sure their young people are in employment. Austria and Denmark also achieve good youth labour market and employment outcomes. Meanwhile, countries like France and the UK try to facilitate school-to-work (STW) transitions by lowering labour costs through subsidies or low employment protection.

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