This report summarises the findings of a study on the growth factors and growth prospects of the business services (BS … options for fostering the growth and welfare contribution of the Dutch business services industry. Chapter 2 chapter … untangles factors behind the extraordinary growth of the BS industry during last decade, comparing it with other market …

From an historical and international perspective, Dutch labour productivity growth rates have been lacklustre. Using a … growth accounting framework, this document analyses whether ICT has recently boosted Dutch labour productivity growth …, similar to developments in the US. Labour productivity growth in the Dutch market sector slightly accelerated in the second …

, pensioners are compared on their poverty rates and inequality. The redistribution paradox states that poverty will be the highest … redistribution further states that inequality will be higher when the first pillar provides flat-rate pensions and will be the lowest …), inequality is higher than in Belgium (wage coupled pension) when calculated on the basis of pension income. When disposable …