Boosting Dutch Labor Productivity: Diagnostic and Policy Options

September 5, 2025

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Shinya Kotera. "Boosting Dutch Labor Productivity: Diagnostic and Policy Options", Selected Issues Papers 2025, 120 (2025), accessed September 7, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229021821.018

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Summary

Although the level of Dutch labor productivity is high, its growth faces challenges. From an employment perspective, productivity can be boosted by improving education outcomes, strengthening vocational training, and reducing labor market duality. Maintaining high skills across generations amid population aging and better integrating migrants are also crucial. From a firm perspective, promoting business dynamics and encouraging productivity-enhancing investment will be vital. In this respect, continued progress on the EU single market and addressing investment bottlenecks such as labor shortages, electricity grid, and policy uncertainty will be essential. Encouraging R&D activities and promoting productivity spillovers will further benefit productivity growth.

Subject: Labor, Labor markets, Labor productivity, Production, Productivity

Keywords: Business investment, Labor market, Labor markets, Labor productivity, Labor productivity, Productivity, Productivity spillovers, Sectoral composition, Skills development

Publication Details

Pages:

23
Volume:

2025
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229021821.018
Issue:

120
Series:

Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/120
Stock No:

SIPEA2025120
ISBN:

9798229021821
ISSN:

2958-7875

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