How do we bridge the divide in the Dutch labor market?

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The Dutch labor market is characterized by a huge divide between those with plenty and those with very little to fall back on. The corona crisis threatens to widen the gap yet further. Government measures will soften the blow but long-term interventions and innovations are necessary. Sweden, Denmark and Belgium can show us the way.
Read the interview in #TilburgUniversityMagazine with three of our labor market researchers: Irmgard Borghouts - van de Pas, Charissa Freese and Ton Wilthagen.

Period	1 Jul 2020

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Title	How do we bridge the divide in the Dutch labor market?
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	Tilburg University Magazine
Media type	Web
Country	Netherlands
Date	1/07/20
Description	The Dutch labor market is characterized by a huge divide between those with plenty and those with very little to fall back on. The coronavirus crisis threatens to widen the gap yet further. Government measures will soften the blow but long-term interventions and innovations are necessary. Sweden, Denmark and Belgium can show us the way. An interview with three of our labor market researchers, who also possess a large network in the Dutch labor policy world: Irmgard Borghouts, Charissa Freese and Ton Wilthagen.
Producer/Author	Joost Bijlsma
URL	https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/magazine/devide-labor-market?utm_campaign=TilburgUniversityMagazine&utm_medium=article&utm_source=alumniLinkedIn
Persons	Irmgard Borghouts-van de Pas, Ton Wilthagen, Charissa Freese

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Labor market
Labor mobiliteit
corona