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Described is the development of sociological labor market research in the Netherlands. The deterioration of labor market conditions has stimulated growing interest in the labor market's role as a mechanism of distribution of limited possibilities & rewards among the several categories of the labor force. This manifests itself in a tendency to direct more research to the dominating influence of the demand side of the market & in a theoretical reorientation toward dual labor market concepts. The initial, fairly narrow approach focusing on abstract models of labor market behavior has broadened considerably, making possible the linking of labor market processes with the system of social inequality, & with power & institutional phenomena. Modified HA.