Oecd Economic Surveys: Netherlands 1999/2000 Volume 2000 Issue 8

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Table of contents Assessment and recommendations I. Recent trends and prospects Overview Table 1. Macroeconomic performance at a glance Recent developments in a longer-term perspective The labour market Figure 1. Unemployment rate: an international comparison Table 2. Employment and unemployment Figure 2. Overview of the labour market Wages and prices Figure 3. Labour market conditions, contractual wages and compensation per employee Figure 4. Inflation developments Figure 5. House prices and household debt A comparison of two expansions Figure 6. Comparison of two business cycles Short-term prospects Table 3. Short-term projections II. Macroeconomic policies Monetary conditions Figure 7. Overview of monetary conditions Fiscal policy Table 4. Fiscal measures in the Coalition Agreement to 2002 Table 5. Macroeconomic scenario of the Coalition Agreement 1999-2002 Box 1. The EU’s Stability and Growth Pact Table 6. Appropriation account for general government Table 7. Financing of the proposed 2001 Income Tax Reform Box 2. Overview of the proposed 2001 Income Tax Reform Table 8. Long-term impact of the proposed 2001 Income Tax Reform on the labour market III. Progress in structural reform The labour market Table 9. The reduction in labour costs due to SPAK The social security system Figure 8. Disability insurance: number of claimants Figure 9. Unemployment compensation schemes Product markets Financial markets Assessment and scope for further action Box 3. Follow up of previous recommendations for structural reform Box 4. Recommendations for further structural reforms IV. The health care system Introduction Historical overview Main features of the heath care system Box 5. The main health insurance schemes Figure 10. Health expenditure in OECD countries Figure 11. Health expenditure and GDP per capita, 1997 Figure 12. International comparison of health expenditure Table 10. Hospital capacity and utilisation Table 11. Indicators of resource use in the health sector Table 12. The growth of nominal health spending Figure 13. International comparison of health outcomes Figure 14. Proportion of total population reporting “good” and “very good” health status in selected countries, 1991-96 Recent policy measures and developments The task ahead Box 6. Recommendations for reforming the Dutch health care system Notes List of acronyms Bibliography Annexes Annex I - The revision of the National Accounts Annex II - Calendar of main economic events STATISTICAL ANNEX AND STRUCTURAL INDICATORS Table A. Selected background statistics Table B. National product and expenditure Table C. Origin of net domestic product at factor cost Table D. Income and expenditure of households and private non-profit institutions Table E. Industrial production and productivity Table F. Money and banking Table G. Merchandise trade Table H. Public sector Table I. Structure of output and performance indicators Table J. Labour market indicators Table K. Financial markets BASIC STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS BASIC STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS BASIC STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS (cont’d) BASIC STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS (cont’d) Boxes Box 1. The EU’s Stability and Growth Pact Box 2. Overview of the proposed 2001 Income Tax Reform Box 3. Follow up of previous recommendations for structural reform Box 4. Recommendations for further structural reforms Box 5. The main health insurance schemes Box 6. Recommendations for reforming the Dutch health care system Tables Table 1. Macroeconomic performance at a glance Table 2. Employment and unemployment Table 3. Short-term projections Table 4. Fiscal measures in the Coalition Agreement to 2002 Table 5. Macroeconomic scenario of the Coalition Agreement 1999-2002 Table 6. Appropriation account for general government Table 7. Financing of the proposed 2001 Income Tax Reform Table 8. Long-term impact of the proposed 2001 Income Tax Reform on the labour market Table 9. The reduction in labour costs due to SPAK Table 10. Hospital capacity and utilisation Table 11. Indicators of resource use in the health sector Table 12. The growth of nominal health spending Figures Figure 1. Unemployment rate: an international comparison Figure 2. Overview of the labour market Figure 3. Labour market conditions, contractual wages and compensation per employee Figure 4. Inflation developments Figure 5. House prices and household debt Figure 6. Comparison of two business cycles Figure 7. Overview of monetary conditions Figure 8. Disability insurance: number of claimants Figure 9. Unemployment compensation schemes Figure 10. Health expenditure in OECD countries Figure 11. Health expenditure and GDP per capita, 1997 Figure 12. International comparison of health expenditure Figure 13. International comparison of health outcomes Figure 14. Proportion of total population reporting “good” and “very good” health status in selected countries, 1991-96