Informatiestromen en de herkomstgebieden van migranten in de Nederlanden in de Vroegmoderne Tijd
Clé Lesger
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Information and the origin of migrants in the Low Countries during the early modern period
In numerous case studies it has been argued that the origin of migrants and their professional specialisation are intimately linked up. However, from these wellknown examples it should not be concluded that regional specialisation is the only or even the main factor accounting for the clustering of the origins of migrants and the direction of migration streams. In this paper it is demonstrated that many towns attracted migrants of both sexes and with very different professional backgrounds from a limited number of areas. In these cases it was not regional specialisation in the areas of origin, but the diffusion of information among migrants and potential migrants in these areas that accounted for the marked clustering of places of origin. Long standing (trading) contacts and easy access by land and water go a long way in explaining the direction of the information flows and the precise location of the areas of origin.

Tussen arbeid en beroep. Jongens en meisjes in de stedelijke nijverheid, ca. 1600-1800
Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk en Ariadne Schmidt
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Between wage labour and vocation. The work of Dutch boys and girls in urban industry, c. 1600-1800
Although child labour was a widespread phenomenon in the pre-industrial Dutch economy, we do not know very much about it. This article aims to expand our knowledge by looking at children's work in several urban industries in the Dutch Republic. By investigating the kind of economic activities children performed, their starting age, working and living conditions and the amount of training they received, we want to typify pre-industrial child labour more specifically. Did children's work serve as a necessary source of wage income, or rather as a vocational training for their later participation in the labour market? It will appear that this characterization as 'work' or 'training' depended largely on the child's age, sex and social background.

'Zwaeren arbeyden ende cleen proffijten'. De rentmeesters van de exploten bij het Hof van Holland 1463-1566
Serge ter Braake
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Heavy labour and little profit. The receivers of the fines and confiscations at the Council of Holland 1463-1566
One of the questions which is often addressed when researching the officers of a sovereign, is why certain men obtained or were appointed in the available offices. Little doubt has been cast over the desirability of obtaining an office in service of the sovereign. The following article deals with the office of receiver of fines and confiscations in Holland, which, surprisingly, for a long time was not popular at all. By studying the different forms of advantages or 'capital' the function brought with it and the background of the receivers, it will be made clear how the office developed from an undesirable to a desirable function. With this case-study more light can be shed on the not always self-evident desirability of other available functions, and the recruiting mechanisms involved when they were vacant.

Varieties of capitalism en de Nederlandse economie in de periode 1950-2000
Jeroen Touwen
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Varieties of capitalism and the Dutch economy in the period 1950-2000
This article introduces the theory of 'varieties of capitalism' (Hall and Soskice) and its context of the study of comparative capitalism. What is the position of the Dutch economy within the framework of 'varieties of capitalism'? Reviewing five institutional subspheres, I try to outline the institutional complementarities in the Dutch case. This leads to an evaluation of the theory with regard to its use in analysing the Dutch economy. In many aspects the Dutch economy is a 'coordinated market economy'. However, since 1980, increasing globalisation and liberal policies exert a strong influence on the characteristics of the Dutch market economy. Taxonomies like 'varieties of capitalism' contribute to our insight into the effects of different economic institutions. These regulatory mechanisms may be rooted in path-dependent evolution and institutional complementarities, but the theory fails to explain transformations over time.