Healthy markets, healthy growth: dynamics, market power and misallocation in the Dutch business sector
Higher productivity growth is needed to keep economic growth in the Netherlands on track. Because of population ageing, labour supply in the Netherlands is growing only to a limited extent. As a result, economic growth is becoming increasingly dependent on productivity growth: more value added per hour worked. At the same time, productivity growth in the Netherlands, as in many other Western countries, has declined in recent decades.
Gepubliceerd: 19 mei 2026
Door: Jasper de Winter Guus Brouwer
This analysis therefore focuses on three dimensions that determine productivity growth: business dynamics, market power and the allocation of capital and labour. Together, these factors largely determine the extent to which resources shift towards more productive firms and thereby contribute to productivity growth.
Healthy markets, healthy growth: dynamics, market power and misallocation in the Dutch business sector
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