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Part-Time Work in the Netherlands: Success or Failure?

Part-Time Work in the Netherlands: Success or Failure? . Gido ten Dolle Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment CICERO FOUNDATION Paris 12 October 2007. Introduction. 1. Facts & Figures 2. Reasons behind 3. Good or bad practice? 4. Transferability 5. Conclusion.

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Part-Time Work in the Netherlands: Success or Failure?

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  1. Part-Time Work in the Netherlands: Success or Failure? Gido ten Dolle Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment CICERO FOUNDATION Paris 12 October 2007

  2. Introduction 1. Facts & Figures 2. Reasons behind 3. Good or bad practice? 4. Transferability 5. Conclusion

  3. 1. Facts and Figures

  4. Weekly working hours by sex 1992-2002 in NL

  5. Part time employment as a proportion of total employment

  6. Labour participation women(age 15-64)

  7. 2. Reasons behind

  8. Agreement Wassenaar 1982 Social Tripartite agreement: • start of wage moderation policy • in change for: • start with working time reduction, trying to prevent a further increase on unemployment

  9. Flex- and security Act A new deal with social partners: • The introduction of flexible contracts (with flexible working hours) • In change for • The introduction of the same level of social protection for flexible workers

  10. Working Hours Adjustment Act 2000 The introduction of the right for all workers to ask their employer to work less or more hours than they actually do.

  11. 3. Success or Failure

  12. 3. Success or Failure

  13. Average annual hours actually worked per person

  14. Effect of past part-time work

  15. 4. Transferability

  16. Determinants of full-time and part-time employmentSource: Bassanini and Duval (2006)

  17. 5. Conclusion • NL is first part-time economy in the world • Unique position: growth in female participation coincides with an early introduction of a flexible labour market • Working part-time is largely voluntary • Positive effect on labour market participation (i.e. on number of persons, not on hours worked), negative effect on wages and on socio-economic status of part-time working men. • Transferability: to find a proper balance between individual preferences (and related social protection measures) and economic needs

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