Kok II cabinet reforms

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Kok II cabinet reforms were a series of social and economic policy changes implemented in the Netherlands during Wim Kok’s second term as prime minister, focusing on welfare state restructuring, labor market flexibility, and fiscal consolidation.

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Kok I cabinet reforms 1
Kok II cabinet reforms canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government reform agenda ⓘ
public policy program ⓘ
aimedAt containing welfare expenditure ⓘ
improving labor market participation of older workers ⓘ
improving labor market participation of women ⓘ
increasing employment rate ⓘ
reducing public debt ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
coalitionSupport Democrats 66 (D66) ⓘ
Labour Party (PvdA) ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Labour Party

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
endTime 2002 ⓘ
followedBy Balkenende I cabinet policy changes ⓘ
hasPoliticalOrientation Third Way ⓘ
linked to: Third Way politics

centrist ⓘ
implementedBy Second Kok cabinet ⓘ
implementedUnderLeader Wim Kok ⓘ
includedMeasure limiting early retirement schemes ⓘ
maintaining EMU convergence criteria compliance ⓘ
promoting flexible labor contracts ⓘ
reducing budget deficit ⓘ
restructuring unemployment benefits ⓘ
stimulating part-time work ⓘ
tightening disability benefit eligibility ⓘ
inContextOf European Economic and Monetary Union ⓘ
late 1990s economic expansion in the Netherlands ⓘ
influencedBy Dutch polder model ⓘ
involvedStakeholder employers' organizations ⓘ
social partners ⓘ
trade unions ⓘ
mainFocus fiscal consolidation ⓘ
labor market flexibility ⓘ
welfare state restructuring ⓘ
partOf Dutch welfare state reform ⓘ
policyArea health care financing ⓘ
labor market policy ⓘ
pensions ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
social security ⓘ
tax policy ⓘ
precededBy Kok I cabinet reforms ⓘ
resultedIn continued reduction of government debt-to-GDP ratio ⓘ
further activation of social security system ⓘ
greater emphasis on work over benefits ⓘ
startTime 1998 ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wim Kok → notableWork → Kok II cabinet reforms ⓘ
Kok II cabinet reforms → precededBy → Kok I cabinet reforms ⓘ
linked to: Kok II cabinet reforms