Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Hollanders, Hugo Author-Name: Ziesemer, Thomas Author-workplace-name: MERIT Title: Some Aspects of Growth in the Netherlands 1970-1998: An International Comparison Abstract: This paper presents some information on issues that have some importance for those who try to learn from the economic policy of the Netherlands. In particular we discuss the following questions. i) Does growth in the Netherlands differ from that of other Western European countries? ii) In which branches and sectors is the GDP of the Netherlands and Germany produced (Share of metal, services etc.)? iii) What was the impact of wage policy on the innovative capabilities in the Dutch industry? iv) What is the impact of wage moderation on productivity? Keywords: economic development an growth ; Series: Research Memoranda Creation-Date: 1999 Number: 014 File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/rmpdf/1999/rm1999-014.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 128217 Handle: RePEc:unm:umamer:1999014