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During the post war years the Netherlands have undergone strong structural developments which in many respects influenced the inflationary process and employment growth during the period. In order to understand the underlying forces it will be necessary to describe these developments in some detail. However, such a description has the disadvantage of treating the different aspects consecutively although it is clear that they form part of a system of interrelations. Therefore, the order of presentation does not necessarily reflect a chain of causal relations, it is mainly chosen for reasons of convenience.
This is a revised and abbreviated version of a paper under the tide of ‘Post-war Economic Developments in The Netherlands, with Special Reference to Inflation’, that was submitted to the Brookings Conference on Stabilization Policy, held in Rome May 30 – June 4, 1977. The authors are indebted to F. Daudt and A.A.J. van der Wees for research assistance. Moreover, they benefitted from comments made by M. Fase at the Rome conference as well as from the general discussion of the paper there.
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de Wolff, P., Driehuis, W. (1980). A Description of Post War Economic Developments and Economic Policy in the Netherlands. In: Griffiths, R.T. (eds) The Economy and Politics of the Netherlands Since 1945. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1382-5_2
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