. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … population groups with the elderly, people with disabilities, lone parents, the low-educated and the unemployed being …

-standard forms of work have expanded with a strong trend towards self-employment and an increased reliance on temporary contracts … protection on permanent employment contracts and through a more targeted approach to activation policies for disadvantaged groups … jobs. This Working Paper relates to the 2018 OECD Economic Survey of the Netherlands 2018 (www …

Strong and adequate skills are essential to support workers’ productivity and to ensure robust employment outcomes … inclusive. The Netherlands performs well in terms of competences of a large part of the population. Moreover, the country has …

high overall participation rate, due to a high frequency of part-time employment, a low effective retirement age and a high … Netherlands (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/netherlands …

that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and …

Employment has risen by more and unemployment has risen less than expected, given the path of output. Nevertheless … safety net, which needs to promote employment, while protecting the most vulnerable. The reformed welfare system, Universal … Credit, and the employment programme for disadvantaged workers, Work Programme, will generally improve work incentives and …

Employment fosters equity and economic inclusiveness because those out of work face the highest risk of poverty, and it … lower hurdles to employment, which are high for the low-skilled. Policies to speed up tertiary graduation, improve work … incentives and activation of the unemployed and postpone labour market exit are necessary to bring the employment rate closer to …