My intuition was that the Dutch having flexible working schedules would improve workforce participation. Second order effects would actually be higher GDP/capita. I’ve checked and indeed—the Dutch have the highest workforce participation in the EU. Workforce participation is 83.5% in the Netherlands vs 75.8% in the EU for ages 20-64. They have also the 4th highest GDP/capita in the EU after Ireland and Luxembourg—which have finance-based economies—and Denmark, which works only slightly longer hours.
My intuition was that the Dutch having flexible working schedules would improve workforce participation. Second order effects would actually be higher GDP/capita. I’ve checked and indeed—the Dutch have the highest workforce participation in the EU. Workforce participation is 83.5% in the Netherlands vs 75.8% in the EU for ages 20-64. They have also the 4th highest GDP/capita in the EU after Ireland and Luxembourg—which have finance-based economies—and Denmark, which works only slightly longer hours.