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Cabinet Expands Subsidized Childcare and Links Pension Age to Life Expectancy to Stimulate Labor Force

To combat severe national labor shortages, the Dutch government is implementing heavily subsidized childcare for working parents while confirming that the state pension retirement age will gradually rise in tandem with average national life expectancy beginning in 2033.
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