speed and depth of the reforms are remarkable, mainly aimed at activating people by increasing their incentives to take up …

through disability. In general, the low generosity of out-of-work benefits means that positive incentives to work exist for … almost all benefit recipients, but weak work incentives exist for those receive Housing Benefit, and for primary earners in … couples who have low earnings. Recent reforms to strengthen work incentives have altered the in-work tax credits, rather than …

(financial) incentives. The outflow is much more difficult to affect, in particular we could not find any evidence of substantial … positive effects of active labor market programs (which are frequently offered in the Netherlands). -- institution ; incentives …