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dr. W. (Wiemer) Salverda

Faculty of Law
Labour Law
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
  • Postbus 15966
    1001 NL Amsterdam
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  • Bio

    Wiemer Salverda is Professor emeritus of Labour Market and Inequality at Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies and Director emeritus of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (both at the University of Amsterdam). He coordinated the 30-country research project Growing Inequalities' Impacts GINI (2010–2013) which published its results in two volumes with Oxford University Press (2014). He coordinated also the European Low-wage Employment Research Network LoWER (1996– 2008), which has published 16 books, special journal issues and reports, including the Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality (2009). For the Russell Sage Foundation, New York, he led the Dutch research for the Low-wage Work in Europe project. He contributes extensively to comparative research on wages, employment, and inequality, and regularly serves as an expert for the European Commission, OECD and ILO, and was an ECFIN Research Fellow 2014-15 at the European Commission.

  • Publications

    2018

    2017

    • Salverda, W. (2017). The Netherlands: Is the Polder Model Behind the Curve with Regard to Growing Household Income Inequality? In D. Vaughan-Whitehead (Ed.), Inequalities and the World of Work: What Role for Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue? (pp. 265-303). Geneva: International Labour Organisation.

    2016

    • Salverda, W. (2016). Merit en werk in 1960–2010: Effecten van de Nederlandse onderwijs- en deeltijdtsunami’s. In H. Van de Werfhorst (Ed.), Een kloof van alle tijden. Verschillen tussen lager en hoger opgeleiden in werk, cultuur en politiek. (pp. 53-81). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
    • Salverda, W. (2016). Stagnating incomes and the middle class in the Netherlands: Running to stand still? In D. Vaughan-Whitehead (Ed.), Europe's Disappearing Middle Class? : Evidence from the World of Work (pp. 396-440). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786430601.00015 [details]
    • Salverda, W. (2016). The European Union’s income inequalities. Research on Finnish Society, 9, 51-60. [details]
    • Salverda, W., & Brals, D. (2016). Opleiding, deeltijdarbeid en huishouden: meritocratie op de arbeidsmarkt sinds 1990. In P. de Beer, & M. van Pinxteren (Eds.), Meritocratie: Op weg naar een nieuwe klassensamenleving (pp. 135-164). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462983397 [details]
    • Salverda, W., & de Jong, E. (2016). The Netherlands: Working ever harder for a Middle-class life 1990–2014. Economia e Lavoro, 50(2), 85-100. https://doi.org/10.7384/84405 [details]

    2015

    2014

    • Maestri, V., Bogliacino, F., & Salverda, W. (2014). Wealth inequality and the accumulation of debt. In W. Salverda, B. Nolan, D. Chechhi, I. Marx, A. McKnight, I. G. Tóth, & H. van de Werfhorst (Eds.), Changing inequalities in rich countries: analytical and comparative perspectives (pp. 82-120). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687435.003.0004 [details]
    • Nolan, B., Salverda, W., Checchi, D., Marx, I., McKnight, A., Tóth, I. G., & van de Werfhorst, H. (2014). Conclusions: learning from diversity about increasing inequality, its impacts and responses? In B. Nolan, W. Salverda, D. Checchi, I. Marx, A. McKnight, I. G. Tóth, & H. van de Werfhorst (Eds.), Changing inequalities and societal impacts in rich countries: thirty countries' experiences (pp. 718-734). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687428.003.0030 [details]
    • Nolan, B., Salverda, W., Checchi, D., Marx, I., McKnight, A., Tóth, I. G., & van de Werfhorst, H. (2014). Introduction. In B. Nolan, W. Salverda, D. Checchi, I. Marx, A. McKnight, I. G. Tóth, & H. van de Werfhorst (Eds.), Changing inequalities and societal impacts in rich countries: thirty countries' experiences (pp. 1-10). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687428.003.0001 [details]
    • Salverda, W. (2014). Can income redistribution help changing rising inequality? Journal for a Progressive Economy, 2014(2), 39-47. [details]
    • Salverda, W. (2014). Ongelijkheid in Nederland. Socialisme en Democratie, 71(3), 21-32. [details]
    • Salverda, W., & Haas, C. (2014). Earnings, employment and income inequality. In W. Salverda, B. Nolan, D. Checchi, I. Marx, A. McKnight, I. G. Tóth, & H. van de Werfhorst (Eds.), Changing inequalities in rich countries: analytical and comparative perspectives (pp. 49-81). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687435.003.000 [details]
    • Salverda, W., Nolan, B., Checchi, D., Marx, I., McKnight, A., Tóth, I. G., & van de Werfhorst, H. (2014). Conclusions: inequality, impacts, and policies. In W. Salverda, B. Nolan, D. Checchi, I. Marx, A. McKnight, I. G. Tóth, & H. van de Werfhorst (Eds.), Changing inequalities in rich countries: analytical and comparative perspectives (pp. 328-349). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687435.003.0013 [details]
    • Salverda, W., Nolan, B., Checchi, D., Marx, I., McKnight, A., Tóth, I. G., & van de Werfhorst, H. (2014). Introduction. In W. Salverda, B. Nolan, D. Checchi, I. Marx, A. McKnight, I. G. Tóth, & H. van de Werfhorst (Eds.), Changing inequalities in rich countries: analytical and comparative perspectives (pp. 1-14). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687435.003.0001 [details]
    • Salverda, W., de Graaf-Zijl, M., Haas, C., Lancee, B., & Notten, N. (2014). The Netherlands: policy-enhanced inequalities tempered by household formation. In B. Nolan, W. Salverda, D. Checchi, I. Marx, A. McKnight, I. G. Tóth, & H. van de Werfhorst (Eds.), Changing inequalities and societal impacts in rich countries: thirty countries' experiences (pp. 459-487). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687428.003.0020 [details]

    2013

    • Salverda, W. (2013). The Netherlands: Wage cuts no longer a constructive option. In D. Vaughan-Whitehead (Ed.), Public sector shock: the impact of policy retrenchment in Europe (pp. 371-410). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781955352.00015 [details]

    2012

    • Lucifora, C., & Salverda, W. (2012). Special issue on: 'low pay, low skill, and low income': editors' introduction. The Manchester School, 80(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9957.2011.02291.x [details]
    • van de Werfhorst, H. G., & Salverda, W. (2012). Consequences of economic inequality: introduction to a special issue. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 30(4), 377-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2012.08.001 [details]
    • van de Werfhorst, H. G., & Salverda, W. (Eds.) (2012). Special Issue: Consequences of Economic Inequality. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 30(4).

    2011

    • Salverda, W. (2011). Arbeidsmarkt, ongelijkheid en de crisis. TPEdigitaal, 5(4), 82-97. [details]
    • de Graaf-Zijl, M., & Salverda, W. (2011). Labour market and inequality. In W. Salverda (Ed.), Inequalities' impacts (pp. 77-90). (GINI State of the Art Review; No. 1). Amsterdam: Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies, University of Amsterdam. [details]

    2009

    2008

    • Salverda, W., van Klaveren, M., & van der Meer, M. (2008). The debate in the Netherlands on low pay. In W. Salverda, M. van Klaveren, & M. van der Meer (Eds.), Low wage work in the Netherlands (pp. 16-31). (The Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies). New York: Russell Sage Foundation. [details]
    • Salverda, W., van Klaveren, M., van der Meer, M., Sprenger, W., Tijdens, K., & Hermanussen, R. (2008). Labor market institutions and firm strategies that matter for the low-paid. In W. Salverda, M. van Klaveren, & M. van der Meer (Eds.), Low-wage work in the Netherlands (pp. 297-316). (Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies). New York: Russell Sage Foundation. [details]

    2018

    • Hartog, J., & Salverda, W. (2018). The Labor Market in the Netherlands, 2001-2006: Overall, employment and wages were accompanied by a rise in part-time work and a decline in job security. IZA World of Labor, 2018, [418]. https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.418 [details]
    • de Beer, P., van der Meer, J., Plantenga, J., & Salverda, W. (2018). Inleiding: Vrijheid, gelijkheid en familiegevoel: De verschillende perspectieven op de erfenis. In P. de Beer, J. van der Meer, J. Plantenga, & W. Salverda (Eds.), Voor wie is de erfenis?: Over vrijheid, gelijkheid en familiegevoel (pp. 9-16). Amsterdam: Van Gennep. [details]
    • de Beer, P., van der Meer, J., Plantenga, J., & Salverda, W. (Eds.) (2018). Voor wie is de erfenis? Over vrijheid, gelijkheid en familiegevoel. Amsterdam: Van Gennep. [details]

    2017

    • de Beer, P., Been, W., & Salverda, W. (2017). The interplay between the minimum wage and collective bargaining in the Netherlands: An overview and a case study of three sectors. (AIAS Working Paper; Vol. 173). Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies. [details]

    2016

    • Salverda, W. (2016). The tsunamis of educational attainment and part-time employment, and the change of the labour force 1960–2010: What can be learned about self-reinforcing labourmarket inequality from the case of the Netherlands in international comparison? (AIAS Working Paper; No. 164). Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies (AIAS). [details]

    2015

    • Salverda, W. (2015). EU Policy Making and Growing Inequalities. In European Economy (Vol. Discussion Paper 008). Brussels: European Commission, DG Economic and Financial Affairs.
    • Tijdens, K., van Klaveren, M., de Beer, P., & Salverda, W. (2015). Labour market measures in the Netherlands 2008-13: The crisis and beyond. Geneva: ILO. [details]
    • de Beer, P., Salverda, W., De Deken, J., Hollanders, D., Kuiper, S., & van der Zwan, N. (2015). Keuzevrijheid in pensioenen: voor werknemer en werkgever, individueel of collectief? Amsterdam: Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies (AIAS), University of Amsterdam. [details]

    2014

    2013

    2012

    • Salverda, W. (2012). 유럽국가의 노동시장 활동 및 가구소득 분포*. Kukche Nodong Pŭripʻŭ, 10(5), 3-23. [details]

    2011

    • Salverda, W. (Ed.) (2011). Inequalities' impacts. (GINI state of the art review; No. 1). Amsterdam: Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies (AIAS). [details]
    • Salverda, W., Nolan, B., & Smeeding, T. M. (Eds.) (2011). The Oxford handbook of economic inequality. - Paperback. (Oxford handbooks in economics). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199606061.001.0001 [details]

    2009

    2008

    • Berkhout, E., van Klaveren, C., Tijdens, K., & Salverda, W. (2008). Verdiepende analyse van loonverschillen: de loonachterstand van vrouwen verder uitgediept. (SEO-rapport; No. 2008-7). Amsterdam: SEO. [details]
    • Salverda, W. (2008). Labor market institutions, low-wage work, and job quality. In W. Salverda, M. van Klaveren, & M. van der Meer (Eds.), Low-wage work in the Netherlands (pp. 63-131). (Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies). New York: Russell Sage Foundation. [details]
    • Salverda, W. (2008). Low-wage work and the economy. In W. Salverda, M. van Klaveren, & M. van der Meer (Eds.), Low-wage work in the Netherlands (pp. 32-62). (Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies). New York: Russell Sage Foundation. [details]
    • Salverda, W., van Klaveren, M., & van der Meer, M. (Eds.) (2008). Low wage work in the Netherlands. (The Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies). New York: Russell Sage Foundation. [details]

    2015

    • Salverda, W. (2015). Lager opgeleide jongeren: Geen werk, geen uitkering, geen beleid. In S. Boumans (Ed.), WTFACT - De feiten over werkende jongeren in Nederland (pp. 30-42). Utrecht: FNV / Young & United.

    2014

    • Salverda, W. (2014). De tektoniek van de inkomensongelijkheid in Nederland. In M. Kremer, M. Bovens, E. Schrijvers, & R. Went (Eds.), Hoe ongelijk is Nederland? Een verkenning van de ontwikkeling en gevolgen van economische ongelijkheid (pp. 39-58). (WRR Verkenningen; No. 28). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. [details]
    • Salverda, W. (2014). Ongelijkheid in en na de financiële crisis. Tijdschrift voor Openbare Financiën, 46(3), 167-187. [details]
    • Salverda, W. (2014). Skills strategies for an inclusive society - What can we learn from the European experiences? In J. Sung, & C. R. Ramos (Eds.), Skills strategies for an inclusive society: the role of the state, the enterprise and the worker (pp. 65-102). Singapore: Institute for Adult Learning. [details]
    • Van Bavel, B., & Salverda, W. (2014). Vermogensongelijkheid in Nederland. Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 99(4688), 392-395. [details]
    • de Beer, P., de Deken, J., Hollanders, D., Kuiper, S., Salverda, W., & van der Zwan, N. (2014). Keuzevrijheid pensioenfondsen levert niets op. Zeggenschap/Tijdschrift over Arbeidsverhoudingen, 25(4), 20-24. [details]

    2013

    • Salverda, W. (2013). Inkomen, herverdeling en huishoudvorming 1977-2011: 35 jaar ongelijkheidsgroei in Nederland. TPEdigitaal, 7(1), 66-94. [details]
    • Salverda, W., Haas, C., de Graaf-Zijl, M., Lancee, B., Notten, N., & Ooms, T. (2013). Growing inequalities and their impacts in the Netherlands. (GINI country reports). Amsterdam: GINI. [details]

    2018

    • de Beer, P. T., van der Meer, J., Plantenga, J., & Salverda, W. (2018). Erfenissen bevestigen de grote vermogensongelijkheid in Nederland. Het Financieele Dagblad.

    2015

    2014

    • Salverda, W. (2014). Can income redistribution help changing rising inequality? Idee, 35(6), 27-31.

    Talk / presentation

    • Salverda, W. (speaker) (15-9-2016). Income and wealth inequality in Europe. Which Way the Future?, Tackling Inequalities in Time of Austerity, Turku, Finland.
    • Salverda, W. (speaker) (17-3-2016). Social rights in a post-crisis period – what are the main challenges today?, Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Torino, Italy.
    • Salverda, W. (speaker) (28-2-2016). Dual earners and the middle class in the Netherlands: Running to stand still?, Long term trends in the world of work: What effects on inequalities and middle-income categories? , Brussel, Belgium.
    • Salverda, W. (speaker) (14-10-2015). De positie van lageropgeleide jongeren: geen werk, geen uitkering, geen beleid, Second Chamber of Parliament Committee on Social Affairs and Employment., Den Haag, Netherlands.
    • Salverda, W. (speaker) (1-5-2015). De prijs van groeiende ongelijkheid in Nederland, Tilburg Studenten Symposium St Olof 'De prijs van ongelijkheid', Tilburg, Netherlands.
    • Salverda, W. (speaker) (7-3-2015). Waarom inkomensongelijkheid de samenleving schaadt, Diessymposium SIB-Utrecht.

    2016

    • Salverda, W. (2016). The tsunamis of educational attainment and part-time employment, and the change of the labour force 1960-2010: What can be learned about self-reinforcing labour-market inequality from the case of the Netherlands, in international comparison? (ImPRovE Working Papers: Discussion Paper; No. 16/04). Antwerp: ImPRovE. [details]
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