Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken - Volume 30, Issue 4, 2014

This editorial offers an introduction to the current issue. This editorial offers an introduction to the current issue. This editorial offers an introduction to the current issue.

Abstract title Abstract title Compulsory civic integration is an important integration tool of the Dutch government. Little is known, however, about the actual effects of this tool. This contribution examines the relationship between integration and social participation. It is shown that civic integration contributes positively to participation in the form of paid employment for newcomers and voluntary participants. After passin Read More

Abstract title Abstract title Non-Western immigrants have a vulnerable position in the Dutch labour market. Discrimination may play a possible role in this position. Non-Western immigrants often find jobs through staffing agencies. This study therefore examined, with the use of situation tests, whether staffing agencies contribute to discrimination. We have tested if consultants from staffing agencies are willing to comply with di Read More

Nu minister Asscher van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid er zijn toespraak op het SZW-congres van begin oktober aan wijdde, is het debat over de gevolgen van de technologische vooruitgang voor de werkgelegenheid in Nederland weer helemaal ‘hot’. Zeker als er dan ook nog ‘onderzoek’ de media in wordt geslingerd waaruit blijkt dat miljoenen banen op de tocht staan, is een hype van enige omvang vrijwel onontkoombaa Read More

Abstract title Abstract title Sustainable employability is a new policy theme in the Netherlands to keep all employees healthy and productively employed until old age pension. The concept includes employees’ responsibility for health, education and mobility, and the enthusiasm of employers for creating optimal working conditions and prevention of premature leave. Policy makers aim to improve sustainable employ Read More

Abstract title Abstract title The establishment of social employment (SE) and the employment of disabled people in the Netherlands has been the subject of debate for several decades. There are calls for more participation of people with disabilities into the regular labour market. The fundamental question in this debate is whether a far-reaching integration of people with disabilities into the mainstream labour market i Read More

Abstract title Abstract title In 2004, the Netherlands introduced work permits for highly skilled employees. This article focuses on the question what the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of migrants are and how they differ from regular labour migrants. By using the System of Social Statistical Datasets, all labour migrants who came to the Netherlands between 2005 and 2011 have been followed.Highly skilled Read More

Boekbesprekingen

Adriaenssens, S., D. Verhaest, A. Van den Broeck, K. Proost & D. Berings, De arbeidsparticipatie van Vlaamse scholieren nr. 3, p. 281Andriessen, I., zie Loeters, E., A. Backer & I. AndriessenBacker, A., zie Loeters, E., A. Backer & I. AndriessenBeer, P. de, Column: Arbeid in de 21ste eeuw nr. 3, p. 257Berings, D., zie Adriaenssens, S., D. Verhaest, A. Van den Broeck, K. Proost & D. BeringsBierings, H. & H. Langenberg, CBS-berichten: Read More

Andriessen, S., zie Dorenbosch, L., O. Boneschansker, B. Fermin, S. Andriessen, J. Sanders & G. Geuskens