Can 14-year-olds also work for us as shelf fillers? Expert Stijn Baert on student jobs

Albert Heijn has 13 and 14-year-olds work in the Netherlands for barely 3.94 euros per hour. Trade unions and PVDA are screaming murder and fire, because Ahold, the parent company above Albert Heijn, also has Delhaize in its pocket. “Will young workers be the future if all stores become independent?” they are suspicious. Four questions to professor of labor economics Stijn Baert (UGent).

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