The Wassenaar Agreement was an agreement reached in 1982 between employers' organisations and labour unions in the
Netherlands
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to restrain wage growth in return for the adoption of policies to combat
unemployment
Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the refere ...
and
inflation
In economics, inflation is an increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services; consequently, inflation corresponds to a reduct ...
, such as reductions in
working hours
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Many countries regulate the work week by law, s ...
and the expansion of
part-time
Part-time can refer to:
* Part-time job, a job that has fewer hours a week than a full-time job
* Part-time student, a student, usually in higher education, who takes fewer course credits than a full-time student
* Part Time
Part Time (styliz ...
employment. The agreement has been credited with ending the
wage-price spiral
In macroeconomics, a wage-price spiral (also called a wage/price spiral or price/wage spiral) is a proposed explanation for inflation, in which wage increases cause price increases which in turn cause wage increases, in a positive feedback loop. Gr ...
of the 1970s, greatly reducing unemployment and producing strong growth in output and employment.
The
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...
describes the Wassenaar as "a groundbreaking agreement, setting the tone for later social pacts in many European countries".
See also
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Moncloa Pacts
References
Economy of the Netherlands
1982 in labor relations
Wassenaar
1982 in the Netherlands
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