This paper analyzes the restructuring of private, occupational pensions in the Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland. Despite the institutional similarities of all three systems (extensive pre-funding, collectively organized pensions, near-universal coverage), the three systems differ in...

In this paper, we analyze the Dutch policy response to the global economic crisis. The Dutch economy experienced less pain than most other affluent democracies, and especially the member countries of the eurozone. The good performance of the Dutch political economy is surprising given the...

This paper provides a comparative analysis of training regimes in Germany and the Netherlands. Both countries are CMEs with similar institutions, but their training regimes differ in important ways. The paper first maps the similarities and differences in the training regimes in both countries...