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.