Kingdom of the Netherlands - Netherlands: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2018/131, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper analyzes the wage moderation in the Netherlands. Wage growth has been subdued in the Netherlands despite tighter labor market conditions in recent years. Besides various cyclical factors, rising labor market flexibility may have contributed to the wage moderation in the Netherlands. Like other advanced economies, slower productivity growth and lower expected inflation are important drivers to the wage moderation in the recent years. In addition to that, remaining slack in the labor market also weighed on wage growth. Going forward, wages are expected to grow faster given higher expected inflation, foreign wage spillovers, and tightening labor market.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; cost; pay; Netherlands; wage growth; ETS price; cost containment toolkit; containment challenge; Phillips curve; house price; agreement law; housing supply; Housing prices; Housing; Wages; Health care; Health care spending; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52
Date: 2018-05-28
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