The Netherlands: Transforming a Market Economy

July 23, 1999

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The Netherlands: Transforming a Market Economy, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed December 26, 2024

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The striking turnaround in the Netherlands economic performance over the past decade and a half has attracted widespread attention. Emerging from deep recession and high unemployment in the early 1980s, the economy shifted to a pace of growth more rapid than that in neighboring economies, and posted a rise in employment close to that in the United States. However, a number of important problems remain to be tackled to further strengthen economic performance in the Netherlands. The material presented in this paper was originally prepared as background for discussions in the IMF Executive Board and takes account of developments through March 1999.

Subject: Banking, Employment, Labor, Labor markets, Minimum wages, Social security contributions, Taxes, Wages

Keywords: Bank, Bank market, Behavior in the Netherlands, Demand and supply side reform, Deutsche mark, Employment, Employment growth, Europe, Firm, GDP, Global, Internationalization strategy, Labor markets, Market, Minimum wages, OP, Reform, Reform effort, Social security contributions, Wage behavior, Wages, Western Europe

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Pages:

83
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Series:

Occasional Paper No. 1999/008
Stock No:

S181EA0000000
ISBN:

9781557758040
ISSN:

0251-6365

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