OECD Economic Surveys

Table of contents -- Basic statistics of the Netherlands, 2014 -- Glossary -- Executive summary -- Sustaining the recovery -- Real GDP per capita -- Enhancing private investment -- Total investment -- Boosting skills for all -- Literacy score-point by socio-demographic groups -- Main Findings and Key Recommendations -- Assessment and recommendations -- Sustaining the recovery -- Key challenges for sustainable and inclusive growth -- Figure 1. Growth has picked up -- Figure 2. Social indicators are relatively good overall -- Figure 3. Labour productivity is flat

The economic outlook is positive -- Figure 4. Confidence and the housing market have recovered -- Figure 5. Trade surplus is sizeable and rising -- Figure 6. Net saving position of sectors has been rising or remained high -- Figure 7. Labour market is recovering -- Table 1. Macroeconomic indicators and projections -- Box 1. Assessing potential macro-financial vulnerabilities -- Figure 8. Potential macro-financial vulnerabilities are low and have diminished significantly since 2007 -- Figure 9. Vulnerability indicators and economic growth -- Box 2. Possible shocks to the Dutch economy

Maintaining healthy public finances -- Ensuring long-term sustainability and greater efficiency -- Figure 10. Sizeable fiscal consolidation and the economic recovery have improved public finances -- Box 3. Recent refugee surge and its economic impacts -- Figure 11. Asylum requests surged in 2015 -- Securing debt sustainability -- Figure 12. Simulations point to further reduction in public debt -- Figure 13. Self-employment is affecting employment and incomes -- Figure 14. Tax and benefit system favours self-employed over employees, raising self-employment -- Key fiscal policy recommendations

Enhancing private investment -- Figure 15. Investment developments have been uneven -- Figure 16. Gap between non-residential investment needs and actual investment is substantial -- Promoting private rental investment -- Providing the right incentives for business investment -- Figure 17. Support for business R & D is skewed towards tax incentives -- Expanding financing for SMEs -- Figure 18. Bank lending constraints for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remain high -- Figure 19. Small bank loans are relatively expensive -- Key policy recommendations to enhance private investment

Boosting skills for all -- Figure 20. Literacy skills of immigrants, less educated and the old lag behind other groups and peers -- Figure 21. Changing demand for skills has led to a polarisation in job tasks -- Figure 22. Large gap exists between skill use and proficiency in the Netherlands -- Developing skills at school -- Using skills more effectively at work -- Figure 23. Temporary employment is common in the Netherlands -- Figure 24. Few temporary workers move to permanent full-time jobs -- Acquiring skills through work

Figure 25. Informal on-the-job learning is dominant after the age of 25

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