Is 'competitive' corporatism an adequate response to globalisation? Evidence from the low countries.

From: West European Politics | Date: July 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The Dutch practice of negotiated wage restraint and welfare state reform is often held up as a model for effective labour market adjustment. This article examines the distribution of adjustment costs under the Dutch model to determine whether it is stable in the long run both directly and by analogy with the situation in Belgium. The conclusion is that while the Dutch have succeeded in effecting a remarkable adjustment in the distribution of value-added, the costs of this adjustment have been skewed against increasingly large sections of society. Should these groups outside the ...

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