Economy
CPB: Shortening Unemployment Benefits Duration Creates 8,000 Extra Jobs, Impact Is 'Limited'
The Dutch Central Planning Bureau (CPB) estimates that reducing the maximum unemployment benefit period from 24 to 12 months will result in approximately 8,000 additional people entering full-time employment. While the CPB describes this effect as limited, it notes that unemployed individuals are likely to seek work more intensively and accept jobs sooner. Minister Hans Vijlbrief supports the measure to address labor shortages and welfare costs, despite opposition from unions who argue it disproportionately harms older workers.
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