Kingdom of the Netherlands - Netherlands: Selected Issues

Publication Date:

August 26, 1996

Summary:

This Selected Issues paper examines the long-term issues with pension expenditures in the Netherlands. The paper highlights that the public pension for a single person is equal to 70 percent of the (statutory) minimum wage. The minimum wage and public pensions thus move in lock-step; they are both by law indexed to contract wages in the private sector. This paper examines the structural policies of the Netherlands. Real wages and employment growth are also analyzed.

Series:

Country Report No. 1996/080

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

August 26, 1996

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451829303/1934-7685

Stock No:

1NLDEA0011996

Pages:

86

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